The Grudge (2020)

[b00merang69]

They must be running out of ideas as the cult movie Ju-On was already given the Hollywood remake treatment in in 2004.

https://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/the-grudge/

 

[Woden]

Western remakes of horror are never as creepy as the originals be it Japanese or any.

 

[Participant]

I like these films even if they are remakes. Will watch.

 

[Nitefly]

Western remakes of horror are never as creepy as the originals be it Japanese or any.

Imo this is utter rubbish, as the remake of the grudge is far better than the original. Both were the same director by the way.

Also, I think the western remake is probably one of the best horror films ever made. Hugely underrated.

Can’t wait for this.

edit - I was being a little defensive clearly as I was actually thinking of the original Ring film. Here were my thoughts at the time:

Watched the Japanese originals of the Ring and the Grudge. I’ve always held the western remakes in reasonably high regard (well, particularly the Grudge as that is one of my favourite horrors - that film really gave me the willies!!!) so about time I checked them out.

First, the Grudge. Seems that the American remake was about 2/3 of the Japanese version... but by far aware the best 2/3rds. The Japanese one feels more like an anthology with a few bonus stories. The Japanese one also has a really odd ending and actually suggests quite a different series of events than the version I’m used to!

Spoiler

My take was either it was actually the father that was the malevolent ghost and the others were just echoing the pain they went through.... or that there was no real driving personality of evil - it was just an overbearing sadness that cursed the house.

Ultimately I think the American version was more satisfying but it was really cool to see the extra story and extra characters. Fleshed it out a little!

As for the Ring. Well, tbh I wasn’t really that fussed on the Japanese version - WAY overhyped. Started off well but the noticeable difference was that there were a lot more ‘fantastic’ elements in the Japanese version:

Spoiler

Volcanos... hinting that the father wasn’t human... the male lead having special powers that last one I found really confusing.

Sure, the Hollywood version is a lot more ‘slick’ and people clearly don’t like that but the Japanese version didn’t add anything other than a few ‘ookie’ elements, as said in the spoiler.

I’d say check out the Japanese Grudge but skip the Japanese Ring.

On a plus, the Ring did have an epic out of place dance tune during the credits. Had a little bop to that

 

[wolfie138]

you must've seen a different remake to me then, cos te one i saw was 'ing ****e. some of the worst pointless CGI ever.

 

[Relentless81]

Loved the remakes at the time, can't believe it was 15 years ago when I watched The Grudge in the cinema

Would be nice if there were some original ideas for horror films but I'm definitely interested in seeing this

 

[TheVoice]

The "original" Grudge remake was great, one of my favourite horror films. This re-re-make looks awful though.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Oh dear god no lol. The last remake was okay but the original is the best IMO.

The vast majority of western remakes are pretty bad but some are utter terribad like Shutter, Kairo (Pulse) and Dark Water.

 

[FlyingScotsman]

Original was good and the Sarah Michelle Geller remake was pretty decent too, can't really understand why they would want to make another.
But as a true horror fan I will make a point in seeing this.