: The curse typically emanates from a house in Nerima, Tokyo , where a man named Takeo Saeki murdered his wife, Kayako, their young son, Toshio, and the family cat in a jealous rage.
: Once established, the curse acts like a plague. Anyone who enters the house is "marked" and will eventually be killed or vanish. : The curse typically emanates from a house
The series is founded on the concept that when a person dies in the grip of extreme anger, a curse is born in the location where they perished. their young son
: The pale, wide-eyed young boy often accompanied by a black cat; his presence usually signals an imminent encounter with the curse. "Ju-On: The Grudge" makes the dead beautiful : The curse typically emanates from a house