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I hate it when a horror movie is PG-13 but must admit this one was pretty good but people must stop calling it the scariest movie they have ever seen because that is pure bullshit.
A ridiculous concept if you think about it all too much, but an entertaining movie and very well made. I found the original a little bit creepier, (and enjoyed the slightly more twisted ending better), but it's one of the best American remakes from the J-Horror genre.
I enjoyed The Ring.The beginning and end are truly scary but some of the in between was just boring.Still interesting a lot of the time though.I thought the second film was better.Just because it had more going on.
Posted By: trickytreats at 2:27pm, October 22, 2009
One of the best horror movies ever made. The little girl freaked me out, Naomi Watts played her part perfectly and the storyline was really tight - for a horror movie.
Besides the uncalled flashbacks, a successful and well-performed remake that possibly beats the original. Throughout uncomfortable and dread inducing, executed through a quite suggestive and unobtrusive narrative.
Posted By: YoungHorror at 4:05am, September 27, 2009
So it's PG-13, who gives a damn? This movie is SCARY as hell. Very creepy and and weird. Very mainstream but still recommended to anyone.
Posted By: Demented D at 5:06pm, September 21, 2009
This movie did not hold through the test of time. I tried to watch it last night, and got so bored I turned it off. Anyone want a free DVD?
Very atmospheric, and somehow scary, even without blood or violence, but it has some plot-holes in my opinion. If you have to duplicate/show the tape to someone why isn't the curse lifted from Rachel when she duplicates the tape or when she shows it to Nolan, but is lifted later, when she enters the well?
This movie scared me when i was little and its a great remake!
Posted By: groundgamer at 12:30pm, August 22, 2009
The Ring is freaky, scary and distubing horror at it's best! The Ring is original, not like all this other American crap that was out at the time, it's actually scary. I am not one to be scared easily, but this freaked me out for days. You'll never go to sleep in a room with a TV when you've watched this late at night! Naomi Watts does a great job, she is a wonderful actress and makes The Ring what it is today, a great modern chiller! The Ring has one of the most disturbing creatures I have ever seen. The wet "ladie", crawling out of your TV set, killing everyone in her path. This movie IS disturbing, take my work for it. You'll watch The Grudge with ease after this freaky fest!
The Ring was the first horror movie I ever watched, and it did nothing to disappoint me. Prior to watching, I heard countless stories about the film that was the 'must see horror movie' of the year. And after viewing, I was obsessed. Not just with the franchise, but also with the horror genre!
What never ceases to amaze me about this film, is the intricate detail that went into it. I don't think there has ever been another horror movie that had so much put into it. There were mock tapes released, mysterious websites, urban myths created, all just to build hype.
Within the movie itself, there are so many layers, so much to watch for. With each viewing i discover something new about this film that gives it more depth and interest. And the best part? It is never boring. This is how ghost-horror should be made!
This movie remains and will probably always remain my favorite movie of all time, and in my writings I aspire to create something even close to it.
I wonder if GRUDGE4life liked this movie and thought it was scary and inventive?
That comment aside, the Ring is the shit. Way better than the Japanese version. Not to say the Japanese one sucks, it just feels cheap and didn't really grab me the way the remake did.
This movie easily reinvents the old thriller/detective style of horror movies that was created with the original Omen film. On top of that, it was genuinely creepy.
Too bad it made way for a shitty sequel and a bunch of other half-assed, Japanese remake, cash ins.
I really do not care for this movie at all and the fact that it started an endless run of Japanese remakes makes me hate it even more. This movie has basically no redeeming quality to it, it just flat out sucks and is overrated by a sh** load. I wouldn't recommend this movie to you unless you were 12 or younger and had no true taste in horror movies. 3/10!
I liked this film. Watched the original sometime after seeing this and thought the remake was better, but that was because I already knew what was going to happen. Thought the original did a better job of explaining the curse, but this remake was very good. Hate to say it, but it does give me goosebumps and that is hard to do for today's horror films. The best part was watched it with group of friends, all of us thirtysomething males, and in the middle of the film my friend's phone starts ringing and we all just kind of look at each other with that I'm not gonna answer it look on our faces. That was funny as hell.
I wanted to be scared by this film so much that i watched it in the middle of the night by myself. 40 minutes later... I FELL ASLEEP. Well, that about sums it up huh?
A very interesting, creepy movie. I actually like this FAR more than the Japanese one. Ringu if you asked me was not scary it was as the remake. Ringu was pretty silly to me and I love Japanese Horror. This was a good film Gore Verbinski did a good job in this.
hated it, im a purist when it come to this i have not seen a good American remake of a Japanese movie yet. oh and when Decaprio does akira im gonna fight some one, cause i know it will be terrible, and if its good your gonna have all these 13 year old kids that likes whatever hot topic tells them to like acting like they have always loved it and im gonna fight all of them....dammit...im enraged
This movie ruined my childhood and it still gives me the creeps but i guess that is what makes a good horror movie, when it scares the shit out of you.
Haha funniest thing happened when i watched it the first time. Two of my friends and i had just finished watching it and then the phone rang!
Chilling. I can see qhy alot of people basically shat themselves at this remake. This is where the Asian craze came from, I mean this was a success worldwide, and now companies still think it can happen. The movie worked so well too, because of the dampened dark feel it gave, with all the colours and the weather in the plot. Samara, the evil child is one scary little girl to look at. That end scene, is probably the most scary in the whole movie, and nothnig will ever have that same effect. The opening scene is one you'll never forget either, and the movie itself held together right to the end.
The plot was obviously taken from "Ringu (The Ring)", which is the Asian version, and also the original. The plot was pretty steady at keeping you glued to the screen, and not getting distracted. There was one plot hole right at the end, which I presume is going to be explained in #2.
The acting was very well. Naomi Whatts of course stole the movie, with her expressions and attitude changes throughout the movie. She exploited her character to excel;ency, and this is really one of her greater roles. Supporting cast also, were good.
Overall "The Ring" is the first and one of the best Asian remakes, and will definately give you chills for the next month and a half after watching. My rating is 3.5/5
There were some scary parts and liked the idea of a killer video tape but thats bout it
Posted By: horrorfan25 at 9:54am, January 24, 2009
The ring is an average, typical PG-13 remake. I admit the scares were done nicely and the acting was done great, but I thought the movie moved too slow. It really took awhile for us to be scared or get more into the story. I would definitely not give this film 4 1/2 skulls like BD did but I will give it 2 1/2 skulls out of 5. It's an okay film that could have been much better.
Posted By: THEINFECTION at 6:01pm, January 16, 2009
i think that this movie was truly creepy. about the videotape just think of a little girl coming out of your television crawling like a freak!
One of the best horror movies of the last ten years easily. It made me mad that a lot of movies copied this one. One of the few movies that has actually scared me in theaters.
I've seen the Ringu and this one, and I really, really prefer this film. The Ring (US) is one of my favourite horror films ever. Here's why :
Plot : Mysterious heart attack deaths triggered by watching a supernatural videotape 7 days beforehand. A reporter is thrust into action as herself, and her child, watches the tape. She must unravel the clues to save herself and her child before it's too late.
Plot progression : Moves on at a steady and logical pace. Great.
Cinematography : Fantastic. The only "CSI:NY" bit I don't like is that they reference images from the tape when Rachel comes across it. A minor point. The artwork, camera angles are great.
Acting : The creepy Samara, the resiliant mother, the laid-back ex, and the freaky 6th sense-like kid are do a great job.
SE : Special effects are great. They're smash cut scenes showing disgusting degeneration of corpses. The bit where ***SPOILER ALERT!*** Samara comes out of the TV at the end is a bit meh.
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Soundtrack : Fantastic. Visceral. Driving. Relentless. Sad, with a large undercurrent of maliciousness. Great.
Differences between US & Japanese original
Jap : uses techno music during tense rushing scene
US : uses orchestral strings to heighten tension
Jap : no SE, barely any makeup. Dead kid = Just some kid with her mouth open.
US : Gross, deformed, awesomely shocking green head.
Jap : Editing sucks. Go away.
US : Wonderfully done. Much more logically progressing plot. Hits great beats.
Jap : Not scary
US : Beautiful and scarier. Very arty.
Overall : Highly recommend. Please see it! If I were to make a horror film, i hope it'd be as amazing as this film, or SAW 1. I would only give out 10s to a few films, and this is one of them.
If you see the ring before you die after watching this I was prayig. I want to see the ring I want to see the ring. Please don't torture me any more!!! Good story, one good actress but everything else felt boring and well not scary. Sometimes it had a creepy feel and the only part that I felt was good was the opening scene too bad it lasted for five minutes.
A great remake that exceeded my expectations. Gore Verbinski films each scene with such class its like watching a designer label horror film. The atmosphere of dread he creates is outstanding and thanks to such gifted actors , namely Naomi Watts everybody involved brings this remake to terrifying life. The video tape itself contains such unsettling imagery, add to the mix a creepy son , a rainy dreary Seattle setting plus Samara and the whole story behind the ring and its curse and you have one disturbing, creepy , genuinely frightening film. I loved It .
Posted By: horrorking95 at 6:05am, December 29, 2008
I liked this film but I felt it could of been a lot scarier and more creepy moments, there wasn't much horror in this and it was more of a thriller. It did however have a good solid storyline and some good acting but I prefer the grudge over this as the grudge was a lot scarier I think I expeted more from this.
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I know its like a classic and everything, but it was not like that amazing. There were some scary parts and liked the idea of a killer video tape, but i actually fell asleep during it. That should tell me something.
Posted By: AshWilliams95 at 7:26am, December 23, 2008
I thought that the ring was as scary as hell.
Storyline: A mysterious tape is created and who ever watches it gets a phone call from a scary little girl and dies in seven days. A woman watches the tape and searches for clues and tries to uncover the secrets of the little girl and her past. 10/10
Acting: The acting through out the whole movie was just amazing and the actors did a really great job. 10/10
Special Effects: The effects are sweet and everything looks real from the girl coming out of the tv to the mutilated faces of the death victims. 10/10
Best Scene: When the girl comes out of the tv and kills noah. 10/10
Ending: The little girl gets laid to rest...... unti the sequel of course. :D 7/10
Overall this movie had great scares and the atmosphere was well created. The little girl was as creepy as fuck aswell and I give this movie a 8/10
Posted By: BRLAXATTACK22 at 11:59am, November 14, 2008
I dont think this movie is all that scary. It is entertaining and had agood original story but it was not much of a horror movie in my opinion.
The Ring is a great horror movie and one of my all-time favorite scary movies. The story is exciting as the mystery unfolds. The acting s exquisite. Naomi Watts is the cream of the crop of actresses and Brian Cox is pretty awesome, too. Wow! What an ending! Love this movie.
Posted By: Fridaythe13th at 12:41pm, October 31, 2008
Complete trash. This movie doesn't deserve all the praise it gets. I saw this movie and laughed throughout. Only one part truly made me jump, the rest was just complete garbage. Definitely not worth it... I refuse to watch it again. I'll be somewhat nice and give it a 2/10.
I really did not enjoy this. Naomi Watts turned in a very good performance, but the main problem for me was the fact that it was so damn typical. At the time, Asian horror remakes weren't as big as they are now, but even then the whole thing just seems too cliche. I'm definitely in the minority on this one.
"I know there will be some misguided souls who stumble into a showing of THE RING believing that it's either a film of Richard Wagner's famous operatic cycle, or has something to do with Hobbits. Needless to say, they will be in for a surprise.
Gore Verbinski's THE RING, based on an extremely popular Japanese film and novel, is a creepy and disturbing thriller that may do for VCRs what JAWS did for the ocean. After watching a recent sneak preview, I couldn't help but imagine people all across the nation going home and throwing out their videocassettes and players, in fear that they might accidentally watch the tape that's at the center of this movie.
The fast-paced suspense film begins in Seattle with an urban legend-type set up: two high school girls - Katie and Becca - are alone in Katie's home at night. Conversation turns to a videotape that has a horrifying effect. Moments after you watch it, the phone rings, and a voice tells you, "Seven days." And exactly a week later, you die. Katie reveals to her friend that she watched that tape at a cabin in the woods, seven days before. In a brilliantly edited sequence that is sure to make you drop your popcorn, Katie meets her fate, and we learn that the tale of the tape is no mere kids' story.
Katie's aunt, a newspaper reporter named Rachel (Naomi Watts), is asked by her sister Ruth (Lindsay Frost) to investigate the death, and she soon finds herself drawn into a world that's as dark and claustrophobic as the grave. Pulled in with her are former boyfriend Noah (Martin Henderson), and their son Aidan (David Dorfman).
We see the tape in question early on, and at first it appears to be just a random series of weird images - a ring of light that looks like a solar eclipse, dead horses floating in water, a woman leaping from a cliff, a fly buzzing, a stone wall that encloses a well - playing out like a home movie made by David Lynch and Luis Buñuel. As the film progresses, however, we learn that the eerie black-and-white vignettes are clues to who made the tape and why. I'd hate to give away too much, so I'll just say that the answer takes Noah and Rachel to an island where a horse breeder (marvelously played by Brian Cox, the original and best Hannibal Lecter) seems to be hiding a secret that's by turns sad, and horrifying.
The acting in THE RING is fabulous throughout, with the actors stretching well beyond the caricatures all-too-often found in horror films and creating realistic, intriguing people. I've met and interviewed Naomi, and yes, she really is that beautiful and charming in person, and here she proves once again that she's an outstanding actress. Martin Henderson, another actor from Down Under, is perfect as a videographer turned reluctant action hero, and young David Dorfman and Daveigh Chase are scary-good. Amber Tamblyn (daughter of multitalented actor/singer/dancer Russ Tamblyn) and the engaging Rachael Bella do a wonderful job of starting the movie off with a scream, Lindsay Frost shines in a small but important role, and Jane Alexander (an actor's actor) is fun to watch as a doctor who knows more than she wants to. The direction is crisp, stylish, and sure-handed (hard to believe that this is the same guy who helmed MOUSE TRAP and THE MEXICAN). Even the lighting and sound are beautifully worked out; those elements make a sequence with a horse on a ferry especially chilling. Hans Zimmer's soundtrack hits all the right notes, and the screenplay is smart, original, and pulls no punches. It's worth noting that unlike most modern horror films, you won't see people terrorized with knives or other conventional weapons, and there's very little actual gore. What you do see, however, as well as what's implied, may give you the worst case of the creeps you've ever had. I'm sure that some purists who've seen the original Japanese film (which spawned sequels and a TV series) will pick apart this version, but, for my money, this is one case where the remake of a foreign film can stand on its own merits." --scott-390, imdb.com
The only movie I have ever seen that I can honestly say scared me. I can understand why some may not find it scary, especially if they’ve seen the thousands of rip-offs first.
The camera angles, the style, the feel . . . it’s all perfect. It had me hooked from the unnerving first scene until the horrifying middle, to the ending I wasn’t expecting.
It’s not for everyone, but everyone must at least see it if they call themselves a horror fan.
I dont get how people love this movie. It just sucks ass so bad. There is nothing scary about it at all. The only cool part of the whole movie was when you actually saw what the movie was and even then it wasnt that cool. I really hope they stop making them.
This movie is truly a creepy movie. not that scary but creepy. Naiomi Watts is a really good actress and, was brilliant in this movie!! Samara was frightening and the story 2 this movie was brilliant. Cant wait 2 watch the ring 2 2nite!!
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