The Grudge 3 rated R for violence, disturbing images, and some language ***contains spoilers***

I was unaware of this movie's existence until I was flipping channels one evening.  I was surprised and puzzled because I hadn't heard of the picture and I wondered what the plot of the movie could be.  After watching the movie the mystery of why I hadn't heard of the picture was clear.

This film picks up where The Grudge 2 left off.  Through a series of flashbacks the audience is both reminded that when a person dies in a terrible rage a curse is born and of the events from the previous films that brought the story to where it is as of this movie.  The boy named Jake (played by Matthew Knight) from The Grudge 2 is now in a psych ward and is in the process of being treated by a doctor named Dr. Sullivan (played by Shawnee Smith).  After his mysterious death, Dr. Sullivan begins researching what happened to the boy's family and the events that preceded his family's deaths.

At the same time that Dr. Sullivan begins her investigation, a young Japanese womannamed Naoko (played by Emi Ikehata) who is living in Japan is having dreams about what is happening to Jake and what has happened to the others affected by the curse.  She appears to have knowledge of what is happening and she hints at doing something about it.

Meanwhile, back at the apartment building in Chicago that Jake and his family used to live at, the young superintendent Max (played by Gil McKinney), Max's sister Lisa (played by Johanna Braddy), and Max's younger sister Rose (played by Jadie Rose Hobson)  are experiencing varying degrees of effects of the curse.  Lisa's boyfriend Andy also has experiences related to the curse.

Naoko journeys to the apartment building in Chicago to help stop the curse and to reveal more about Kayako.  During the course of her efforts she meets and interacts with Lisa and Rose and enlists their help.

The film was better than expected considering it sounds like it was a straight to dvd/tv movie but in comparison to the other Grudge movies it's not as good. The acting was ok.  The story was all right.  I would recommend this film if you are curious.  Unlike the previous Grudge movies, this movie is shown in sequence.