Hellcome again humans, for this new and last edition 2015 of "The Villain of the Month."
For this last edition of the year, I decided to talk about my favorite female character of the horror universe. She's even my horror crush <3. She is terrifying, no one can escape her, she is everywhere, and darkness are her ally and her weapon: Kayako Saeki, sometimes called "The Grudge".
Before, Kayako was human and lived in the city of Tokyo, with her husband Takeo, and their son Toshio. They seemed to lead a normal family life, yet one day Kayako fell in love with another man, and this love turned into obsession, to the point that she spoke all the time about him in her diary. But one night, Takeo discovered Kayako's diary and learned that his wife loved another man. Takeo was very impulsive, and under the influence of anger, he killed his family. He broke the neck of Kayako and drowned Toshio and the cat in the bathtub, before committing suicide by hanging. But in Japan, a legend says that if a murder is committed in a fit of rage and extreme hatred, a curse falls upon the place of the tragedy, containing all the anger, and killing anyone who dares to come. That's what happened. Kayako returned from the dead in the form of a vengeful ghost filled with hate. Since then, Kayako haunts the house, now cursed, and kills all those who dare enter the house.
Kayako has many powers, the exact number is uncertain, but she has many. Her hair can grow to infinity and move like a giant octopus, to encircle, catch and smother his victims. Darkness is the weapon of Kayako, and she knows how to use it to terrorize her preys before killing them. Kayako is also able to "transform" her victims into zombies, which she uses as puppets. But one of the most terrifying powers of Kayako is her ability to appear everywhere (even from inside of a clothe or a photo, as seen in the second movie, or in the hair of a girl, as seen in the first movie). There's nowhere to hide or escape her. As a vengeful ghost, Kayako is filled with hatred and anger that killed her, and now she uses it to kill people. She has sometimes an extreme violence. In the first movie, we can see for example a victim of Kayako, with the lower jaw torn off.
Kayako can not speak, but she emits a little muffled and terrifying sound, like a death rattle of pain, as if she continued to suffer constantly. In fact, this cry is the last sound she did after having her neck broken by her husband. This cry has become a symbol of The Grudge, as Kayako is now considered as an icon of horror, and I'm really happy about it, because there are not many iconic female monsters in the horror universe, except now with Kayako Saeki and Samara Morgan (The Ring). Moreover, Kayako often moves by crawling on the ground, in making crack her broken neck and walking in the manner of a puppet dislocated, which adds even more to her terrifying and gruesome appearance.
Kayako Saeki is the main and central character in the world of The Grudge, and for now, no one has yet managed to destroy her. Kayako appears invincible, and in the second film, the house was destroyed, but it didn't destroyed the curse, quite the contrary. Kayako's mother, a kind of healer, said that now that the house is destroyed, Kayako was released and her power will grow more and more. It's true that in the second film, Kayako appears now able to follow her prey around the world (for example, she will kill some of the characters in the United States). Kayako is therefore the embodiment of evil in the world of The Grudge, and from what her mother said, Kayako would be able to spread her evil power over the world. So badass!
To become an icon of horror and one of the most terrifying and frightening monsters of all time, Kayako Saeki deserves her place in the list of the most iconic villains.
See you now in 2016 for the next edition of the "Villain of the Month"
Mathias, the Killmaster
Winter is coming \m/
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