The Grudge

"It'll never let you go."

2019 1h 34m EN

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5.4

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★5.4TMDB · 1,353

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Synopsis

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After a young mother murders her family in her own house, a detective attempts to investigate the mysterious case, only to discover that the house is cursed by a vengeful ghost. Now targeted by the demonic spirits, the detective must do anything to protect herself and her family from harm.

“It'll never let you go.”

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Cast

Andrea Riseborough
Detective Muldoon
Demián Bichir
Goodman
John Cho
Peter Spencer
Betty Gilpin
Nina Spencer
Lin Shaye
Faith Matheson
Jacki Weaver
Lorna Moody
Tara Westwood
Fiona Landers
William Sadler
Detective Wilson

Credits

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Director: Nicolas Pesce
Writers: George Freeman, Nicolas Pesce, Jeff Buhler
Languages: English
Countries: Canada, United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.0× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Canada, United States of America.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nicolas Pesce, shot by Zachary Galler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Taylor Stewart. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

CAST

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Andrea Riseborough and Demián Bichir and John Cho carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It'll never let you go.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Nicolas Pesce directs. Zachary Galler behind the camera. Taylor Stewart scores. Gardner Gould cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Canada, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 5.0× over at the box office.
2Released 7 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: Canada, United States of America.
4Directed by Nicolas Pesce, shot by Zachary Galler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Taylor Stewart. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Gardner Gould shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Andrea Riseborough and Demián Bichir and John Cho carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "It'll never let you go.".
9IMDB entry: tt3612126 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 14 themes, including "japan", "haunted house", "remake", "grief".
11Released under 18 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Zachary Galler
Original score: Taylor Stewart
Editing: Gardner Gould
Production design: Jean-Andre Carriere
Costume design: Patricia J. Henderson
Makeup / hair: Roberta Gale
VFX supervisor: Andrew Degryse
Sound: Gabriel J. Serrano
Stunt coordinator: Rick Skene
Runtime: 94 min · 1h 34m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $10,000,000
Box office: $49,511,319
Return: 495% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Grudge (2019)

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Manuel São Bento2020-01-08
★ 3/10
If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com It's a brand new year, which means January gets to be the traditional "trash month" once again. In Portugal, it's actually one of the best months of the year since all of the Oscar-contender films are released (late) during these first few weeks. However, it still contains the formulaic action and/or horror movies. The Grudge, a reboot of a remake (because why not?), is the most recent addition to the group of horror flicks that no one really understands why they were produced. I was never a fan of the film series, so obviously, I wasn't expecting much from a reboot of a franchise that always looked like a lazily cheap way of filming a few jump scare sequences with no remarkable storytelling. Nicolas Pesce shows some hints of talent regarding his filmmaking skills with some efficiently suspenseful scenes, but the aspect to blame in this type of movies is always the same: screenplay. I can't remember the last film I saw that treated the audience like the dumbest people alive. It truly becomes disrespectful. It's like the producers thought that the target audience for a horror flick was 5-year-old children. It reaches a point where the movie itself feels like it's being very intelligent in the way it shares plot information. It creates this tense build-up, filled with characters almost dropping a big twist, and then... it's something so evident since the first few minutes of the film. This process repeats throughout the entire runtime. "Here comes a big twist! Are you ready? Watch out! Here it goes... BAM! You didn't saw that coming, did you?!" Yes. We did. Everyone did. Even the theater supervisor who only shows up for a couple of seconds each half an hour was able to figure out everything that was happening. During the screening, I didn't know if I should laugh due to the ridiculously explicit plot points or if I should be frustrated for being treated like I was totally brainless. Everything about The Grudge feels painfully obvious. I try my best not to think too far ahead. I try not to predict what's going to occur or when a jump scare is going to happen. But this movie is so incredibly generic that I couldn't avoid knowing everything instinctively. Story-wise or jump scares, it doesn't matter. Everything that Pesce tries to do, it's surrounded by such an aura of predictability that makes this horror film extremely dull. I mean, that's one of the worst feelings one can have while watching a horror movie, right? How can someone feel bored by a film constantly throwing jump scares and "massive" plot points every five minutes? Well, The Grudge was able to accomplish this miracle. I don't know why The Grudge, as a film series, continues to exist. The first installment, which was itself a remake of the Japanese original, was a surprising box office success. Still, the majority of the audience and critics didn't really like the movie. The consequent theater releases were a disappointment. So, let's do a reboot of the remake, right? Nicolas Pesce seems to be a great filmmaker, he's able to easily generate tension and a dark environment, but such a huge misstep like this can hurt his career. The talented cast tries their best to bring this film to safe harbor, but the absurdly obvious, generic, formulaic, cliche story sunk the movie pretty hard. Its lack of surprising features, the extremely predictable jump scares, and the complete disregard for the audience, treating the viewers like the dumbest people ever, make The Grudge one of the worst horror films of the last few years. Rating: D
Gimly2020-03-20
★ 2/10
The fact that this is how my 2020 film-watching career starts seems like a REAL bad omen for this year. Update: Oh boy. Final rating:★ - Of no value. Avoid at all costs.
JPV8522020-03-28
★ 3/10
Despite a fine cast, this latest entry (and quasi reboot) is pretty dull. I did like some of Pesce's direction and shots, but far too many of the cliched zingers from these supernatural-horror films. Probably won't remember very much about this in a few days (if not less)... 1.75/5