&#39;Grudge&#39; thrills without elaborate special effects
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&quot;The Grudge&quot; is a creepily effective little horror movie of the &quot;GOTCHA!&quot; variety. Director Takashi Shimizu has adapted his popular Japanese fright fest for American audiences.
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Put three old friends in a  convertible for a cross-country road trip to a loved one's  funeral, and what do you get? Very few surprises, in this  feel-good fluff that, despite offering nothing novel, could do  well with older audiences who rightly feel that too few films  are being made with them in mind.
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Unlike movies involving razor-toothed monsters in outer space or adorable hobbits searching for magical rings, comedies -- romantic or otherwise -- usually don&#39;t make great sequels.
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The second remake of a Japanese hit in as many weeks (&quot;Shall We Dance?&quot; was last week&#39;s entry in this category), &quot;The Grudge&quot; actually qualifies as a remake of a remake.
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When Sam Raimi announced he was producing &quot;The Grudge&quot; -- an Americanized remake of the cult Japanese horror film &quot;Ju-On: The Grudge&quot; -- some fans (well, yours truly) wondered how Hollywood would handle the original&#39;s more baffling qualities.
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past. Filmmaker Kerry Conran has made a soaring action adventure that&#39;s both a glorious labor of love and, in the end, irrelevant.
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IN AMERICAâS eyes everything seems fair game for a remake. Studio scouts pounce on the latest Asian horror sensation hoping to discover the next Ring.
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The new number one at the American box office, The Grudge, has exceeded all expectations by taking the top spot. The horror film, which stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, took $40m (Â£21.
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Low-budget horror film The Grudge, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, heads the US box office chart.
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Moviegoers held a big &quot;Grudge&quot; over the weekend - but this time, it was a good thing: They turned the low-budget horror flick &quot;The Grudge&quot; into the nation&#39;s top hit.
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More nudity, more raunch, more sex scenes fill new &quot;Uncut&quot; version of VU&#39;s risquÃ© college adventure. Is it even possible to make Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude--a video game characterized by nothing
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Following the success of The Ring and, more recently, The Grudge, a slew of Hollywood remakes of Japanese horror movies are in the pipeline. But audiences beware: These are not your typical monster-in-the-closet scary movies.
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This Halloween weekend was a success for &quot;The Grudge&quot; starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. For the second week in a row, it took the top spot at box offices around the nation.
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&#39;Without a Paddle&quot; is amiable, inoffensive piffle that benefits from the warmly moronic camaraderie of stars Seth Green, Matthew Lillard and Dax Shepard. Short on laughs, the movie is so insubstantial that it&#39;s more time-killer than ...
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Given moviegoers&#39; endless obsession with thrillers and sci-fi flicks, is it any surprise which new film took up residence at the top of the box-office heap this week?
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LOS ANGELES, Nov 1  - Horror flick &quot;The Grudge&quot; scared the life out of the competition at the North American box office last weekend, raking in 21.
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Torture, it seems, doesn&#39;t pay at  movie theater box offices like it used to.