The Grudge Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

The normal façade of a modest house in Tokyo belies the hidden terror within. It is possessed by a violent plague that destroys the lives of everyone who enters. Known as 'The Grudge,' this curse causes its victims to die in the grip of a powerful rage. Those who are fatally afflicted by the curse die and a new curse is born--passed like a virus to all those who enter the house in an endless, growing chain of horror. Karen is an exchange student studying social work in Japan who innocently agrees to cover for a nurse who didn't show up for work. When she enters the assigned home, she discovers an elderly American woman, Emma, who is lost in a catatonic state while the rest of the house appears deserted and disheveled. As she is tending to the stricken old woman, Karen hears scratching sounds from upstairs. When she investigates, she is faced with a supernatural horror more frightening than she could ever imagine. Within this house, a chain of terror has been set in motion resulting from a terrifying evil that was born years before. As more people die, Karen is pulled into the cycle of horror and learns the secret of the vengeful curse that has taken root in this house. Now she must stop it before it's too late.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Grudge.

• 
  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  Southland Tales, Cruel Intentions

• J
  Jason Behr

  Skinwalkers, The Tattooist

• C
  Clea DuVall

  The Intervention, Addicted to Fresno

• W
  William Mapother

  Outlaw Posse, I Origins

• 
  Bill Pullman

  Independence Day Resurgence, Vice

• R
  Rosa Blasi

• G
  Grace Zabriskie

  No Good Deed, Cryptozoo

• T
  Takako Fuji

  The Grudge 2

• Y
  Yuya Ozeki

• T
  Ted Raimi

  Spider-Man 3, My Name is Bruce

Crew Behind the Film

The The Grudge behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Takashi Shimizu last directed Howling Village and Marebito. The film's writer Stephen Susco last wrote Unfriended: Dark Web and Beyond the Reach.

Director

Takashi Shimizu

Screenwriter

Stephen Susco

Producers

Taka Ichise
Sam Raimi
Rob Tapert

Production Details

What we know about the The Grudge movie production.

Production Updates for The Grudge

Dec 2004

Completed

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