Ju-on: The Grudge
2002 · 92 min · Horror · TMDB 6.8
The short version:A cursed house in Tokyo, told out of order. Almost no gore; a croaking noise and a boy in a doorway.
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Scare profile
Editorial baseline. Add your own report to refine it.
Scary4
Not scaryExtreme
Dread4
RelaxedSuffocating
Jump scares3
NoneConstant
Disturbing3
ForgettableHaunts you
Grim3
Fun ridePunishing
Synopsis
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.
What is in it
Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.
Violence & gore
- Graphic goreBriefeditorial
Children & pregnancy
- Child harmed or killedModerateeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- The curse originates in a husband murdering his wife and son; the cat is killed too.
- Child in dangerModerateeditorial
Animals
- Animal harmed or killedBriefeditorial
Mental health & grief
- Grief & bereavementBriefinferred from keywords
Abuse & bigotry
- Domestic abuseModerateeditorial
Religion & the occult
- Cults & religious extremismBriefinferred from keywords