Let’s not parse words here: this “sidequel” to the sequel to the remake of the third installment of the Japanese horror series is bad. Like really, really bad; like we both said to “avoid” it, like “give us our money back” bad. BUT, that doesn’t mean there wasn’t much to dismember. In fact, the dismembering is in full force, as we try to figure out how exactly the last two decades of the worst of horror clichés managed to reach such new, unfathomable heights.

RecommenDEADtions: Sadako vs. Kayako / A Haunting on Brockway Street

Where we watched: Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood

The Grudge (2020)

Written and Directed by Nicolas Pesce