 The curse typically does not manifest immediately; new residents of the house are unmolested for a time before inevitably succumbing to its effect.Visitors may leave without difficulty only to be pursued by Kayako (or Toshio) later on and there appears to be no geographic limits to its range.The curse is meant to repeat itself as an unending cycle, so the films feature Kayako crawling down the stairs, emitting her famous death rattle, cracking her neck around and covered with blood.