Tag: The Grudge

  • Japan’s Kadokawa launches ‘Best Regards To All’ backed by ‘The Grudge’ director (exclusive)

    Japan’s Kadokawa launches ‘Best Regards To All’ backed by ‘The Grudge’ director (exclusive)

    Takashi Shimizu is executive producer on the horror from director Yuta Shimotsu.Japan’s Kadokawa Corporation is launching sales at Hong Kong Filmart on horror film Best Regards To All, executive produced by Ju On: The Grudge creator Takashi Shimizu.First-time feature director Yuta Shimotsu is making the film, which stars Kotone Furukawa from director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Berlinale…

  • The Ring Ending Explained: Analog Anxieties And Murderous Mothers

    The Ring Ending Explained: Analog Anxieties And Murderous Mothers

    Released in 2002, Gore Verbinski’s “The Ring” endures as a staple of teenage sleepover endurance testing. The very video that leaves a trail of deformed bodies in its wake is baked into the film itself, transforming the audience from impartial viewer to imminent victim of the cursed tape’s supernatural powers. An adaptation of the 1998…

  • ‘Ju-On: Origins’: Netflix Adapting ‘The Grudge’ Franchise into TV Series

    ‘Ju-On: Origins’: Netflix Adapting ‘The Grudge’ Franchise into TV Series

    Netflix subscribers are in for a horrifying surprise. The long-running “Ju-On” franchise, also known as “The Grudge,” is getting adapted into a television series that will hit the streaming service on July 3.Here’s the upcoming Japanese-language series’ synopsis, per Netflix: The J-horror classic franchise “Ju-On” was actually based on real events that occurred over four…

  • ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Leads Box Office As Sony Makes a Stand

    ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Leads Box Office As Sony Makes a Stand

    “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” leads the Top 10 for its third and probably final weekend, with a strong $451 million domestic and $1 billion worldwide. It led six films from only two companies — Disney and Sony, with three each — that captured the top six spots. That is unheard of.Sony took nos.…

  • ‘Rise of Skywalker’ Tops $900M Globally, ‘Frozen 2’ #1 Animated Release All-Time & ‘Grudge’ Debuts with $11.3M

    ‘Rise of Skywalker’ Tops $900M Globally, ‘Frozen 2’ #1 Animated Release All-Time & ‘Grudge’ Debuts with $11.3M

    Disney domination continues as Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker leads the way domestically for the third straight weekend, topping $450 million domestically and over $900 million worldwide while Frozen II has now become the highest grossing animated release of all time worldwide reaching $1.325 billion worldwide. As for Sony’s new release of The Grudge,…

  • ‘The Grudge’ Becomes 20th Film to Receive an ‘F’ on CinemaScore

    ‘The Grudge’ Becomes 20th Film to Receive an ‘F’ on CinemaScore

    Sony/Screen Gems’ “The Grudge” has now joined an infamous list of movies by becoming the 20th film to receive an F in the CinemaScore audience poll.Directed by Nicolas Pesce and produced by horror maven Sam Raimi, the film was an attempt to revive Takashi Shimizu’s famed horror series about the vengeful ghost of a woman…

  • ‘The Grudge’ Remake Scares Up $1.8 Million at Thursday Box Office

    ‘The Grudge’ Remake Scares Up $1.8 Million at Thursday Box Office

    “The Grudge,” Sony’s horror remake of the 2004 box office hit, kicked off the new year by bringing in $1.8 million at the Thursday box office from 2,393 screens. It opens on 2,642 screens this weekend.“The Grudge” is the first and only new wide release of 2020 so far, and Sony’s Screen Gems is predicting…

  • Holiday Box Office Winners and Losers, From ‘Star Wars’ to ‘Cats’

    Holiday Box Office Winners and Losers, From ‘Star Wars’ to ‘Cats’

    There’s little new to consider at the box office in the happy new year; low-budget horror reboot-of-a-remake “The Grudge” from Screen Gems is the sole new wide release this weekend. “Skywalker” will be #1, in the range of $30 million-$35 million (last weekend was $72 million), “Jumanji” second with $20 million-$25 million. “Little Women,” “Frozen…

  • ‘The Grudge’: Film Review

    ‘The Grudge’: Film Review

    Twenty years ago, a new wave of Japanese supernatural gothic thrillers brought fresh tropes of dread to a genre that was sorely in need of them. The sinister intersection of technology and the afterlife; the presence of ghosts that looked like rotting versions of demons out of Japanese folklore; the assertion of a feminine rage…

  • ‘The Grudge’ Review: Messy Reboot Only Succeeds at Further Killing Dead Franchise

    ‘The Grudge’ Review: Messy Reboot Only Succeeds at Further Killing Dead Franchise

    Death isn’t dark enough for the haunted characters that populate the unwieldy “Grudge” franchise. Instead, it’s what happens after that’s worse, when the vengeful (and always very moist) spirits appear and attempt to exact cosmic-level revenge on whoever happens to be around. The fourth American film based on Takashi Shimizu’s wildly popular J-horror films functions…