Excellent movie ... but intensely terrifying?? I think not.

Rating: 8/10 (9 November 2002)

I just saw "The Ring" and I loved it ... the video itself was extremely disturbing as were several other scenes. And the overall atmosphere was extremely creepy, mostly due to the use of music and sound effects. But the film is nowhere near "intensely terrifying" or "the best horror film ever." I'd give it an 8, but there are many horror films that are much better ("The Shining," "Jacob's Ladder,"The Exorcist" "Last House on the Left") Who know's, maybe I've just seen too many horror movies to really be scared anymore. I just wasn't completely terrified. It's an excellent film, but not all it's hyped up to be. Maybe all that hype is what left me a little disappointed at the end. All I know is that I won't be scared everytime the phone rings or the TV shows static, like someone I know told me they were when they went home after seeing the movie. And by the way, to clear up another misconception, "Blair Witch Project" was not scary.