Not as good as I expected

Rating: 5/10 (8 March 2017)

I'll be completely honest, this movie was not as good as I expected it to be, even though it features a worthy performance by Naomi Watts. The acting really comes through and shines, but if you take the movie as a whole, then it doesn't quite measure up to my own personal standards of horror films. The plot is interesting, watch the weird/creepy video tape, you receive a phone call saying "7 days" in a very low hushed creepy tone of voice. And this of course means that you will in some way die when those next 7 days are up. Naomi Watts's character is trying desperately to figure out why people around her have died from watching this tape and where the tape originated from, what it's background is and how it has these powers to kill. The movie drags in some places, and then it can be thrilling in other places. The big issue I had with the movie was that it just wasn't scary. There wasn't a single moment I thought what was happening was frightening, and that of course is not good for a horror movie. But the reason the rating isn't lower is really just because the lead performance by Watts is so good. 5/10 overall for The Ring (2002). There are better scary flicks out there.