Top notch horror movie

Rating: 8/10 (27 October 2002)

The ring delivers plenty of chills with out being a slasher movie and having "buckets-o-blood". The movie is actually kind of a combination mystery/horror movie. The rumor of a mysterious video tape that people watch and then die 7 days later, is investigated by Rachel (Watts)when she investigates the mysterious death of a teenage relative of hers. There are a couple of "fright scenes" but the majority of the movie revolves around the investigation into the mystery of the tape. People in the movie (and the audiance) do see video, which sets us up for a 7 day deadline to get to the bottom of the tape, and try and solve the mystery to put an end to the curse.
I found the mystery and the investigation to be interesting, and helped set a dramatic tension in the movie with the race against time. Top notch thriller that I think will have a wide audiance appeal.