Officially freaky, but...

Rating: 7/10 (20 August 2003)

Horror movies had been for a long time regarded as the more bloody it is, the scarier it will be. Take for instance the "Friday the 13th" movies. After a little while, it became ridiculous. When "The Sixth Sense" came out, M. Night Shyamalan re-ignited the sense that scary doesn't always have to be someone after you, but the unknown. The mystery.
A mystery is a good description for "The Ring". The scary story comes out of the belief that if you watch a certain video tape, you will die in seven days. Why? That is what the story is all about. That alone is kind of freaky. Just to think that by watching a video you will die kind of gives one the "eebie jeebies".
"The Ring" doesn't waste time on gore. There are only a couple of moments that there are glimpses of disturbing images. They are on the screen so briefly that it almost acts as a camera giving you a mental picture of what the people looked like after they died. I was surprised though that it only received a PG-13 rating. I really don't recommend to anyone that they allow there 13 year-old to see it. They WILL have nightmares. Either that or they'll never want to watch another video again. Especially if they just find it.