Yes, the Ju-on/The Grudge franchise is getting another reboot in the form of the simply titled Grudge, directed by Nicolas Pesce and set for release next year. Horror icon Lin Shaye (the star of the Insidious franchise) stars in this new take on the classic terror tale, and Shaye hypes this week that it’s the downright scariest film she’s ever been involved with.
“Wait until you see this. It’s the scariest movie I’ve ever been a part of, not even maybe. Not even maybe,” Shaye told ComicBook.com. “And it’s the scariest part I’ve ever had, bar none. I think it comes out next August, I’m very excited about it. The horror fans are going to go insane, that I can promise.”
Shaye continued, “What will make it really different is Nicolas Pesce, who is the writer/director, who is extraordinary. I mean he’s a real visionary.”
Andrea Riseborough (Mandy), Demian Bichir (The Nun), John Cho (“The Exorcist”), Betty Gilpin (“Glow”), William Sadler (The Mist), Jacki Weaver and Frankie Faison also star.
Based on a script by Midnight Meat Train scribe Jeff Buhler, it’s a new take on the 2004 pic (itself based on the 2002 Japanese original Ju-on), which starred Sarah Michelle Gellar as a nurse in Tokyo who is afflicted by a curse that created uncontrollable homicidal rage.
This will be the twelfth Ju-On/The Grudge film, which also has a video game, two short films, and several graphic novels included in the collection.
Grudge is set for release on August 16, 2019.