The Grudge

Finally I now own the UNRATED EXTENDED CUT of The Grudge from 2004. Ive only ever had the Theatrical PG-13 version in my DVD collection for the LONGEST time until I found this UNRATED DVD Edition which features more disturbing imagery, bloody scenes, and at least an 8 min longer difference from the original PG-13 Cut. Thats the length of a whole short film which is how Extended Cut releases like this one should be! This is a very cool edition of the film to own! Highly recommend!

Awesome movie seen in theaters with my mom when it first came out I remember everyone in the theaters jumping when the kid started howling they a angry cat it was a creepy moment watch many times sure I will watch again someday

One of the best horror movies.

My boyfriend had never seen this movie! Glad we rented it.

When I saw this back in 2004, it made no sense then either, but, the shock effect of the sudden noises, scary faces, etc., at least made you jump. However, these many years later, on second viewing, this was the flimsiest plot and stretched implausibility to the moon and back!! How is it, that when two innocent people ( wife and young son ) are brutally murdered by a jealous Father, that they now somehow come back as crazy rabid hateful ghosts who persist in tracking down and killing anyone who crosses their path?? And better yet, they now have all sorts of supernatural powers, power to appear and re-appear wherever they want, make you die of fright ( like the ring ) and generally trash the house for any people who happen to try to live in it. And forget the old stay out of the haunted house genre: these ghosts travel! They come to your work place, they come to your apartment, they crawl into your bed....and then, no one can find you, you just disappear somehow, pulled into the great beyond...LOL..... And anyone who know anything about Japanese ghost movies: the ghost ALWAYS wins! you NEVER beat the ghost...even if you uncover exactly what happened, or try to rectify it in any way, it doesnt matter: they always come back and get you in the end, with a hanging ending tailor made for part 2 and part 3 , soon to come...... And on top of that, the story is presented in a jumbled back and forth in time, out of sequence, events, and without the benefit of simple subtitles like: 5 years ago, or something to that effect....you just kind of have to piece it together and figure it out on your own..... but when the smoke settles, you have a screen littered with bodies, all innocent and all having nothing to do with the original tragedy that occurred in the house. If you have never seen it, prepare to jump, but if you view it again, you will wonder how they ever got away with this mess of a story.

Perfect

I bought this to watch it for the second time because Ive had nightmares about it since I went to see it in high school. Its terrifying there is no doubt about that. I didnt understand the story the last time I watched it, but I caught on this time, and I think the timeline they use is very interesting. I like it. It goes back and forth between past and present. It may not be easy to understand the first time though. It scares the crap out of me so it does its job.

Dont worry that it was released in 2004. I didnt watch it until around 2009 and then several times since and its still pretty scary. What heightens the anxiety in the film is a thing of malevolence and its imprint on a house and all who have crossed its thresh hold. The other thing is the house is at the end of a street, but not really off the beaten path except that its tucked near a walled pedestrian/ roadway that creates a visually isolated feeling from whatever other houses there are. You dont see them but occasionally hear a dog bark. The home is a Japanese home but from the instant you see it, it feels restrictive and not flowing...and I think its why the minute the viewer steps inside, they sense something is off. Once out of the common area downstairs everything is highly minimized, dark, dreary and oppressive. Downstairs isnt much better but there are shoji styled Japanese doors that open to the outside and in one brief scene Gellar is outside hanging laundry and also sponge bathing the elderly resident who lives there in the fresh air. You have a momentary reprieve from all that is soon to follow and it comes pretty quick. The direction of the film is excellent and done in a way to optimize each little impact. They start by your witnessing one event, that has actually taken place 3 years earlier, then move to another happening at present. You dont know this until more background info is being shared by certain people involved. People who seem to have little involvement at all, and who are not main characters (ie., the rental agent) where youre are left to wonder what became of him, or the partner detective or others such as the EMT workers who actually also entered the house at one time or another. However the story doesnt really focus or follow them -- it remains focused on 2 families, and certain number of outsiders who also end up crossing paths with them. I wont give away with too many detail...But there are some very scary scenes. One is where the sister of the second family whos just moved in and who actually lives on her own and has her own apartment elsewhere and what happens within those scenes.. Again, creepy and the end result is a horror story that doesnt try too hard to make sense of anything other than all of this began with one very awful event which is rooted in the psychological and physical actions of one tormented evil person. If evil can possess a thing long after an event occurs, the message is that relatively innocent yet NON random people arent safe. Not even when they are no longer in the place where that event took place....

im indifferent on this one. when I was younger I thought it was creepy and great but watching it now its a little cheesy

Pretty good horror flick. Not as eerie as I would have liked, but still creepy enough. The girl is so computer animated looking that shes just not nearly as scary as she could have been. However, the acting and directing are decent and its good enough to watch. Great price, arrives on time and in good condition.