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The Grudge 2
The Grudge 2 is a 2006 American supernatural horror film directed by Takashi Shimizu and written by Stephen Susco. The film is a sequel to The Grudge (2004) and the second installment in the American The Grudge film series, based on the Ju-On franchise created by Shimizu. It is the sixth and last Ju-On or The Grudge film directed by Shimizu. The film stars Arielle Kebbel, Amber Tamblyn, Jennifer Beals, Edison Chen, Sarah Roemer, and Sarah Michelle Gellar, the latter reprising her role from the first film.
Like its predecessor, the film features a plot that is told through a nonlinear sequence of events and includes several intersecting subplots. It follows Karen's younger sister Aubrey coming to Japan after finding out about Doug's death, a schoolgirl named Allison being haunted by the ghosts of the Saeki family after entering the house with two of her classmates, and a young boy named Jake whose apartment building is haunted by the ghosts.
The Grudge 2 was released in the United States on October 13, 2006, by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film received negative reviews from critics and grossed $70.7 million worldwide. A sequel, The Grudge 3, was released direct-to-video in May 2009, and a sidequel, The Grudge, was theatrically released in December 2019.
The Grudge is described as a curse that is born when someone dies in the grip of extreme rage or sorrow. The curse is an entity created when the person dies. Those who encounter this supernatural force die, and the curse is reborn repeatedly, passing from victim to victim in an endless, growing chain of horror. The following events are explained in their actual order; however, the film is presented in a nonlinear narrative.
In 2004, American social worker Karen Davis tried to burn down the Saeki house to stop the curse but failed, finding herself hospitalized and haunted by Kayako. Karen's younger sister, Aubrey, goes to Tokyo to retrieve her. In Japan, Aubrey struggles to communicate with the hospital staff, but a journalist named Eason aids her. Aubrey briefly speaks with Karen, who panics and has to be restrained. Karen later falls to her death courtesy of Kayako in front of Aubrey and Eason. Eason explains the curse to Aubrey, revealing that he rescued Karen from the house fire and has been investigating the Saeki murders and surrounding events.
The two go to the house to retrieve Kayako's diary. Aubrey intends to wait outside, but Toshio drags her inside to curse her. Eason takes the diary to an associate, who explains that Kayako's mother, Nakagawa Kawamata, was an itako who exorcised evil spirits from visitors and fed them to her daughter. Eason and Aubrey make plans to visit Kawamata. As Eason develops photographs he took of the Saeki house, Kayako emerges from a photo and murders him. After discovering his body, Aubrey travels alone to Kawamata's remote rural home. Kawamata skeptically warns her that the curse is irreversible, before being killed by her daughter. Aubrey ventures back to the Saeki house, following an image of Karen inside. She encounters Takeo's ghost, who reenacts the night he discovers his wife's disloyalty and snaps Aubrey's neck.
In 2006, school girls Allison Fleming, Vanessa Cassidy, and Miyuki Nazawa break into the house on a dare. Allison is locked in the closet and encounters a ghost resembling Kayako (revealed to be Aubrey at the end of the film), but the girls escape. After Miyuki and Vanessa are consumed by the curse, Allison speaks with school counsellor Ms. Dale about the curse, but Dale denies its existence, revealing that she went to the house and is actually a ghost herself. Allison is haunted by the ghosts of her friends, and she eventually flees back to Chicago, where she stays with her parents.
The Kimbles move into an apartment block in Chicago. A young boy named Jake is disturbed by a strange presence in the building, brought about by a hooded stranger who covers windows with newspapers. Jake's father Bill and stepmother Trish are influenced by the curse: Bill, possessed by Takeo's spirit, suspects his wife of having an affair, and she bludgeons him with a frying pan. Jake and his sister, Lacey, return from school, but Jake finds that his family is all dead. He runs into the hooded person, revealed to be Allison, who explains that the curse followed her. Kayako appears inside Allison's hood, finally taking her, and then emerges to assault Jake.
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The Grudge 2
The Grudge 2 is a 2006 American supernatural horror film directed by Takashi Shimizu and written by Stephen Susco. The film is a sequel to The Grudge (2004) and the second installment in the American The Grudge film series, based on the Ju-On franchise created by Shimizu. It is the sixth and last Ju-On or The Grudge film directed by Shimizu. The film stars Arielle Kebbel, Amber Tamblyn, Jennifer Beals, Edison Chen, Sarah Roemer, and Sarah Michelle Gellar, the latter reprising her role from the first film.
Like its predecessor, the film features a plot that is told through a nonlinear sequence of events and includes several intersecting subplots. It follows Karen's younger sister Aubrey coming to Japan after finding out about Doug's death, a schoolgirl named Allison being haunted by the ghosts of the Saeki family after entering the house with two of her classmates, and a young boy named Jake whose apartment building is haunted by the ghosts.
The Grudge 2 was released in the United States on October 13, 2006, by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film received negative reviews from critics and grossed $70.7 million worldwide. A sequel, The Grudge 3, was released direct-to-video in May 2009, and a sidequel, The Grudge, was theatrically released in December 2019.
The Grudge is described as a curse that is born when someone dies in the grip of extreme rage or sorrow. The curse is an entity created when the person dies. Those who encounter this supernatural force die, and the curse is reborn repeatedly, passing from victim to victim in an endless, growing chain of horror. The following events are explained in their actual order; however, the film is presented in a nonlinear narrative.
In 2004, American social worker Karen Davis tried to burn down the Saeki house to stop the curse but failed, finding herself hospitalized and haunted by Kayako. Karen's younger sister, Aubrey, goes to Tokyo to retrieve her. In Japan, Aubrey struggles to communicate with the hospital staff, but a journalist named Eason aids her. Aubrey briefly speaks with Karen, who panics and has to be restrained. Karen later falls to her death courtesy of Kayako in front of Aubrey and Eason. Eason explains the curse to Aubrey, revealing that he rescued Karen from the house fire and has been investigating the Saeki murders and surrounding events.
The two go to the house to retrieve Kayako's diary. Aubrey intends to wait outside, but Toshio drags her inside to curse her. Eason takes the diary to an associate, who explains that Kayako's mother, Nakagawa Kawamata, was an itako who exorcised evil spirits from visitors and fed them to her daughter. Eason and Aubrey make plans to visit Kawamata. As Eason develops photographs he took of the Saeki house, Kayako emerges from a photo and murders him. After discovering his body, Aubrey travels alone to Kawamata's remote rural home. Kawamata skeptically warns her that the curse is irreversible, before being killed by her daughter. Aubrey ventures back to the Saeki house, following an image of Karen inside. She encounters Takeo's ghost, who reenacts the night he discovers his wife's disloyalty and snaps Aubrey's neck.
In 2006, school girls Allison Fleming, Vanessa Cassidy, and Miyuki Nazawa break into the house on a dare. Allison is locked in the closet and encounters a ghost resembling Kayako (revealed to be Aubrey at the end of the film), but the girls escape. After Miyuki and Vanessa are consumed by the curse, Allison speaks with school counsellor Ms. Dale about the curse, but Dale denies its existence, revealing that she went to the house and is actually a ghost herself. Allison is haunted by the ghosts of her friends, and she eventually flees back to Chicago, where she stays with her parents.
The Kimbles move into an apartment block in Chicago. A young boy named Jake is disturbed by a strange presence in the building, brought about by a hooded stranger who covers windows with newspapers. Jake's father Bill and stepmother Trish are influenced by the curse: Bill, possessed by Takeo's spirit, suspects his wife of having an affair, and she bludgeons him with a frying pan. Jake and his sister, Lacey, return from school, but Jake finds that his family is all dead. He runs into the hooded person, revealed to be Allison, who explains that the curse followed her. Kayako appears inside Allison's hood, finally taking her, and then emerges to assault Jake.