'The Grudge' trivia and fun facts
Sony's horror actress
Lin Shaye co-stars the firsts Insidious installments and she was the main character in the fourth one, which had such a good box-office. Now, Sony has trusted in her again for they new big horror release.
Production problems
The film has been in development hell since 2013. Adam Green, director of 'Hatchet', was originally slated to direct before he dropped out to focus on adapting the novel 'Killer Pizza' for a film.
Inspiration
The director, Nicholas Pesce, has confessed that for the realization of this film he was inspired by The Exorcist (1973) and The Changeling (1980).
The Grudge all over the world
Nicholas Pesce has said that if he manages to make sequels, he would like to see the curse spread to other parts of the world like Australia, Europe and Africa.
Films connection
'The Grudge' takes place in the same temporary space as the 2004 film 'The Scream'.
Takashi Shimizu
This will be the first American Grudge film not to have any involvement with Takashi Shimizu, who directed the original 4 Ju-on films and the two American remakes. Although he did not direct 'The Grudge 3', he did remain as a producer.
4 means bad luck
The number of the house in which the film is developed is 44, a reference to the original short film Ju-on 4444444444 (1998) and from which the film came out with the same name in 2002. 4 is also a number of bad luck in Japanese culture because that figure in Japanese is specific a homophone for the name of the character of Shi, which means death.