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www.eonline.com - : E! Online - Helmed by the original's director (Takashi Shimizu), who keeps the story set in Japan, this creepfest finds Sarah Michelle Gellar, Bill Pullman, Jason Behr and others running from a curse that travels from person to person, literally scaring its victims to death. Told through a series of vignettes, audiences learn why this group of Americans is abroad, and why not every bump in the night should be investigated. more...
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metromix.chicagotribune.com - : Chicago Tribune - A master of atmosphere, Japanese director Takashi Shimizu leads his audience along on a celluloid leash to his pitch-black attic of horror, inviting each hair on the back of your neck to stand up. more...
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : Chicago Sun-Times - The movie, set in Japan but starring mostly American actors, has been remade by Takashi Shimizu from his original Japanese version. It loses intriguing opportunities to contrast American and Japanese cultures, alas, by allowing everyone to speak English; I was hoping it would exploit its locations, and become ''Lost, Eviscerated and Devoured in Translation.'' more...
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www.boston.com - : Boston Globe - The Grudge, takes a leaf from the Psycho handbook and abandons its star for stretches here and there. While Gellar remains crouching and inert, we're taken back to when Zabriskie's character moved into the house with her son (William Mapother) and his wife (Clea DuVall). While he's out being a businessman, the little lady stays home baby-sitting her mother-in-law and trying to find out who knocked over her ramen. She gets an answer and winds up a shivering mess. more...
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