Modern classic!

Rating: 10/10 (2 November 2004)

This is the best pure horror film made in the US in many years. I must see the Japanese original. I won't give away any plot. This film scares (very effectively) without gore, without chase scenes, without gross monsters, and without startling sound effects. It scares with mystery and with its disturbing cinematography. It starts with a million questions: who made the lethal tape? How? Why do its viewers always die? Why would anyone make such a tape? Every question is answered, and every answer is an unhappy, twisted, and insane answer.
I don't know why this film was only rated PG-12 in the USA. I have a friend who is 24 years of age who was unable to sleep all night after watching it.