TY - BOOK AU - Takashi Shimizu AU - Takashi Shimizu AU - Stephen Susco AU - Sarah Michelle Gellar AU - Jason Behr AU - Clea DuVall TI - The Grudge AV - PN1997 .G783 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - United States of America PB - Columbia Pictures, Ghost House Pictures N1 - Supplemental materials: - Filmmaker and cast commentaries - Deleted scenes with optional commentary - Short films N2 - From case cover: When someone dies in the grip of a powerful rage a curse is left behind – it never forgives, it never forgets. From filmmaker Sam Raimi ("Spider-Man", "Army of Darkness") and acclaimed Japanese director Takashi Shimizu comes a terrifying tale of horror in the tradition of "The Ring" and "28 Days Later". Sarah Michelle Gellar (TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") stars as an American nurse who has come to work in Tokyo. Following a series of horrifying and mysterious deaths, she encounters the vengeful supernatural spirit that possesses its victims, claims their souls, then passes its curse to another person in a spreading chain of horror. Now she must find a way to break this supernatural spell or become the next victiim of an ancient evil that never dies, but forever lives to kill ER -