What the **** is this ****?

Rating: 5/10 (13 December 2002)

***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** I should have realized that this wasn't going to be a good filming experiance when I saw the Ring...the entire theater was filled to the brim with high school students with the front half of the theater being nothing but teenage girls. Word of advice for all movie goers: NEVER SEE A HORROR MOVIE IN THIS CONDITION! I probably wouldn't have been so frightened by this film if the audiance didn't screem at the top of their lungs at every single little thing that happened on the screen. But enough of that.
The film itself was, unfortunately, was a typical mordern Hollywood horror film in that it relied on shock value to scare you. Fortunately, there was little to no gore involved in this shock treatment which was a plus. What ever happened to the old days of horror films where building an atmosphere of terror was more important than shocking the audiance (like in this film when we are shown the end product of the Samara's wrath which is done suddenly without warning and is on screen for only a second). And as I said before, if it weren't for the audiance (mostly highschool girls) screeming at every little thing the shocks in this film wouldn't have been so scary.
**WARNING - SPOILERS AHEAD**
But the worst and absolutely devistating thing about this film was the ending. I mean, the film would have been decent it actually stopped after they found the girls body and buried her. BUT NO! They had to go on, they had to have the girl coming out of the TV. They had to give the pointless solution to the curse by making a copy of the tape. I mean, this has to be the most pointless and idiotic ending I've ever seen in a horror film.
Don't waste your time with this film! Go see something of more redeeming quality than this...like JACKASS: THE MOVIE. (yes, THE RING was that bad).