The Grudge (2004)

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◄ The Grudge (2004)

Followed by

Tales from the Grudge (2006)

The Grudge 2 (2006)

The Grudge 3 (2009)

Remake of

Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

References

Ring (1998)
The final shot before the closing credits is taken directly from a famous camera shot during the climax of 'Ringu'.

Ring 2 (1999)
The final scene from The Grudge (2004) is a copy of the first scene from Ring 2 (1999) where Sadako's corpse is on the autopsy table and her hair suddenly appears from under the sheet

Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
Bill Pullman's character serves the plot in the same way that Yurei Yanagi's character did in 'Ju-on'. Also, without giving too much away, the jaw scene is taken directly from 'Ju-on'.

Dark Water (2002)
the scene of the water in the bathtub is a reference

Referenced in

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)
Poster can be seen in one scene.

Oculus: Chapter 3 - The Man with the Plan (2006)
The mirror ghouls are modeled to resemble Kayoko and Toshio, including the Toshio gaping mouth with non-human sounds eminating

Comedy Central Presents: Steve Byrne (2006)
There is a bit about the Grudge that acknowledges both versions.

The Benchwarmers (2006)
on shelf in video store

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)
Jeff Katz mentions it. Also, photographs are shown.

The Return (2006)
Several shots of Sarah Michelle Gellars character acting scared are taken straight out of The Grudge

The Unborn (2009)
*SPOILER*An evil spirit takes posession of an old man, and makes his body crawl stairs. Also, he makes similar noises with his throat as the ghost-woman in The Grudge. There is also a scene shortly after the little boy hits Casey with the mirror where he is at the top of the stairs looking through the railing, this is a direct reflection of the little boy Toshio in The Grudge who does the exact same thing.

The Rebound (2009)
Aram mentions the movie

Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009)
JU-ON/GRUDGE director Takashi Shimizu portrays the students' Chinese professor, and repeatedly references his own films.

To Begin to Live (2009)
A character mentions the film in reference to his biggest fear

Being Human: You're the One That I Haunt (2011)
mentioned by Josh

Scream 4 (2011)
Chloe referenced the film by saying "little asian ghost girls"

My Pure Joy (2011)
Referenced in Dialogue, "If a creepy asian chick is into you and you ditch her, she is going to put a grudge on you or atleast crawl out of your T.V. in 7 days."

Supernatural: Party On, Garth (2012)
The Shojo spirit physically resembles and makes the same croaking noise as the evil spirit Kayako.