Horror movie 'Grudge' scares with new chapter

Japanese horror movie franchise “The Grudge” is back with its final installment, “The Grudge: the Final.”

Directed by Masayuki Ochiai, the movie opens in Korean theaters on Oct. 1.

The franchise started in 1999 with a video-only version and began releasing sequels for theaters in 2000, including “The Grudge: White Ghost” (2009), “The Grudge: Black Ghost” (2009) and “The Grudge: The Beginning of the End” (2014).

The movies, considered the scariest made in Asia, have sold the most tickets -- 1.87 million -- of all foreign horror movies that have opened in Korea.

Also known as “Ju-on,” a Japanese term that translates into “grudge,” the franchise depicts the ghosts of a woman and her son who haunt a house and whoever enters it.