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Certification
| MPAA | Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, disturbing images/terror/violence, and some sensuality |
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Sex & Nudity
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- A man and a woman started kissing in bed, implied that they're going to have sex following the scene cut.
Violence & Gore
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- In the first scene of the movie, a man commits suicide by jumping off a balcony.
- The deceased body of a man is witnessed by several shocked bystanders and his wife after he commits suicide. His limbs are bent at odd angles, one of his eyeballs is popped out of the socket, and blood is pooled out from his head.
- A boy has a heavily bandaged, bleeding knee, cuts on his face and legs, and dark circles around his eyes, implying earlier incidents of physical abuse from his father.
- A woman is killed when a ghost suddenly appears under her bedsheets and drags her beneath, disappearing into nothingness.
- Flashbacks reveal that a man killed his family by chasing his wife, who sprains her ankle trying to escape, and grabbing her by her hair to snap her neck, then slash her with a box cutter. Then he proceeds to drown his son, who witnessed the murder, and the family cat. Not as graphic as it sounds, most of the details are implied.
- A man is killed when a ghost hovers over him and presumably drains him of his life force, leaving behind his pale corpse.
- A shadowy ghost hovers over an elderly woman and induces a heart attack on her, killing her.
- Boy gets beaten by his angry mother.
- A man hears noises in a closet, opens the door, looks up toward the attic hatch, and a blood-soaked body lands on him. The man runs, opens another door, and the legs of a person swinging and kicking the wall are shown.
- A man goes into a bathroom and finds a boy with his head in a bathtub full of water; the man pulls the boy out, and then the man is shoved into the water (an arm is shown going towards him and he is heard flailing).
- A woman reaches toward a sheet covering a dead body in a morgue, it moves, an ashen hand comes out from under the sheet, she turns around and sees a specter with a glaring eye.
Profanity
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- There are two uses of "hell" and one use of "damn".
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- Casual smoking amongst employees at a restaurant.
- A man looks over some photos of old colleagues, they're all holding alcoholic drinks.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- A few jump scares and a very dark atmosphere throughout. As this film is directed by the same man who made the original film, it retains his traditional dread and unsettling tone of horror.
- The fact that, in contrast to traditional haunted house stories, the characters are not safe from the ghost's wrath even when they escape from the house, and the curse essentially spreading like a virus from person to person with seemingly no way to stop it, can be very intense and frightening for some viewers.
- A woman is chased up a staircase by a ghostly woman, who grabs and breaks her cell phone. An unnamed security guard offers to check for her and protect her; he is seen walking down the hall and there's a moment of tension as it's unclear whether or not the ghost will get him.
- A police detective witnesses a ghoulish figure on camera; this cuts to a disturbing closeup shot of a woman's eyes.
- The film's title and end credits feature red text on a black background framing words like "curse" and "death", accompanied by ominous music. This may frighten some viewers.
- An elderly woman suffers from dementia; at various points in the film, she is seen neglected and abandoned, visibly frightened and unable to care for herself. This may upset some viewers.
- The theatrical cut is an MPAA-rated PG-13 in the US but the extended cut available on home video restores just about enough footage to push the film to an R rating.
- The appearances of Kayako and Toshio may frighten some viewers, as they make inhuman and guttural noises, literally appear out of nowhere at certain points, and can bend and contort their bodies in ways that seem humanly impossible.
Spoilers
Violence & Gore
- A man finds a human jaw in an attic. Later, the ghost of the woman from whom the jaw was ripped attacks a man, and she is shown missing the jaw, her wound gaping and raw. This is the most graphic moment in the film.
- Two police detectives discover the dead bodies of a married couple in the attic of a house. The couple both have green, decaying faces and sunken eyes. It's then stated later on that the husband killed his wife and himself.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
- A man attacks his wife, breaking her neck. A boy revealed to be his son is seen watching and the man goes after him. The man drowns his son and kills his cat as well. Can be intense or upsetting for some viewers.
- The scene where Yoko's ghost heads to the office to kill Alex is genuinely terrifying. The fact that her clothes are now basically rags, that she's covered in blood, and seemingly alive after being presumed dead all add to the buildup of dread, which culminates with a grotesque shot of her jawless face and hanging tongue.
- The iconic staircase sequence is the scariest scene in the entire film. The music, the tension, and Kayako crawling down the stairs covered in blood and bending and contorting her body in unnatural ways all add to the terror of the scene.
- The apartment sequence with Susan can be very intense, especially for people with a fear of loneliness. The scene's ending, where Kayako suddenly appears underneath her bed covers and drags her into nowhere can be scary to certain viewers, such as those who like to hide under the covers to feel safe.
- A real-estate agent finds a clogged bathtub full of gross brown water. He reaches his hand in to try and pull the plug out, only to find rotting human hair and a gray hand reaching out to grab him.
- Karen is visibly upset at the loss of Yoko and Alex, who were good friends of hers.
