Sarah Michelle Gellar, bekend van Buffy the Vampire Slayer, zal gaan spelen in The Grudge, de remake van de Japanse horrorfilm Ju-On.

Sam Raimi (Evil Dead, Spiderman) zal de film produceren. De titel verwijst volgens de makers naar a curse that befalls someone who dies in the grip of a powerful rage. Those who encounter this murderous supernatural curse die, and a new one is born -- passed like a virus from victim to victim in an endless, growing chain of horror.