The Grudge ★★☆☆☆

Bringing in Kobayashi’s story from The Curse into The Grudge makes a lot of sense for the remake but I can’t say I’m fond of the rest of the changes. The plot is more linear now and much more focused on having a central protagonist in a way that makes everything unfolding much less interesting and everyone in Tokyo other than the Saeki family is a white American now. I understand that Hollywood thinks that audiences are terrified of subtitles but the degree to which almost everyone with a speaking role is made white is incredible.