overrated

Rating: Null/10 (26 August 2003)

I will be brief with this one. First of all, I thing that one is pretty much over rated. To me "The Ring" is a better horror, creepy, scary movie than "The Others." I will not compare the latter one with "The Sixth Sense" for the unquestionable superiority of the Shyamalan's masterpiece. Secondly, if you remove the whole screaming and crying there will be nothing much left to scary you. Thirdly, everything was unfolding toooo slow. Endless dialogues and needless scenes in order to extend the running time.
Nevertheless, taking into consideration that even though done with virtually no special effects (which is not what you'd expect hearing about a movie dealing with a creepy house and ghosts) it managed to keep the tension; together with the very good performance from the entire cast and especially the little girl (Alakina Mann), kind of save the film. The twisted end also worked for me - I didn't see it coming (probably, I was too bored with the slow pace to expect anything).
I guess I would recommend this movie to all those who like creepy suspense films with twisted endings-well, not recommend but more like suggest to try to see. I hope you won't be disappointed. 6.5 stars out of 10