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Suicide Forest Village: Takashi Shimizu’s new film comes to North America in 2022

Posted 4 years ago

The Grudge franchise creator Takashi Shimizu‘s film Howling Village just received a theatrical and VOD release in North America back in August, and now Cinedigm has announced (via Deadline) that they will be releasing Shimizu’s latest, Suicide Forest Village, in North America...

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Howling Village: Exclusive clip from Takashi Shimizu’s new film!

Posted 5 years ago

Dread gave The Grudge franchise creator Takashi Shimizu’s new horror film Howling Village a theatrical release on August 13th, and the film is available to watch On Demand as of today, August 17th. (Check it out on Amazon Prime.) Coinciding...

Howling Village trailer previews Takashi Shimizu’s new horror film

Posted 5 years ago

The poster and trailer for director Takashi Shimizu's upcoming horror film Howling Village say the movie is "From the writer and director of The Grudge and The Grudge 2", which is true – but it would have been even better...

Original vs. Remake: Ju-on vs. The Grudge

Posted 6 years ago

The GRUDGE franchise returns to the big screen this Friday, January 3rd, with a new installment from director Nicolas Pesce that is said to tie together all of the previous films in the series. While we wait to see what...

The Grudge gets R rating as Nicolas Pesce discusses Takashi Shimizu

Posted 7 years ago

Whether you love or hate the JU-ON / THE GRUDGE franchise, the person responsible for it is Takashi Shimizu. The concept for the series came from his mind, and he started it off with a couple short films before going...

The Grudge reboot officially set for summer 2019

Posted 8 years ago

Halloween may seem like the logical time to put out a horror movie, but movies like THE CONJURING and last year’s ANNABELLE: CREATION and IT have proven otherwise. Summertime (or close to it) is prime horror season, with people wanting...

It’s the Booze Talkin’, Don’t curse us with another Grudge remake!

Posted 9 years ago

I’m going to admit something fairly controversial. I didn’t really enjoy THE RING (2002). You know, the Gore Verbinski flick that was a remake of RINGU – I think I liked that flick just slightly more. That entire period of scares...

The Grudge reboot to be directed by The Eyes of My Mother’s Nicolas Pesce

Posted 9 years ago

Big news dropping late on a Thursday night: Sony's long-threatened reboot of THE GRUDGE is moving forward once again. Quit your sighing, though. There's good news. They've hired a very intriguing person to steer this particular ship. Nicolas Pesce, who...

Dissecting Director Takashi Shimizu!

Posted 10 years ago

DIRECTOR TAKASHI SHIMIZU! No matter who you ask, it's clear Takashi Shimizu is one of the preeminent purveyors of Japanese horror cinema. The dude fomented a tidal wave of international acclaim when his 2002 movie JU-ON: THE GRUDGE proved so...

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