Couldn't sleep for a week!

Rating: 6/10 (9 November 2004)

Out of all the horror films I have ever seen this wins heads down. I wouldn't consider this as a horror movie as I normally associate horror with blood and gore and terror with mind haunting and chilling. This is a terror movie. My eccentric old maths teacher made my class and I watch it as punishment for 'scaring' him all year. From the moment it started I couldn't rip my eyes away from the screen. Most of the girls in my class were screaming when that poor girl got killed. The atmosphere was so effective as well. The constant raining in Seattle, the clouds, the TREE (I still have dreams about it) and the cursed people's clouded faces when ever a photo was taken of them or if they were under video surveillence.
I couldn't concentrate for the rest of the day (and to be honest I don't scare easily!). I had drama next and luckily I watched Carousel to wash the images from my mind. "Oh the Ring. My its terrifying. Jack saw it and stayed awake all night and it takes a lot to scare him! Watch the Sound of Music a few times and you'll be back to normal" my drama teacher said. Its been over 5 months since I've seen the Ring, my friend recommends that I see the Japanese version. It doesn't have as many special effects but what it suggests it much more terrifying, is what he said. I think I'll pass there. After watching the Ring you think more deeply about the plot and what the 'video' was really about. So the reason Naomi didn't die at the end was because she let her husband watch it and so pass on the ring to someone else. Also the woman in the video was a psychic of some sort who burned her thoughts into it. Well for those of you haven't seen it I'll not ruin the plot anymore but be prepared for very late nights!