WTF Happened To The Grudge Remake?

If there was one thing the early noughties had in an abundance, especially within the horror genre, it was remakes. We were graced with reboots, or re-imaginings, whatever you want to call them, of the likes of Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead, The Hills Have Eyes, The Amityville Horror, House of Wax, Rob Zombies’ Halloween remake from 2007 and The Ring. However, despite the decent quality of those examples, well most of them, one thing that stands out in the film we’re focusing on today, The Grudge, is the fact that the original’s director, Takashi Shimizu, chose to also take on the remake. WATCH OR OWN THE FILM HERE: Written by: Adam Walton Edited by: Juan Jimenez Narrated by: Adam Walton produced by: John Fallon and Andrew Hatfield executive produced by: Berge Garabedian SERIES SYNOPSIS: Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites, constant