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  2. Casting the Runes - Wikipedia

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    The 1957 film Night of the Demon (directed by Jacques Tourneur) is an adaption of this story. [2] In this version, the central character is called Dr John Holden (played by Dana Andrews ). Holden is an American psychologist who plans to expose occultist Julian Karswell ( Niall MacGinnis ) as a charlatan , only to discover that Karswell's powers ...

  3. Drag Me to Hell - Wikipedia

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    The film went into production under the name The Curse. [10] The Raimis wrote the script as a morality tale, desiring to write a story about a character who wants to be a good person, but makes a sinful choice out of greed for her own betterment and pays the price for it. [11]

  4. Ju-On - Wikipedia

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    The film, titled Ju-On: The Grudge, was released on October 18, 2002, to critical acclaim, and was followed by a sequel, Ju-On: The Grudge 2, that was released on August 23, 2003. The rights to an American film remake of The Grudge were eventually acquired, with Shimizu himself attached to direct and Sarah Michelle Gellar starring. [4]

  5. The Grudge 2 - Wikipedia

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    The curse is an entity created when the person dies. Those who encounter this supernatural force die and the curse is reborn repeatedly, passing from victim to victim in an endless, growing chain of horror. The following events are explained in their actual order, however, the film is presented in a nonlinear narrative.

  6. The Grudge - Wikipedia

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    Brian Rentschler of Screen Rant gave an overall positive review but in the end, unfavorably compared the film to The Ring, writing: "Writer/director Takashi Shimizu (who also wrote and directed the original) does a decent job of setting the mood of the film and (to a lesser extent) developing the storyline, but to be so similar to a movie that ...

  7. Cursed (2005 film) - Wikipedia

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    On January 17, 2004, the extensive reshoot wrapped. The new ending of the film was much more emotional and tragic, and featured Jackson's character begging his girlfriend Ellie to kill him to end the curse. An article about the film in Fangoria #241 included pictures of a head prop for Jake's original death scene. From all versions of the film ...

  8. Curse of the pharaohs - Wikipedia

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    The curse of the pharaohs or the mummy's curse is a curse alleged to be cast upon anyone who disturbs the mummy of an ancient Egyptian, especially a pharaoh. This curse, which does not differentiate between thieves and archaeologists, is claimed to cause bad luck, illness, or death.

  9. Kayako Saeki - Wikipedia

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    Saeki has been played by a number of actresses in films, including Takako Fuji in Katasumi (1998), Ju-On: The Curse, Ju-On: The Curse 2 (both 2000), Ju-On: The Grudge (2002), Ju-On: The Grudge 2 (2003), and the American remake films The Grudge (2004) and The Grudge 2 (2006), Misaki Saishō in Ju-On: The Beginning of the End (2014) and Ju-On ...