This was meant to be scary?

Rating: Null/10 (1 March 2003)

This is a US remake of a Japanese remake of a Korean remake of a Korean TV movie based on a novel called Ringu.
Right 4 perfectly healthy teenagers die on the same night after watching a weird videotape with a ring on it. A journalist who is an aunt of one of the teenagers who died investigates it, finds the videotape and watches it. Then she receives a weird phone call.
This wasn't as scary as people made it out to be. Seriously there were a few jump scenes but nothing that would keep you from sleeping.
The best performance is from the sexy Naomi Watts (Children of the Corn 4) who plays Rachel Keller the journalist. Her acting was outstanding though Martin Henderson's (that dumb aussie soap Home and Away) and Brian Cox's (Manhunter: Red Dragon) performances were also notable.
If this film wasn't cleverly made I would have crucified it and made it out to be terrible.
It has a good plot twist but that doesn't make great horror. 6 out of 10.