Japanese studio Kadokawa and NBCUniversal Japan realized the cinematic potential of this joke, and Sadako vs. Kayako was born. These two iconic supernatural entities from The Ring and The Grudge
The Big Bad of the series, Kayako was an ordinary Housewife who has an obsessive crush on a teacher Peter Kirk. Unfortunately, her husband Takeo found out and brutally killed her, along with her son Toshio and the family cat Mar. Brought back by her family's rage as a Curse, Kayako appears as a Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl, crawling about to hunt down and kill anyone who enters her house to
Sadako Vs Kayako has nothing of the sort. Sadako vs Kayako doesn’t even make sense in the world of either of their franchises. The unimaginatively simplistic construction does it no favours. Essentially what you have here are two bad remakes of Ring and Ju-On playing out in complete parallel to one another until a final, logic-defying meet
Even in the originals, small continuities such as Sadako's dress & length of hair were retained. Not so in this. It sounds petty but things like that make a difference to me personally. The Sadako actress was not able to replicate Sadako's original walk. As for Kayako's bit, my biggest peeve was the age & size of Toshio.
You would think with eight films in the Japanese series already, including crossing over with The Grudge ghost Kayako, that The Ring series may be reaching a level of overexposure. With the original director of the first two films returning for Sadako, one might think that there is some hope for the latest addition to the series.
The ability to appear in the most unexpected places is but the least of Kayako’s many terrifying ways. imdb.com. 2. Kayako. After Sadako, Kayako of the Ju-on series is the one name most worthy of mention as far as the deadliest killers in Japanese horror films are concerned. Actually, her fans would insist she wins first place as J-horror’s
Jason hears Kayako, the titular spirit from the Grudge, fall down the steps into view, emitting a death rattle that Jason takes as a battle cry. Composite Jason (sans X), armed with a machete and not much else, vs Kayako and whatever other manifestations of The Curse that would be relevant in this situation. Battle begins on the ground floor of GGE6CC.
