The Grudge Reviews

The Grudge Review
by Ryan Ellis
Bread, potato chips, carrots... Whoops, I have a reader. Sorry, just working on my grocery list, which is exactly what I was doing during 'The Grudge'. When you slap down your cash to see a horror movie, the very least the movie should do is scare you...more

The Grudge Review
by Laura Clifford (Rating: B)
Karen (Sarah Michelle Gellar, TV's "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer") is an American exchange student in Tokyo who is about to learn that ghosts born out of death suffered in the grip of a powerful rage or sorrow leave death for those who come upon the place...more

The Grudge Review
by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10)
Susan Granger's review of "The Grudge" (Columbia Pictures) Timing is everything - and the end of October is perfect for a white-knuckle, edge-of-your-seat ghost story, especially one that leaves enough to your imagination to be truly terrifying....more

The Grudge Review
by Jon Popick (Rating: 7/10)
I hate sequels and despise remakes even more, but there's something kind of cool about a filmmaker having another shot at making one of his own films. See a stupid mistake in the original (like casting Affleck)? You get another crack at it. Second...more

The Grudge Review
by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3/4)
THE GRUDGE (2004): 3 stars out of 4. Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, KaDee Sutherland, Grace Zabriskie, Rosa Blasi, Ryo Ishibashi, William Mapother, Ted Raimi, Yoko Maki, Takako Fuji, Clea DuVall and Bill Pullman. Music by Christopher...more

The Grudge Review
by Johnny Betts (Rating: 3.75/5)
According to The Grudge, there's a Japanese belief that when someone dies in a powerful grip of rage, then a curse is left behind. It's a "stain" that forever becomes a part of the place where the death occurred, and it will kill everything it touches....more

The Grudge Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 1.5/4)
THE GRUDGE, a slump-in-your-seat, would-be thriller, is a shockless shocker. No matter how many horror movie clichés it turns to -- "Don't open that door" moments, apparitions that appear out of nowhere, cats that hiss and sudden loud noises -- the...more