The Grudge 3

"You can't escape the curse."

2009 1h 30m EN

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★5.4TMDB · 685

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Synopsis

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Jake Kimble, the sole survivor of the Chicago massacre, is killed while in solitary confinement. His doctor begins investigating the claims he made about a long-haired woman in white, as a mysterious Japanese woman arrives at his old apartment building to help them get rid of the curse.

“You can't escape the curse.”

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Cast

Johanna Braddy
Lisa Morrison
Emi Ikehata
Naoko Kawamata
Jadie-Rose Hobson
Rose
Gil McKinney
Max
Beau Mirchoff
Andy
Shawnee Smith
Dr. Sullivan
Marina Sirtis
Gretchen
Matthew Knight
Jake Kimble

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Toby Wilkins
Writers: Brad Keene
Languages: Japanese, English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 7.7× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, English.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Grudge Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Toby Wilkins, shot by Anton Bakarski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor John Quinn shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Johanna Braddy and Emi Ikehata and Jadie-Rose Hobson carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Toby Wilkins directs. Anton Bakarski behind the camera. John Quinn cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Japanese, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Made its money back 7.7× over at the box office.
3Released 17 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, English.
5Part of the "The Grudge Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Toby Wilkins, shot by Anton Bakarski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Editor John Quinn shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Johanna Braddy and Emi Ikehata and Jadie-Rose Hobson carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "You can't escape the curse.".
10IMDB entry: tt1053859 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 13 themes, including "sibling relationship", "haunted house", "sequel", "broken neck".

The technical file

Cinematography: Anton Bakarski
Editing: John Quinn
Production design: Borislav Mihailovski
Costume design: Maria Mladenova
Makeup / hair: Yana Stoyanova
VFX supervisor: George Cawood
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $5,000,000
Box office: $38,610,009
Return: 772% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Grudge 3 (2009)

Part of

The Grudge Collection

American horror film series released by Sony Pictures based on the Japanese Ju-on series created by Takashi Shimizu. The series focuses on those affected by a curse of a deceased woman's violent rage that destroys the lives of everyone who comes in contact with it. Known as The Grudge, this curse causes it's victims to become fatally afflicted by it which leads to a new curse being born and passed like a virus to all those who enter the Saeki residence or come in contact with the curse.