The Grudge

2020
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Title: The Grudge

Original Title: The Grudge

Year: 2020

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: January 24 2020
  • United States: January 03 2020

Plot

The film, following on from where the plot of of its predecessors left off, introduces audiences to the story of an abandoned house where a tormented ghost is responsible for cursing and punishing all who enter with a painful death.

'The Grudge' is the first film in the franchise that was not shut under the direction Japanese filmmaker Takashi Shimizu, who directed both of the previous instalments, including the two American remakes.

The main character is a young detective and single mother played by Andrea Risebourough, a woman who stumbles upon this curse as the energy from the haunted house seems to permeate her neighborhood. 'The Grudge' follows this woman she attempts to escape a grisly fate with her son, protecting him from thes demonic spirits that are hunting them with murder on their minds.

This next instalment of 'The Grudge' under Sony Pictures is scheduled for release in the United States by 2020. Directing is filmmaker Nicolas Pesce ('The eyes of my mother'), and is in charge of the script is Jeff Buhler ('The wagon of death'). The main cast consists of Andrea Riseborough ('Birdman', 'Oblivion'), Betty Glipin ('Ghost Town), Lin Shaye ('Insidious'), John Cho ('Star Trek: Beyond') and Demián Bichir ('The hateful eight').

Cast

Director:

Nicolas Pesce Nicolas Pesce

Videos

'The Grudge' Red Band trailer 2:59

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Trivia

Production problems

The film has been in development hell since 2013. Adam Green, director of 'Hatchet', was originally slated to direct before he dropped out to focus on adapting the novel 'Killer Pizza' for a film.

Inspiration

The director, Nicholas Pesce, has confessed that for the realization of this film he was inspired by The Exorcist (1973) and The Changeling (1980).

Films connection

'The Grudge' takes place in the same temporary space as the 2004 film 'The Scream'.

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