Writer-director Nicolas Pesce's (THE EYES OF MY MOTHER, PIERCING) reimagining of THE GRUDGE (pre-order HERE) with Lin Shaye hits Digital, Blu-ray, and DVD next month with bonus content including three featurettes, an alternate ending, and bonus scenes "too frightening for theaters."
You can check out the full list of special features below.
This new version earned an R rating from the MPAA for "disturbing violence and bloody images, terror and some language" and takes place in America and – get this – happens at the same time as the 2004 Sarah Michelle Gellar flick. It follows:
A detective who investigates a murder scene that has a connection to a case that her new partner handled in the past. The killings occurred in a haunted house that passes on a ghostly curse to those who dare enter it. Soon, the curse spreads to a terminally ill woman and her husband, and another unsuspecting couple who were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
BONUS MATERIALS
“The Cast of the Cursed” featurette: Take an inside look at the evil that lurks behind the doors at 44 Reyburn Dr., as key creatives and cast members explore The Grudge characters and discuss their experience working with Writer/Director Nicolas Pesce.
“Designing Death” featurette: From a slightly paler version of themselves to being completely mangled and rotted, to the incredible death scenes; like Faith Matheson’s (Lin Shaye) epic leap off of the staircase, explore the character make-up design process and the film’s visual look involved in creating the myriad of ghosts caught in the grips of the Grudge!
“Easter Egg Haunt” featurette: Join Writer/Director Nicolas Pesce as he brings to light the plethora of hidden Easter Eggs throughout the film which are homages to the previous works in the Ju-On franchise.
Extended Scenes & Alternative Ending Experience the scenes too disturbing for theaters, like Peter Spencer’s terrifying encounter in the attic of 44 Reyburn Dr., or the uncovering of the gruesome truth behind the Landers’ family deaths.
THE GRUDGE was written and directed by Nicolas Pesce from a story by Pesce and Jeff Buhler based on JU-ON: THE GRUDGE by Takashi Shimizu. Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, and Taka Ichise produced. It stars Andrea Riseborough (BIRDMAN), Demián Bichir (THE NUN), John Cho (SEARCHING), Betty Gilpin (GLOW), with Lin Shaye (INSIDIOUS) and Jacki Weaver (BIRD BOX). Executive Producers were Nathan Kahane, Erin Westerman Brady Fujikawa, Andrew Pfeffer, Roy Lee, Doug Davison, John Powers Middleton, and Schuyler Weiss. Kelli Konop and Romel Adam were co-producers.
THE GRUDGE arrives on Digital March 10, 2020, and on Blu-ray and DVD March 24, 2020.