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Detective Muldoon ([[Film/Oblivion2013 Andrea Riseborough]]) is contacted by Peter Spencer (Creator/JohnCho) about an encounter while visiting a house for sale. As Muldoon proceeds with her investigation, she begins to discover a series of gruesome deaths connected to the house…and in doing so draws the attention of the malevolent entity that resides within. With time running out, Muldoon must uncover the mystery if she is to hope of saving herself and her son. Creator/DemianBichir (''Series/TheBridgeUS'', ''Film/AlienCovenant'', ''Film/TheNun''), Betty Gilpin (''Series/{{GLOW|2017}}''), Jacki Weaver (''Film/AnimalKingdom''), Creator/WilliamSadler (''Film/DieHard2'', ''Film/DemonKnight'', ''Film/TheMist''), and Creator/LinShaye (''Film/AloneInTheDark1982'', ''Film/{{Insidious}}'', ''Film/{{Ouija}}'') also star in supporting roles.

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Detective Muldoon ([[Film/Oblivion2013 Andrea Riseborough]]) is contacted by Peter Spencer (Creator/JohnCho) about an encounter while visiting a house for sale. As Muldoon proceeds with her investigation, she begins to discover a series of gruesome deaths connected to the house…and in doing so draws the attention of the malevolent entity that resides within. With time running out, Muldoon must uncover the mystery if she is to hope of saving herself and her son. Creator/DemianBichir (''Series/TheBridgeUS'', ''Film/AlienCovenant'', ''Film/TheNun''), Betty Gilpin Creator/BettyGilpin (''Series/{{GLOW|2017}}''), Jacki Weaver (''Film/AnimalKingdom''), Creator/WilliamSadler (''Film/DieHard2'', ''Film/DemonKnight'', ''Film/TheMist''), and Creator/LinShaye (''Film/AloneInTheDark1982'', ''Film/{{Insidious}}'', ''Film/{{Ouija}}'') also star in supporting roles.

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* EvilTaintedThePlace: [[GenreSavvy Detective Goodman]], who investigated the Landers case, came to this conclusion after he saw his partner Detective Wilson descend into madness after he went to the haunted house.

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* EvilTaintedThePlace: [[GenreSavvy Detective Goodman]], Goodman, who investigated the Landers case, came to this conclusion after he saw his partner Detective Wilson descend into madness after he went to the haunted house.



* GenreSavvy: Detective Goodman, who senses the presence of something evil, and rather than blunder around anyway like a typical RedShirt cop takes great steps to avoid any contact with the curse.
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Detective Muldoon ([[Film/Oblivion2013 Andrea Riseborough]]) is contacted by Peter Spencer (Creator/JohnCho) about an encounter while visiting a house for sale. As Muldoon proceeds with her investigation, she begins to discover a series of gruesome deaths connected to the house…and in doing so draws the attention of the malevolent entity that resides within. With time running out, Muldoon must uncover the mystery if she is to hope of saving herself and her son. Creator/DemianBichir (''Series/TheBridge'', ''Film/AlienCovenant'', ''Film/TheNun''), Betty Gilpin (''Series/{{GLOW|2017}}''), Jacki Weaver (''Film/AnimalKingdom''), Creator/WilliamSadler (''Film/DieHard2'', ''Film/DemonKnight'', ''Film/TheMist''), and Creator/LinShaye (''Film/AloneInTheDark1982'', ''Film/{{Insidious}}'', ''Film/{{Ouija}}'') also star in supporting roles.

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Detective Muldoon ([[Film/Oblivion2013 Andrea Riseborough]]) is contacted by Peter Spencer (Creator/JohnCho) about an encounter while visiting a house for sale. As Muldoon proceeds with her investigation, she begins to discover a series of gruesome deaths connected to the house…and in doing so draws the attention of the malevolent entity that resides within. With time running out, Muldoon must uncover the mystery if she is to hope of saving herself and her son. Creator/DemianBichir (''Series/TheBridge'', (''Series/TheBridgeUS'', ''Film/AlienCovenant'', ''Film/TheNun''), Betty Gilpin (''Series/{{GLOW|2017}}''), Jacki Weaver (''Film/AnimalKingdom''), Creator/WilliamSadler (''Film/DieHard2'', ''Film/DemonKnight'', ''Film/TheMist''), and Creator/LinShaye (''Film/AloneInTheDark1982'', ''Film/{{Insidious}}'', ''Film/{{Ouija}}'') also star in supporting roles.
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* TooDumbToLive: [[UpToEleven Almost to the point of parody with]] [[spoiler:Peter]]. At one point, while being chased down by a supernatural entity, he decides to make a break for it into a massive closet as a hiding space. Unsurprisingly, he is killed shortly after.

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* TooDumbToLive: [[UpToEleven Almost to the point of parody with]] with [[spoiler:Peter]]. At one point, while being chased down by a supernatural entity, he decides to make a break for it into a massive closet as a hiding space. Unsurprisingly, he is killed shortly after.
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* AdultFear: Strip away the supernatural elements of the story and the film becomes about a woman who becomes the target of malicious individuals looking to hurt her and her son.
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* ActorAllusion: Played with somewhat. In the Japanese dub, Faith is voiced by none other than [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takako_Fuji Takako Fuji]] herself. Fuji is best known as [[{{Film/Juon}} the original actress]] [[Film/TheGrudge that played Kayako Saeki]]. Whether or not this is intentional is unknown.

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* FriendToAllChildren: Peter.

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* GreaterScopeVillain: Kayako's role is significantly diminished in this installment. She only appears briefly to pass the curse onto Fiona, which kicks the whole plot in motion, but is otherwise uninvolved in the events that follow. Instead, Fiona goes on to become a vengeful spirit herself and perpetuates the curse in America.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Detective Goodman quickly picks up that something is seriously wrong with the house and refuses to set foot in it. He drops the case altogether when his partner, Wilson, undergoes major SanitySlippage after he entered the house. This is what spares him from the curse.
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* HellIsThatNoise: Kayako's death rattle in the film's opening scene. [[note:For some reason Melinda, Fiona and Sam all have death rattles as well, despite all of them suffering completely different fates.]]

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* HellIsThatNoise: Kayako's death rattle in the film's opening scene. [[note:For [[note]]For some reason Melinda, Fiona and Sam all have death rattles as well, despite all of them suffering completely different fates.]][[/note]]

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* HellIsThatNoise: Kayako's death rattle in the film's opening scene.
** Sam's ghost makes a raspy growling noise.
** For some reason, Melinda's ghost has a death rattle like Kayako, despite the fact that she was drowned.

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* HellIsThatNoise: Kayako's death rattle in the film's opening scene. \n** Sam's ghost makes a raspy growling noise.\n** For [[note:For some reason, Melinda's ghost has a reason Melinda, Fiona and Sam all have death rattle like Kayako, rattles as well, despite the fact that she was drowned.all of them suffering completely different fates.]]


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* PapaWolf: Upon finding out that Fiona drowned their daughter, Sam understandably attacks his wife in a devastated rage, prior to being murdered by her as well.
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Detective Muldoon ([[{{Film/Oblivion}} Andrea Riseborough]]) is contacted by Peter Spencer (Creator/JohnCho) about an encounter while visiting a house for sale. As Muldoon proceeds with her investigation, she begins to discover a series of gruesome deaths connected to the house…and in doing so draws the attention of the malevolent entity that resides within. With time running out, Muldoon must uncover the mystery if she is to hope of saving herself and her son. Creator/DemianBichir (''Series/TheBridge'', ''Film/AlienCovenant'', ''Film/TheNun''), Betty Gilpin (''Series/{{GLOW|2017}}''), Jacki Weaver (''Film/AnimalKingdom''), Creator/WilliamSadler (''Film/DieHard2'', ''Film/DemonKnight'', ''Film/TheMist''), and Creator/LinShaye (''Film/AloneInTheDark1982'', ''Film/{{Insidious}}'', ''Film/{{Ouija}}'') also star in supporting roles.

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Detective Muldoon ([[{{Film/Oblivion}} ([[Film/Oblivion2013 Andrea Riseborough]]) is contacted by Peter Spencer (Creator/JohnCho) about an encounter while visiting a house for sale. As Muldoon proceeds with her investigation, she begins to discover a series of gruesome deaths connected to the house…and in doing so draws the attention of the malevolent entity that resides within. With time running out, Muldoon must uncover the mystery if she is to hope of saving herself and her son. Creator/DemianBichir (''Series/TheBridge'', ''Film/AlienCovenant'', ''Film/TheNun''), Betty Gilpin (''Series/{{GLOW|2017}}''), Jacki Weaver (''Film/AnimalKingdom''), Creator/WilliamSadler (''Film/DieHard2'', ''Film/DemonKnight'', ''Film/TheMist''), and Creator/LinShaye (''Film/AloneInTheDark1982'', ''Film/{{Insidious}}'', ''Film/{{Ouija}}'') also star in supporting roles.
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* AdultFear: Strip away the supernatural elements of the story and the film becomes about a woman who becomes the target of malicious individual looking to hurt her and her son.

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* AdultFear: Strip away the supernatural elements of the story and the film becomes about a woman who becomes the target of malicious individual individuals looking to hurt her and her son.



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* DisproportionateRetribution: If you enter the house, the ghosts will follow you (and maybe your family to) and terrorize you until you’re dead.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: If you enter the house, the ghosts will follow you (and maybe your family to) too) and terrorize you until you’re dead.



* SanitySlippage: Detective Wilson loses his mind after entering the Landers home, and ends up a suicidal wreck of a man.

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* SanitySlippage: Detective Wilson loses his mind after entering the Landers Lander's home, and ends up a suicidal wreck of a man.
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* CannotSpitItOut: Fiona almost tells Yoko what she saw at the Saeki House that caused her to put, but it's too weird for her to give words to.

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* CannotSpitItOut: Fiona almost tells Yoko what she saw at the Saeki House that caused her to put, quit, but it's too weird for her to give words to.
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* EvilTaintedThePlace: Detective Goodman investigating the Landers case came to this conclusion after he saw his partner Detective Wilson descend into madness after he went to the haunted house.

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* EvilTaintedThePlace: [[GenreSavvy Detective Goodman investigating Goodman]], who investigated the Landers case case, came to this conclusion after he saw his partner Detective Wilson descend into madness after he went to the haunted house.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: If you enter the house, the ghosts will follow you and terrorize you until you’re dead.

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* CannotSpitItOut: Fiona almost tells Yoko what she saw at the Saeki House that caused her to put, but it's too weird for her to give words to.
* DisappearedDad: Burke's father died of cancer
* DisproportionateRetribution: If you enter the house, the ghosts will follow you (and maybe your family to) and terrorize you until you’re dead.dead.


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* FriendToAllChildren: Peter.
* GenreSavvy: Detective Goodman, who senses the presence of something evil, and rather than blunder around anyway like a typical RedShirt cop takes great steps to avoid any contact with the curse.


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* ShadyRealEstateAgent: Averted with the Spencer's, who are fairly pleasant and ethical at their jobs.


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* WrongGenreSavvy:
** Fiona, who quickly left after seeing the ghosts, not realizing that they would be able to follow her.
** William Matheson notices the ghosts, but sees them as being peaceful, and potentially inspiring given the confirmation of some form of life after death, not realizing their vicious desire to speed up that afterlife.

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* HellIsThatNoise: Kayako's death rattle in the film's opening scene. Same goes for the raspy growling Sam's ghost makes.
** For some reason, Melinda's ghost makes a death rattle like Kayako, even though they died in completely different ways.

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* HellIsThatNoise: Kayako's death rattle in the film's opening scene. Same goes for the raspy growling
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Sam's ghost makes.
makes a raspy growling noise.
** For some reason, Melinda's ghost makes has a death rattle like Kayako, even though they died in completely different ways.despite the fact that she was drowned.
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* HellIsThatNoise: Kayako's death rattle in the film's opening scene. Same goes for the raspy growling Sam's ghost makes.
** For some reason, Melinda's ghost makes a death rattle like Kayako, even though they died in completely different ways.
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* AxCrazy: Most people affected by the curse, though Detective Wilson winds up becoming more dangerous to himself than anybody else.
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** While Spencer is taking a shower, a ghostly fingers can be seen in his hair.

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** While Spencer Peter is taking a shower, a ghostly fingers can be seen in his hair.



* TooDumbToLive: [[UpToEleven Almost to the point of parody with]] [[spoiler:Spencer]]. At one point, while being chased down by a supernatural entity, he decides to make a break for it into a massive closet as a hiding space. Unsurprisingly, he is killed shortly after.

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* TooDumbToLive: [[UpToEleven Almost to the point of parody with]] [[spoiler:Spencer]].[[spoiler:Peter]]. At one point, while being chased down by a supernatural entity, he decides to make a break for it into a massive closet as a hiding space. Unsurprisingly, he is killed shortly after.

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''The Grudge'' is a 2020 {{supernatural|fiction}} {{horror}} film written & directed by Nicolas Pesce (''Film/TheEyesOfMyMother''). It is the fourth entry in the American ''[[Film/TheGrudge Grudge]]'' series (itself based on the Japanese ''Film/{{Juon}}'' franchise), serving as a {{soft reboot}} set during the events of the first two films. Creator/SamRaimi, who produced the first two films, returns in the same role here.

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''The Grudge'' is a 2020 {{supernatural|fiction}} {{horror}} film written & directed by Nicolas Pesce (''Film/TheEyesOfMyMother''). It is the fourth entry in the American ''[[Film/TheGrudge Grudge]]'' series (itself based on the Japanese ''Film/{{Juon}}'' franchise), serving as a {{soft reboot}} {{sidequel}} set during the events of the first two films. Creator/SamRaimi, who produced the first two films, returns in the same role here.


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* ArcNumber: The FourIsDeath trope (present in all the films in the series) counts as this, but there is also the number 'five', since the ArcWords are usually followed by characters counting to five
* ArcWords: "What do we do when we're scared? We (close our eyes and) count to five".


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* BloodierAndGorier


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* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:Nina Spencer is pregnant with a baby that has adrenoleukodystrophy, a rare and debilitating genetic disorder, which distresses her and Peter, but in the end this doesn't matter because Peter ends up killing Nina and their unborn child.]]
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* TooDumbToLive: [[UpToEleven Almost to the point of parody with John Cho's character.]] At one point, while being chased down by a supernatural entity, he decides to make a break for it into a massive closet as a hiding space. Unsurprisingly, he is killed shortly after.

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* TooDumbToLive: [[UpToEleven Almost to the point of parody with John Cho's character.]] with]] [[spoiler:Spencer]]. At one point, while being chased down by a supernatural entity, he decides to make a break for it into a massive closet as a hiding space. Unsurprisingly, he is killed shortly after.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Faith]] and [[spoiler:Detective Wilson]], though he bungles it the first time.
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* EvilTaintedThePlace: One of the detectives investigating the Landers case came to this conclusion after he saw his partner descend into madness after he went to the haunted house.

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* EvilTaintedThePlace: One of the detectives Detective Goodman investigating the Landers case came to this conclusion after he saw his partner Detective Wilson descend into madness after he went to the haunted house.
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Detective Muldoon ([[{{Film/Oblivion}} Andrea Riseborough]]) is contacted by Peter Spencer (Creator/JohnCho) about an encounter while visiting a house for sale. As Muldoon proceeds with her investigation, she begins to discover a series of gruesome deaths connected to the house…and in doing so draws the attention of the malevolent entity that resides within. With time running out, Muldoon must uncover the mystery if she is to hope of saving herself and her son. Demián Bichir (''Series/TheBridge'', ''Film/AlienCovenant'', ''Film/TheNun''), Betty Gilpin (''Series/{{GLOW|2017}}''), Jacki Weaver (''Film/AnimalKingdom''), Creator/WilliamSadler (''Film/DieHard2'', ''Film/DemonKnight'', ''Film/TheMist''), and Creator/LinShaye (''Film/AloneInTheDark1982'', ''Film/{{Insidious}}'', ''Film/{{Ouija}}'') also star in supporting roles.

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Detective Muldoon ([[{{Film/Oblivion}} Andrea Riseborough]]) is contacted by Peter Spencer (Creator/JohnCho) about an encounter while visiting a house for sale. As Muldoon proceeds with her investigation, she begins to discover a series of gruesome deaths connected to the house…and in doing so draws the attention of the malevolent entity that resides within. With time running out, Muldoon must uncover the mystery if she is to hope of saving herself and her son. Demián Bichir Creator/DemianBichir (''Series/TheBridge'', ''Film/AlienCovenant'', ''Film/TheNun''), Betty Gilpin (''Series/{{GLOW|2017}}''), Jacki Weaver (''Film/AnimalKingdom''), Creator/WilliamSadler (''Film/DieHard2'', ''Film/DemonKnight'', ''Film/TheMist''), and Creator/LinShaye (''Film/AloneInTheDark1982'', ''Film/{{Insidious}}'', ''Film/{{Ouija}}'') also star in supporting roles.
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** One of the posters for this movie is scarily similar to the poster for the first Grudge remake.

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