The Grudge

A number of people whose common denominator is a haunted house, die after a boy demon, pale as death and the very embodiment of anger, pays them a visit. Aggression and death spread as the dead themselves become in turn vengeful demons.
The Grudge is yet another in the wave of successful horror films produced by Japan during the past few years, Markedly influenced by such directors as I(iyoshi Kurosawa and Hideo Nakata, the comparison with psychological films like the Ring trilogy and Dark Water (2002) is unavoidable, And like these, The Grudge is at bottom aboutthe dissolution ofthe nuclear family, which the Japanese tend to equate with a violent end,
An interesting twist is the way in which evil, though originating in the human world of emotions, spreads its terror with the help of modern technology. Telephones, televisions, surveillance cameras are all on the side of the curse, Nevertheless, the camera work, imaginative and effective
in its simplicity, steers away from any high-technological pictorial language. The oppressive atmosphere so typical ofthis genre is created via intense close-ups and extensive panning across the faces of the characters,
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Medverkande
Misa Uehara,Megumi Okina,Yui Ichikawa: Producent
Taka Ichise: Manus
Takashi Shimizu: Foto
Tokusho Kikamura: Musik
Shiro Sato: Talat språk
Japanese