Sep 08 2009
THE GRUDGE
The first of many remakes.
PLOT
A college professor jumps off his balcony and kills himself, much to the horror of his girlfriend waiting in bed for him. The movie then jumps to an American woman in Japan who moved there for her boyfriend. She heads to work as a health aide and learns that she’s being sent on her first home visit alone. She arrives and finds the patient by herself and also sees a small boy in the house. The movie then cuts back to two other stories and reveals how they are connected. A young woman was obsessed with the professor and her husband killed her before killing their son for seeing it happen. The next residents of the house were attacked by the ghosts of the house right before the American began working with them. She has to uncover what happened before she becomes the next victim.
TRIVIA
Sarah Michelle Gellar previously starred on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, while Clea Duvall and Jason Behr both starred on different episodes in the first and second season.
THOUGHTS
I never realized just how confusing The Grudge was until I tried to write out the plot and realized that I didn’t know what the hell I was doing. With a movie like this, it’s hard to figure out what happened when and which character goes with which storyline. I will admit that the noise made by the woman’s ghost grates on my nerves and when I heard a similar noise on the street, it sent chills down my spine. I guess The Grudge remake wasn’t too bad, though I’ve heard that a lot of people really hated it.
