Ju-on: The Grudge
When a grudge from the dead passes to the living, who is safe?
When a social worker is sent to check on a traumatized elderly woman whose family have moved in at the site of a notorious murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that transmits via its victims.
- Director
- Takashi Shimizu
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Drama
- Worldwide
- $4M
Who's in it
Cast
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Movie DNA
How Ju-on: The Grudge actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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When a social worker is sent to check on a traumatized elderly woman whose family have moved in at the site of a notorious murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that transmits via its victims.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Ju-on: The Grudge appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Really Scary Horror Movies Ranked #5
Ranked #5 because ju-On removes one of horror's comforting assumptions: that leaving the haunted place means you're safe.
A deadly curse remains inside a Tokyo home, spreading from one victim to another whenever someone enters its orbit.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Ju-on: The Grudge returned 1.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $4M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $4M
- Release date
- Oct 18, 2002
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
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