Review: Eurogamer
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In 2000, Japanese director Takashi Shimizu helmed a direct-to-video movie called Ju-on. The same year he directed a sequel, which was pretty much the same as the first movie. In 2003 he directed a theatrical remake of the first Ju-on, this time subtitled The Grudge, and then promptly directed another sequel/remake before the year was out. In 2004 he remade the movie yet again, this time with Sarah Michelle Gellar for American audiences, and then in 2006 he directed another American-skewed sequel to this remake of a remake of a sequel. He's currently working on - you guessed it - The Grudge 3, which comes out next year. That's the same source material, reworked seven times, by one man.
Sep 4, 2007, 10:58 AM
