The Grudge (24 January 2020) directed by Nicolas Pesce

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Ghost House Pictures is moving forward with their reboot of The Grudge and they’ve announced that The Eyes of My Mother‘s Nicolas Pesce will direct the film.

The film is based off of Takashi Shimizu’s Ju-on, which came out in 2002. It was remade in 2004, also with Shimizu as director, with Sarah Michelle Gellar in the lead role.

Writer Jeff Buhler (The Midnight Meat Train);

“…it’s awesome. Something completely new but very much a Grudge movie. Everyone is super excited…”

The new reboot will be produced by Sam Raimi along with Rob Tapert and Taka Ichise. Roy Lee, Doug Davison, Joe Drake, and Nathan Kahane executive produce.

 

[systemsdead]

Really enjoyed The Eyes Of My Mother it was pretty relentless in its violence and looked fantastic visually hope Pesce brings some of that along.

 

[SteveAWOL]

Sony's The Grudge Reboot Eyes Andrea Riseborough

 

[BAN5HEE]

Ju Ong the original and the US remake is still pretty good and disturbing.
It's certainly made me think twice about going up into the loft.
I'd definitely watch a reboot but with two good previous movies already out not sure how they will make it fresh.

 

[barnaby jones]

Yeah seems abit soon for a remake of the remake.

 

[Mark_a]

They could throw in Buffy - oh no, wait...

 

[barnaby jones]

Will creeping up behind you on August 16th 2019

 

[SteveAWOL]

Release date has been pushed forward a few weeks, to June 21st

‘Grudge’ Will Go Earlier In Summer 2019

 

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Release date has been pushed forward a few weeks, to June 21st

‘Grudge’ Will Go Earlier In Summer 2019

if the test screening is anything to go by, it needs work, hence date shift?

some plot spoilers

 

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Andrea Riseborough plays a cop who finds herself involved in a case that leads her to a cursed home.

Demian Bichir, John Cho, Betty Gilpin, Lin Shaye, and Jacki Weaver co-star.

 

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#1

The Evil Dead Reboot is criminally underrated, this I'm not sold on by the cliche trailer.

Discretion

 

[richp007]

Willing to give it a look, but not expecting anything special.

I can barely remember the SMG films now, except for them not being very good.

 

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Willing to give it a look, but not expecting anything special.

I can barely remember the SMG films now, except for them not being very good.

ive only seen the originals, still not seen the Hollywood remakes

 

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Discretion

Red Band

 

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That actually looks really good and better than the original.

 

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That actually looks really good and better than the original.

its gonna be dark and bloody, seems they are channelling Fede Alvarez's Evil Dead tone

 

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its gonna be dark and bloody, seems they are channelling Fede Alvarez's Evil Dead tone

There’ll definitely be a lot of blood then. This looks like a true horror, a rare thing these days.

 

[richp007]

The old fingers in the hair jobber

Looks okay, but I'm afraid I'm the opposite. I prefer my horror without blood and gore. The original Grudge films were fuelled by being creepy and unsettling. They were very decent actually. This looks like something else masquerading as a Grudge film.

But we'll see anyway.

 

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The old fingers in the hair jobber

I prefer my horror without blood and gore.

But we'll see anyway.

Me too, never a a fan Saw et al, but you don’t often get a mix of both gore and paranormal freakiness. It’s usually one or the other. Hopefully they do avoid the clichés. Although fingers out the head was from the original wasn’t it?

 

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Buzzkill - first reactions and reviews are in

The Grudge is excruciatingly boring, a narrative mess, and unnecessarily mean-spirited. The film eats itself in an effort to earn its R-rating. This movie is a curse on anyone who watches it. I haven’t disliked a film this much in years. Zero stars.

Bleak as fudge and super atmospheric. Bucks a lot of the conventions associated with studio reboots and plays more like an indie. I found this creepier than the original Japanese film and the 2004 and 2006 American films. Cast is great, especially Riseborough.

The Grudge is a generic, lazy, & hilariously stupid “horror” film. The script is terrible, the jump-scares are laughable, & the pacing is SO brutal. The cinematography is...fine? Typical January horror. Why are movies like this still being made? Happy 2020! We give it a 2/10.

The Grudge gets props for attempting to tell it’s story in a unique way, unfortunately bland scares lack of connection to the characters and uneventful plot leaves this as a dud for me.. it is better then the 2004 remake tho

Just walked out of my first movie. The Grudge starting 2020 off strong. Kayako and Toshi deserve better.

 

[richp007]

Better than expected I'd say!