FilmPG-13Supernatural Ghosts & Haunting Psychological

The Grudge2004

Name: The Grudge
Genre: Supernatural, Ghosts & Haunting, Psychological
Released: 2004-10-22
Rating: 5.7

“It never forgives. It never forgets.”

Directed by Takashi Shimizu

5.7

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.9Rotten Tomatoes 41%Metacritic 49TMDB 5.9

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Year

2004

Runtime

92 min

Box Office

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$183,474,602

Domestic

$110,359,362

🏆 2 wins & 10 nominations total

The premise

An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.

Horror Vault's take

When an American nurse working in Tokyo enters a particular house on a care visit, she unknowingly exposes herself to an ancient, malevolent curse with terrifying momentum. The curse does not simply haunt — it hunts, spreading from victim to victim like a disease and leaving little hope of escape. Drawing on the dread-soaked tradition of J-horror, the film layers its scares through fractured timelines and iconic, otherworldly imagery. What begins as a mystery about a strange household quietly escalates into something far darker and more relentless.

Content: Disturbing Imagery, Jump Scares, Supernatural Violence, Unsettling Sounds