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Aiko Horiuchi, Beau Mirchoff, Emi Ikehata

A young Japanese woman who holds the key to stopping the evil spirit of Kayako, travels to the haunted Chicago apartment from the sequel, to stop the curse of Kayako once and for all and save a family...( read more  read more... ) who are currently being haunted by her malicious spirit.

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R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Toby Wilkins

Release Date: March 24, 2009

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DVD Release Date: May 12, 2009

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  • Deano78
    November 20, 2009
    Deano78
    An ok 3rd installment, although straight to DVD release. Lower budget but the production is pretty good, but it's just not as creepy as the first two. The boy that appears at times was weird in the first two in this it looks like an older actor was used. The same goes for Kayako,...( read more) in the first two she was very strange and creepy in this she just looks very white? For those who really liked the first two films.
  • YosemiteSamFan
    November 11, 2009
    YosemiteSamFan
    In the Grudge 2 - the Japanese Grudge curse stowed away to America. The direct-to-video Grudge 3 takes place in the same Chicago apartment building, which gets a bit boring. A few effectively spooky things happen with toys in the hallway and the dead "Toshio" Japanese boy from pr...( read more)evious Grudges; now played by a different actor. There are not enough scenes of the spooky meowing drowned kitty cat ghost and too many scenes with the mommy ghost "Kayako". Some of the deaths are bloody, but nothing gore-tastic. It's cool to see Shawnee Smith (from Saw series) and Marina Sirtis (from Star Trek: TNG) playing roles; watch the movie for them alone. I found it hard to believe when (spoiler) Kayako's sister happens to move into the building to stop the curse. The cleansing ritual was silly. I miss the original Tokyo Grudge house. We don't really need more sequels to this tired tale, do we?
  • PC79
    August 20, 2009
    PC79
    It was good, not as good as the first one. Something was missing can't put my finger on it.
  • drblood
    June 23, 2009
    drblood
    While not the biggest fan of The Grudge remakes or even the originals, after re-watching the first 2, I got quite interested in seeing how the story was going to end.
    Unfortunately, with Takashi Shimizu no longer directing the third installment, things didn't so much progress as ...( read more)stagnate in the Chicago apartment building that was already seen in Grudge 2.
    While not a totally awful movie, the atmosphere just wasn't the same and the characters were a lot more irritating. Everything looked a lot brighter too (presumably to show off all the pretty young faces) which meant that there just weren't enough shadows for the vengeful ghosts to jump out of.
    Instead of jump scares, The Grudge 3 went for a lot more gore and is the first one in the franchise to be R-rated. I will admit that the gory bits were nicely done but there was nothing overly inventive about them.
    The biggest problem I had, other than none of it being at all scary, was that this one brought in the Takeo character with a possession storyline that was far too reminiscent of The Shining. Gil McKinney is just not enough of a Jack Nicholson to make it work and it all seems not only forced but very incongruous.
    I didn't actually find any of the acting performances all that credible though anyway but that has been the problem with all the Grudge films. They've all just relied on the gimmick of the little white boy who screeches like a cat and his long haired mother with bulging eyes. There have never really been any attempts at anything other than routine performances and the stories have been so all over the place that it's been hard to feel anything for any of the characters anyway,
    To its credit, The Grudge 3 is more linear and not filled with dozens of flashbacks and changes of location. It's easier to follow and, despite Emi Ikehata's horrible almost French pronunciations of every "the" word as "ze", it's a lot easier to listen to without Sarah Michelle Gellar's whininess. As much as I liked how Sarah Michelle Gellar looked as Buffy, I've never liked her voice. But that's a moot point since she isn't in The Grudge 3 at all and Emi Ikehata is a lot better looking anyway.
    Without giving too much away, The Grudge 3 doesn't make enough use of Toshio and Kayako. One scene with Toshio was so ludicrous that it threw me right out of the film but all the scenes with Kayako do that because I'm warped and think that she's hot!
    As I said, this one is all about bringing Takeo into the story before setting things up for a whole new "Grudge" or "Curse" (I still don't know why they translated Ju-on as "Grudge" which seems a silly word to use in the context of what these movies are about). By the end of it all, you can almost feel the producers champing at the bit to make The Grudge 4.
    Personally, I hope The Grudge movies stop here before they end up going the same way as the Saw franchise. There's only so much that you can wring out of the same characters (especially if the only interesting ones are already dead) before it ends up as silly as yet another parody by the Scary Movie gang. Oops, too late...
    Anyway, to sum things up, The Grudge 3 was an entertaining film but was by far the weakest of the American versions. Fans of The Grudge will probably still enjoy it but it could have and should have been a lot better.
    It wasn't boring but it was very miscast, had a lot of plot holes, and wasn't very effective as a horror movie at all. It went straight to DVD and that in itself says all you really need to know.
  • cacutshaw
    August 24, 2009
    cacutshaw
    Doesn't count as a Ju on film. Watch The Grudge: Old Woman in White for the real Grudge 3 (or if you hate the Ju on series, please skip it. I'm sick to death of people saying Shimizu's terrifying films aren't scary).
  • kraaziblonde21
    November 17, 2009
    kraaziblonde21
    omg this shit creeps meh out. but its still gud.
  • httphomiesurflixstercom
    November 16, 2009
    httphomiesurflixstercom
    I SEE THE OTHER MOVIES IS KOOL I LIKE ALL THATS MOVIES IS NICE
  • jessibsoccerchic
    November 12, 2009
    jessibsoccerchic
    heard it isn't great, but i'd watch it.
  • bloodthirsty2010
    November 3, 2009
    bloodthirsty2010
    4 me i will not watch it
  • adamasinas
    November 2, 2009
    adamasinas
    GRANDMA is all around in basketball hehe comedey not horror

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