Satisfying thriller

Rating: Null/10 (25 February 2004)

I really liked this movie. It was somewhat unique to the horror movie genre - a suspenseful scary movie without any gore!
One of the problems movies like this have is they tend to fall apart. Loose ends don't tie up, mysteries are introduced - then not explained, etc. I thought The Ring did well in this regard. While I had a problem with the way it ended (no spoilers but it just did not make sense to me), the preceding pretty well panned out.
Watts of course was good, and I thought her boyfriend Henderson did a really good job too (not all critics agreed). The kid was appropriately remote and kind of creepy.
I highly recommend it to anyone who likes horror films. I have never been a fan of slasher films and movies like this are so welcome as an alternative.