Ju-on: The Grudge

Ju-on: The Grudge

When a grudge from the dead passes to the living, who is safe?

Directed by Takashi Shimizu

Produced by Oz Company, Xanadeux Company

200292 min6.8 / 10

A relentless supernatural horror film that weaponizes dread through an inescapable curse, blending visceral scares with existential terror about fate and contamination.

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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  • Is Ju-on: The Grudge scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 99% of films.

  • Is Ju-on: The Grudge easy watching? No. Less comforting than 99% of films.

  • Does Ju-on: The Grudge end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 99% of films.

  • Is Ju-on: The Grudge sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Ju-on: The Grudge violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

73/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity72

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Surprise90

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love60

How much audiences actually like it

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