The Grudge
Cinema is a screen onto which we can project our fears, torments and the monstrosities of the world. The screen protects us from what we see, but cinema has also permanently anchored our nightmares around a few powerful images (empty houses, hostile attics and basements, demonic masks, bloodcurdling grimaces, disturbing postures). Throughout the summer, the Cinémathèque québécoise will be presenting a series of films encompassing more than one hundred and twenty years of horror, reminding us that what scares us most is to make the deepest of our fears tangible and credible.
In what appears to be a peaceful house in Tokyo lurks one of the most appalling plagues imaginable. Anyone who crosses the threshold is immediately struck by a curse that will soon kill them in an unspeakable rage. As the number of victims increases, a young American woman, Karen, is brutally confronted with the horror of this reality. For her, it's no longer time to ignore or run away; she must understand if she is to have any chance of survival...
The trailer is in English original version, but the movie will be presentend with some French subtitles.
Takashi Shimizu
Takashi Shimizu is a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for being the creator of the Ju-On franchise, and directing four of its films, internationally, in both Japan and the U.S. According to film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon, Shimizu is "one of a new breed of Japanese horror directors" who prefers to "suggest menace and violence rather than directly depict it."
