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The Grudge 2, 2006

The Grudge 2

English, Japanese

USA

Rating:4.7
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Profile of The Grudge 2

The Grudge 2 can be described as scary, suspenseful, and rough. The plot revolves around ghosts, danger, and journalism. The main genres are thriller and horror. In terms of style, The Grudge 2 involves twists and turns. In approach, it is fantastical and serious. It is set, at least in part, in a hospital and at a high school. The Grudge 2 is located in Chicago and Japan. It takes place in contemporary times. It is a remake.

Summary of The Grudge 2

The titular curse expands along with the franchise in the sequel to THE GRUDGE, which itself was a remake of the Japanese original for American audiences. The film has an ensemble cast and an extensive number of subplots that further reflect this tendency towards expansion. The story picks up right where the last one ended, with Karen (Sarah Michelle Gellar, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER) in the hospital, the only survivor of an ill-fated encounter with a cursed house. She has not emerged unscathed, however, and it's up to her estranged sister, Aubrey (Amber Tamblyn, JOAN OF ARCADIA), to figure out the mystery behind the strange-goings-on related to the now half-demolished house. In doing so, she teams up with a journalist named Eason (Edison Chen), who has been following the case from the very beginning, and the pair embarks on a trip to the decidedly creepy Japanese countryside, hoping to visit the mother of one of the house's original inhabitants. Meanwhile, three teenage girls who attend a local international high school are haunted with nightmarish encounters, which begin after they venture inside the house to pull a mean prank on the new girl. When one of the girls returns home to Chicago, the curse spreads to her apartment building, where members of a family that have recently acquired an unexpected new stepmother (Jennifer Beals, FLASHDANCE, THE L WORD) violently turn on one another. Symptoms of the curse begin to turn up everywhere, while a horrified Aubrey learns that there is no way to stop it from spreading. Although the film suffers from a diffuse plotline and an unfortunate flashback sequence at the end, the high production values and well-executed special effects ensure a highly satisfying experience for discerning viewers out for a thrill.

Details

Language: English, Japanese
Country: USA
Release date: 13 October 2006
Runtime: 102 min

Cast and Crew

Amber Tamblyn as Aubrey in The Grudge 2
Amber Tamblyn

as Aubrey

Jennifer Beals as Trish in The Grudge 2
Jennifer Beals

as Trish

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Clips

The Grudge 2
The Grudge 2: Official Trailer
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The Grudge 2: Two Families Died In One House
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The Grudge 2: Get Me Out Of Here

Critics Reviews

Entertainment Weekly
Once again, we're treated to loosely aligned scenes of half-formed characters getting a faceful of director Takashi Shimizu's croaking, implacable, and, yes, still scary housewife-geist.
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  • by: Scott Brown
The Onion (A.V. Club)
While the film deserves some credit for creating and sustaining a creepy atmosphere, it doesn't matter much when the plot doesn't go anywhere, and here, it winds toward the most arbitrary, nonsensical final scene in recent memory. But, hey, they're...
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  • by: Keith Phipps

Users Reviews

Sequels Never Work
Don't bother. This movie is more of the same with the same cheap thrills and nothing we haven't seen before. It adds onto the story that everyone already accepted and the same, she's-standing-in-the-back-of-the-room scare has evaporated. The first...
  • 09.February.2011
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  • by: Lindsey Brown
  • Lindsey Brown rated this movie1/10Awful
If you disliked the first one, then there's no reason you'll like the 2nd, so don't bother. Even if you were a fan of "The Grudge", you may not enjoy this one as much. I didn't feel there were as many scares, they focus too much on adding to the...
  • 23.March.2009
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  • by: Michael
  • Michael rated this movie6/10Okay
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