The Grudge 2
2006 film by Takashi Shimizu / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Grudge 2 is a 2006 American supernatural horror film directed by Takashi Shimizu and written by Stephen Susco. The film is a sequel to The Grudge (2004) and the second installment in the American The Grudge film series. The film stars Arielle Kebbel, Amber Tamblyn, Jennifer Beals, Edison Chen, Sarah Roemer, and Sarah Michelle Gellar who reprises her role from the first film. Like its predecessor, the film features a plot that is told through a nonlinear sequence of events and includes several intersecting subplots. It follows Karen's younger sister Aubrey coming to Japan after finding out about Doug's death, a schoolgirl named Allison being haunted by the ghosts of the Saeki family after entering the house with two of her classmates, and a young boy named Jake whose apartment building is haunted by the ghosts.
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Directed by | Takashi Shimizu |
Written by | Stephen Susco |
Based on | Ju-on: The Grudge by Takashi Shimizu |
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Cinematography | Katsumi Yanagishima |
Edited by | Jeff Betancourt |
Music by | Christopher Young |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 102 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
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Budget | $20 million[2] |
Box office | $70.7 million[3] |
The Grudge 2 was released in the United States on October 13, 2006, by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film received negative reviews from critics, and grossed $70.7 million worldwide. A sequel, The Grudge 3, was released direct-to-video in May 2009.