The spirits of the Saeki family serve as the franchise's primary faces of terror:
: Often seen crawling with a distinctive, bone-cracking death rattle, she is the main vengeful spirit. The spirits of the Saeki family serve as
: 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. bone-cracking death rattle