The Grudge

A student played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, an ordinary young woman with nothing to set her apart from the rest, leads a quiet life in Tokyo. The story places her in a modest house in the city whose facade reveals nothing unusual. From the first few minutes, the film makes clear that the inside of the house holds something very different. According to the film's premise, the curse is born when someone dies consumed by extreme rage or sorrow, and it lingers in the place where the death occurred. Anyone who encounters it does not survive. Directed by Takashi Shimizu, the film presents events in a nonlinear timeline, with several subplots that intersect with one another.