The Grudge (2020)
The latest entry in The Grudge franchise within the US has promise. The Director, Nicolas Pesce, had a solid first film. In The Eyes Of My Mother he showed he can use characters effectively to build tension while at the same time give explosive scenes of horror in a background of bleakness. The fourth film in the american version of the franchise was touted as a re-imagining of the original. This would mean we get the elements of the original Grudge with a new twist by a different director. The acting, presentation, camera work and effects were wonderful but the lack of any build or use of the themes to draw tension made this re-imagining flounder. The film is presented in a disjointed manner similar to the original Ju-On and the American version. It begins in the infamous house where a violent tragedy occurred. An american working there as a caretaker witnesses something horrific and quickly returns back home to the states. We see that she is not the same when she returns, starting th...