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Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (2003)

★ 6.5 · 381 ratings on TMDB
Ju-on: The Grudge 2 poster★ 6.5

When the cast and crew of a paranormal TV reality program decide to shoot in the house of the original Saeki hauntings, a series of strange events unfold at the location.

DirectorTakashi Shimizu
CastAyumu Saito, Chiharu Niiyama, Emi Yamamoto, Erika Kuroishi, Kaoru Mizuki, Kei Horie
GenresHorror, Thriller
The emergence reading

In Ju-on: The Grudge 2, consciousness is carried by the dead — a plane of “cursed house”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing fear, mortality, otherness.

↷ the deadJPfearmortalityotherness
Also inFilms about othernessConsciousness hiding in the deadFilms about mortalityFilms that move consciousness off the human
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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same subject, different mask

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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