Really not that scary.

Rating: 6/10 (16 April 2004)

Course that could be for a reason: I saw Scary Movie 3, which spoofs it pretty well, before I saw this. Or it could just be that while the effects are cool, the plot just isn't too scary. Scary would be the acting jobs of the two kids, which do give the move a slight flavor of weirdness and creepiness. But not enough to compensate for the rest.

Personally, Ringu is better. Granted, it's only about as scary as this, so slightly to mild, but it does a better job of explaining things, and the lead charcters don't seem to be quite as stupid. Also, it doesn't involve the death of a horse, which just bothered me with The Ring, though it made sense later.
Still, it was a good movie - just not that scary.