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The Grudge

The Grudge is a 2004 supernatural horror film directed by Takashi Shimizu, written by Stephen Susco, and produced by Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, and Takashige Ichise. A remake of Shimizu's own 2002 Japanese horror film Ju-On: The Grudge, it is the first installment in The Grudge film series. It stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, KaDee Strickland…

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Based on
Ju-On: The Grudge by Takashi Shimizu
Box office
$187.3 million
Budget
$10 million
Cinematography
Hideo Yamamoto
Countries
United States · Japan
Directed by
Takashi Shimizu

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The Grudge

Nodes79
Edges78
Triples107
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025316
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related to Legacy · 20
The Grudge → After, American, Apartment, Asian, Dark Water, Don't Look Up, J-horror, Japanese, Mirrors, One Missed Call, Pulse, Shimizu, Shutter, Sins, Sony, The Echo, The Eye, The Ring, The Uninvited, This
related to Plot · 19
The Grudge → After, After Takeo, Her, In, Kayako, Kayako Saeki, Kayako's, Mar, Peter, Peter Kirk, Saeki, Shocked, Takeo, Takeo's, The, Those, Tokyo, Toshio, Toshio's
related to Sequels · 15
The Grudge → Aiko Horiuchi, Another, Karen Davis, Kayako, Kayako Saeki, May, October, Ohga Tanaka, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shimba Tsuchiya, Takako Fuji, Takashi Shimizu, Toby Wilkins, Toshio, Toshio Saeki
related to Production · 12
The Grudge → Ghost House Pictures, January, Japan, July, Principal, Robert Tapert, Sam Raimi, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Stephen Susco, Takashi Shimizu, Takashige Ichise, Tokyo
related to Home media · 10
The Grudge → Blu-ray Disc, DVD, February, May, Ray, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The, UMD, US, VHS
Starring · 5
The Grudge → Bill Pullman, Clea DuVall, Jason Behr, KaDee Strickland, Sarah Michelle Gellar
Produced by · 3
The Grudge → Robert Tapert, Sam Raimi, Takashige Ichise
related to Theatrical · 3
The Grudge → Columbia Pictures, October, United States
Countries · 2
The Grudge → Japan, United States
Distributed by · 2
The Grudge → Columbia Pictures (United States and Canada; through Sony Pictures Releasing), Senator International (International)

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The GrudgeBased onJu-On: The Grudge by Takashi Shimizu1.00infobox
The GrudgeBox office$187.3 million1.00infobox
The GrudgeBudget$10 million1.00infobox
The GrudgeCinematographyHideo Yamamoto1.00infobox
The GrudgeCountriesUnited States1.00infobox
The GrudgeCountriesJapan1.00infobox
The GrudgeDirected byTakashi Shimizu1.00infobox
The GrudgeDistributed byColumbia Pictures (United States and Canada; through Sony Pictures Releasing)1.00infobox
The GrudgeDistributed bySenator International (International)1.00infobox
The GrudgeEdited byJeff Betancourt1.00infobox
The GrudgeLanguagesEnglish1.00infobox
The GrudgeLanguagesJapanese1.00infobox
The GrudgeMusic byChristopher Young1.00infobox
The GrudgeProduced bySam Raimi1.00infobox
The GrudgeProduced byRobert Tapert1.00infobox
The GrudgeProduced byTakashige Ichise1.00infobox
The GrudgeProduction companyGhost House Pictures1.00infobox
The GrudgeRelease dateOctober 22, 2004 (2004-10-22)1.00infobox
The GrudgeRunning time91 minutes1.00infobox
The GrudgeScreenplay byStephen Susco1.00infobox
The GrudgeStarringSarah Michelle Gellar1.00infobox
The GrudgeStarringJason Behr1.00infobox
The GrudgeStarringKaDee Strickland1.00infobox
The GrudgeStarringClea DuVall1.00infobox
The GrudgeStarringBill Pullman1.00infobox
The Grudgeis a2004 supernatural horror film directed by Takashi Shimizu0.90text
The Grudgeis afairly faithful adaptation of Shimizu's Ju-On0.90text

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