Chilling, but... (SPOILERS)

Rating: 8/10 (16 May 2003)

*** Some slight spoilers ahead ***
Chilling, but not as scary as some have made it out to be. I've read through a lot of the user comments here and I'm surprised no one has made reference to Ghost Story. The similarities are there to be sure -- a drowning, a restless and vengeful spirit that kills, embodiment and revealing of underwater decay, female, etc.
I thought the "unmasking" of Eva in the house in Ghost Story (when she pulled her wedding veil off to reveal her true features) was more mortifying than Samara's so called "evil eye" face that was revealed to Noah in The Ring. And the opening scene in Ghost Story was far more riviting than the one in The Ring in which just a well was shone. Ghost Story stayed with me far longer than The Ring did (but I was a lot younger then too, granted.)
A lot was made of the horses, but that all turned out to be a side-show.
Anyway, if you can be spooked, this film will definitely do it. But I've been through worse.