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3.5/4
DJ - wrote on 10/30/2012
I have seen both, The Ring and Ringu. Between the two of them, I like Ringu better, however, I felt "The Ring" was a little more scarier. Both of these are well done, so I would watch both. The only thing I didn't like was the boy in The Ring. He was very strange. The Ring develops Samara's character a little bit better with the history behind Samara's home life. However both of the Samara's in the two movies are different. If you like psychological horror, I would watch Ringu first, then watch The Ring. No gory scenes.
Rating of
3.5/4
Moviehead - wrote on 04/01/2012
Do you know what is so good about this movie? i watched parody on it before it and still it was effective
Rating of
4/4
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 08/18/2011
A foreign film that really has a cool premise for a horror story. There was a time when video tapes were huge, way before mpegs, laser discs or DVD’s. This has one of the scariest background music with really shocking moments that would make you jump out of your seat during the theater. The cinematography and tempo in storytelling was just adequate. I was fortunate to view this in a movie theater to really experience the crowd’s reaction to this frightening masterpiece. It may have been one of the scariest films I have seen, I won’t tell any details but it might change your views of TV and videotapes after viewing this.
Rating of
3.5/4
gideon43 - wrote on 05/21/2010
The movie that started the so-called "New Wave" of Japanese Horror Movies, Ringu is a spine tingling exercise in psychological terror. Based on a best selling novel by Koji Suzuki which itself takes its origins from a Japanese folk tale, Ringu spawned a number of sequels, prequels and westernised re-makes. It also paved the way for the success of other East Asian fright fests such as Ju-on: The Grudge (2003), Dark Water (2002) and The Eye (2002) (all also re-made for Western eyes). Highly imaginative, unpretentious and quite simply terrifying, Ringu delves deep into the human soul and rips the heart right out of it. Do not watch alone
Rating of
3.5/4
sodapop - wrote on 03/14/2008
I haven't seen the American remake, but given the brilliance of this one, I doubt if I need to.
Rating of
3.5/4
Chris Kavan - wrote on 02/05/2007
Subtle and nuanced - that's Ringu for you. Without the flash of The Ring, but for some reason far more unsettling, the original Japanese version dispenses with Hollywood glitz and instead focuses on the story and the sound. Sound is key - be it a highly creepy score or just a sound that doesn't fit - Hideo Nakata knows that is isn't just the eyes, but the ears that can scare us. Special effects are all well and good, but sometimes the simplest execution can be the most unnerving of all.
