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When it comes to "The Grudge", I think horror movie lovers will be familiar with it.
In 2003, when Japanese horror movies dominated, the appearance of "The Grudge" made many viewers shine.
It uses non-linear narrative methods and terrifying and eerie atmospheres to make people's blood flow, so it has become a "childhood nightmare" for many viewers.
Although Japanese horror films have a tendency to avoid the direct appearance of spirits, there are many bridges in "The Grudge" where spirits appear directly.
The film's director, Takashi Shimizu, once said: The concept of curse is to make the ghost appear more often than it can make people laugh.
"The Grudge"
At that time, "The Grudge" was only tested in two cinemas in Tokyo and Osaka, but achieved an unprecedented attendance rate in these two theaters.
When it was released in Hong Kong, China, almost all promotional advertisements and items were prohibited from "going out of the street" and refused to be published by the local electrical inspection office, television stations and other parties.
The reason is that the content is too horrible, which will cause panic and uneasiness among the people, resulting in almost a complete blockade of propaganda.
It was enough to see how terrifying "The Grudge" seemed at the time.
Even if you take it out and relive it now, it is still a bit better than most horror movies.
In particular, the two terrifying images of Gaco and Toshio Sabo are even more commendable and cannot be let go for a long time.
In the plot, Gaco has been a lonely and strange girl since she was a child.
She grew up with no friends, only a black cat.
In college, Gaco once fell in love with Shunsuke Kobayashi and used a book to record the bits and pieces between him and him, but in the end, Kobayashi Shunsuke fell in love with the other girls in the class and started a family.
Later, Gaco and Saburō Tsuyoshi got married and gave birth to a son, Toshio Saburō, who happened to be Shunsuke Kobayashi's teacher.
Tsuyoshi Sabo has always wanted a second child, but he is hesitant to go to the hospital for examination and finds that he has oligospermia, so he suspects that Toshio is not his own son.
When he returned home, Tsuyoshi Sabe discovered Gaco's diary about Shunsuke Kobayashi, and was furious and tortured Gaco to death.
Tsuyoshi Saburō, who killed Gaco, immediately sealed the cabinet where Toshio was hiding, causing Toshio to starve to death.
And all kinds of loneliness and resentment from childhood to adulthood, after death, turned into a curse, lingering in this house, for a long time can not be dissipated.
From then on, no one who touched the curse could escape, no matter who it came from, no matter where it went, no matter why it entered the house.
Whether it is the relocated residents, the police officers investigating the incident, the reporters involved in the reporting, and the actors who recorded the program, none of them were spared.
In fact, the original version of the series was a videotape version in 2000, although the sales were not very good, but because of the good reputation, the production of the film version was determined.
After the success of "Grudge" and "Grudge 2", the United States also launched three American versions of "Grudge", except for the third part, the first two films all used the Japanese version of "Grudge" director Shimizu Takashi.
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of "The Grudge", Japan released commemorative editions of "White Old Woman" and "Black Maiden".
In 2014 and 2015, new theatrical versions of "The Beginning of the End" and "The End" were launched respectively.
"Curse: The White Old Woman"
Unfortunately, neither the American version nor the japanese later release of these related films have been able to surpass the first two "Curses".
Echoes that saying: always imitated, never surpassed.
With the popularity of the movie, Japanese writer Kei Oshi also wrote a fictional version of "Curse" based on the movie.
The description of the plot of the novel is more detailed, and interested friends can search for it.
The Curse: The End
For horror movies, the impact of realism on the audience is quite important.
Compared to "Midnight Bells", the subtlety of "The Curse" is that it is more realistic.
The story always takes place in a small space, the wooden staircase that Ga coconut often climbs down, the large wardrobe that Toshio often haunts, and the bed in the bedroom, which are all things that can be seen everywhere in people's daily lives.
Because of this, the audience's sense of involvement will be very strong, and the sense of fear will haunt the heart all the time and cannot be dissipated for a long time.
Besides, the horror image in the first part of The Grudge is just a child.
If you often watch Japanese horror movies, it is not difficult to find that Japanese horror movies seem to be extremely fond of minors as horror images.
For example, "Ghost Doll Hanako".
These "little devils" are fierce and domineering, but they can arouse people's compassion.
Perhaps this is the expression of the Orientals, twisting and turning, terrifying and making people think deeply at the same time.
So for those who are still interested in small partners and loyal fans of "The Grudge", the news that Wheat is going to say next is enough to inspire people.
That is, the American streaming platform Netflix (Netflix) plans to shoot a TV series version of "The Grudge"!
According to the Japanese film industry information website "Natalie", Netflix announced on June 25, 2019, that it will adapt the classic Japanese horror movie "The Grudge" into a TV series, and plans to broadcast it in the spring of 2020.
As soon as the news was released, it caused a heated discussion on Twitter.
Unlike many previous news of classic IP adaptations, the vast majority of netizens are looking forward to it.
Not only because of the name of "Grudge", but also because of the "luxurious" lineup of the creative team of the TV series version of "Grudge".
It is reported that the TV drama version of "The Grudge" will use the post-80s director Miyake, who has directed "Your Birds Will Sing".
The screenwriters are Hiroshi Takahashi and Ichinose.
Both of them have served as screenwriters for the Japanese version of "The Grudge", and Hiroshi Takahashi is also one of the screenwriters of "Midnight Bell".
Thinking of such a classic IP and these three high-strength producers, coupled with Netflix, which has the reputation of "producing a must-have product", the TV drama version of "Curse" is definitely worth watching.
So are the friends looking forward to this TV series version of "The Grudge"?
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