I enjoyed the first Grudge movie. I’m on the fence about the sequel, though. There were 3 different stories going on in the movie, and they periodically switched between them.
- Karen’s sister travels to Japan to get her. She is in the hospital after supposedly killing her boyfriend and trying to burn down the Grudge house. She meets a reporter who pulled Karen out of the fire, who has been cursed by the Grudge.
- There is a new girl at a nearby school to the Grudge house, and in an effort to make friends, she travels to the house with 2 other girls, only to get locked in a closet, and have the bejesus scared out of her. They get out, but they are now cursed by the Grudge.
- There is a family living an apartment building somewhere in America I assumed. The neighbors bring home a mysterious girl-we don’t see her face-and strange things begin to happen. It all kinda centers around a little boy whose room is adjacent to the scary girl’s, and he hears spooky noises and what not. Soon everyone is cursed.
I admit that I was fascinated as to how the movie was dissected, and I was expecting some elaborate twisting explanation as to how the stories would tie together. Imagine my disappointment when that never happened. One story had nothing to do with the other two. And the other two tied together…but it was just stupid.
I’m going to give this movie a 3 out of 5 stars. It wasn’t great, but there were a few good scares and creepy moments. The style of the movie could have made it great…if they had thought it through a bit more.
