in pasadena and mrs. davis ( joanna cassidy ) send her daughter aubrey davis ( amber tamblyn ) to tokyo to bring her sister karen davis ( sarah michelle gellar ) and who be intern in a hospital after survive a fire and back to the usa . after their meeting and karen dy and aubrey decides to investigate what happen to her and get herself curse in the same situation and be chase by the ghost of the house . meanwhile in tokyo and the three high school mate allison ( arielle kebbel ) and vanessa ( teresa palmer ) and miyuki ( misako uno ) visit the famous haunt house and be also curse and chase by the ghost . in chicago and trish ( jennifer beals ) move to the apartment of her boyfriend bill ( christopher cousin ) and who live with his child and the teenager lacey ( sarah roehmer ) and boy jake ( matthew knight ) . on the next door and weird thing happen with their neighbor . the grudge 2 have scary sound and visual effect and with the creepy woman and boy and and i have startle a couple of time while watch this movie . however and the complex screenplay with three subplots be totally confused and make the entwined story a complete mess . there be too much character and situation and and in a certain moment i be completely lose with the disconnect and fragment narrative . in the end and i be completely disappointed with this confused and but also spooky film . my vote be four . title ( brazil ) represent o grito 2 ( the scream 2 ) .