At the turn of this last century, Japanese horror films began to get noticed, and often remade, for Western audiences. Once such example is 2004’s The Grudge, an American reboot of Ju-On, a story that combines a haunted house with a family curse. While the new version kept the same director who had helmed the franchise on the other side of the Pacific, it made many other changes —including an American cast, led by Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Sarah Michelle Gellar and the president from Independence Day himself, Bill Pullman (as well as 90s icon Clea Duvall, and others). What else is different in the translation? This video compares both versions to find out.
