The cast of The Grudge remake – Betty Gilpin, Lin Shaye, and Andrea Riseborough – were on hand at New York Comic Con 2019 to promote the R-rated horror reboot alongside writer/director Nicolas Pesce and executive producer Sam Raimi.
The panel – which was moderated by IGN’s Terri Schwartz – gave NYCC attendees a first look at the new iteration of the franchise, which takes place in the same continuity as the American Grudge films that kicked off with the 2004 movie starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. The series is based on the Japanese horror franchise Ju-On, created by Takashi Shimizu.
The new film stars Riseborough as small-town cop investigating a mysterious case that leads her to a cursed house. As you may remember from the earlier films, The Grudge features a curse that is enacted when someone dies in the grip of rage, and takes hold of a particular place and “infects” anyone who enters, cursing them with a violent death.
Source: IGN.com The Grudge Remake Debuts Footage at NYCC