Ju-on: The Grudge

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Ju-on: The Grudge

R

2004

1h 32m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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In a Japanese house, a vengeful spirit goes after one person after another, each suffering a horrible death.

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Kat Halstead

Common Sense Media

Sep 25, 2026

3/5

This tense Japanese horror packs plenty of ghostly scares into its relatively short runtime.

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Sean Axmaker

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Oct 21, 2024

.. an old-fashioned sense of scary movies and creates an atmosphere of dread from simple techniques: blank faced ghosts with hollow yet desperate expressions, lingering images that ratchet up the tension, and imaginative sound effects ...

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Pieter-Jan Van Haecke

Psychocinematography

Mar 9, 2023

The lighting-design of Ju-On: The Grudge is fantastic. Shimizu refuses to cheaply exploit darkness to make the scares and horror stronger...

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Stephanie Archer

Film Inquiry

Mar 26, 2022

An unforgiving and relentless curse, Ju-on delivers on its promise to terrify even long after the movie has ended.

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David Nusair

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Jan 22, 2020

2/4

...filmmaker Takashi Shimizu generally proves unable to sustain the viewer's interest for more than a few minutes at a time...

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Apr 13, 2014

A contemporary horror masterpiece.

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Eva V

@evxmgc Sep 27, 2026

travmatized. love the story line, always on your toes.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 24, 2026

This Movie is worthy of 3.5 stars!

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Jonathan O

@RT41230270 Aug 26, 2026

One of the scariest and creepy haunted house film from J-horror.

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J H

@UpstateNYThriller Jul 25, 2026

9.3/10 Japanese early 2000s. People die in the house and the girl haunts anybody who comes in. One of the classics. Top-tier horror movie Movie thriller creepy foreign film

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Gretchen W.

@RT16280876 Jun 3, 2026

I had a lot of fun watching this, actually had a momment where I was just burst out laughing. Good watch.

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Todor Y

@Phantom961 May 13, 2026

When I was a kid, this movie scared me a lot. I definitely liked the Japanese version better. Especially Kayako Saeki, the character is made quite scary. Somehow the characters themselves are made that way. But I was especially scared of the woman when I first watched it as a kid. Back then, we had it on videotape and I watched it for the first time on CRT TV.

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Synopsis

In a Japanese house, a vengeful spirit goes after one person after another, each suffering a horrible death.

Director: Takashi Shimizu
Producer: Takashige Ichise
Distributor: DeA Planeta S.L., Xanadeux Co. Ltd., Medusa Communications and Marketing Ltd.
Production Co: Oz Company Ltd.
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 23, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 15, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $325.7K
Runtime: 1h 32m

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