The new Grudge, coming to theaters next year, won’t be telling exactly the same stories as the original franchise, but, as producer Schuyler Weiss explained when I had the chance to visit the set of The Grudge last year, the new movie will contain a number of plot elements that fans of the franchise will recognize.
In 2004 The Grudge was an American remake of the Japanese film Ju-On which followed multiple characters through loosely connected, non-linear stories, as they all dealt with a curse brought about by a traumatic and violent event.