freaked me out!

Rating: Null/10 (20 October 2002)

The Ring is a disturbing psychological horror film, that is the most visually pleasing film I have seen since The Cell (2000).

First off I would like to address what most anal movie watchers on here have. Yes this is an American remake to a 1998 Japanese film. But why are we complaining? In Japan the made a prequel and a sequel in no time to that movie, and Korea made their own remake of it, so America isn't "evil" for remaking it. Why don't you people grow up and quit complaining if a movie is remade? A movie is a movie is a movie, it's either good or bad, no matter where the plot came from.
The Ring is about an urban legend of a tape that after you watch it, you get a phone call saying that you will die in a week. And then *drumroll* a week later you die. Of course the characters in the film try to unlock the mystery of the origins of this tape.
The contents on the killer video are an array of haunting images, all of them look like they were inspired by surrelist movies. The rest of the movie has a very isolated look to it, adding to the eerieness of the film. All of this is shot beautifully, crisp, clean you don't want to take your eyes off of this movie.
The best thing about the movie was the ending. There is a point in which events happen to make you believe that the movie is over and will end with a typical PG-13 horror film ending, but no...it adds a little more...and those ending scenes took me by surprise (I could tell by audience reaction, it took them by surprise too).
If you're looking for a beautiful looking, well crafted, well acted, damn scary movie, then I suggest you go see The Ring...you may never look at VHS the same way again.