Exceeded My High Expectations

Rating: 9/10 (1 November 2002)

Wow. I'm always on the lookout for a good, truly scary movie. Y'all, this one fits the bill. I put The Ring way up there on the list of scary movies, right alongside The Shining, Poltergeist, and The Exorcist. In fact, I had not experienced such a room-filling sense of deep dread and fear in a theater since I saw the recent re-release of The Exorcist. The nightmarish imagery was very unsettling and the peak moments of horror were very well timed.
It wasn't perfect, though. The non-scary parts didn't come off nearly as well as the scary parts. Not the greatest acting during the "straight" parts of the movie, and some of the dialogue was pretty weak. But when the scary parts were on screen (which, fortunately, was most of the time) it made up for the little deficiencies, and then some.
From seeing the very-creepy trailer, I had high hopes for The Ring. But I didn't expect what I got. This movie will stick with you, folks. And if you're a horror fan, that's a good thing.
Why can't more horror movies have this kind of impact?