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Directed by Gore Verbinski (The Ritual, The Mexican) Written By Starring Review: by Don (e-mail your faithful reviewer) Before you die, you see the Ring. And before you see The Ring, you better take your heart medication. This is quite honestly the scariest goddam movie I have seen in a very long time. Maybe ever. Anyone who is not scared by this film is completely stupid or dead. I have watched literally hundreds of horror films and few have touched my fear center the way that this movie did. Horrifying. Plain and simple. So here's the plot. I don't want to give away too much, but I will give you the tip of the iceberg as it were. The film opens with two girls talking. One tells the other about this tape she heard about that kills you after seven days when you watch it. The other girl says that she watched the tape a week ago and then pretends like she's choking. Good for a laugh. It's a pretty straightforward urban legend kind of opening. After a few false scares in which you realize the girl really DID watch the tape, some creepy shit goes down and she does die. The dead girl's aunt is Rachel, played by the absolutely beautiful Naomi Watts. Rachel is a reporter, and at the behest of her sister, the dead girl's mom, she starts to investigate the death. "I saw her face," the girl's mom says, followed by a very fast shot of the girl's body as it was found. This is an image that will haunt my dreams for a very long time. This leads her to the tape, which she, of course, watches. Then we have to figure out where the tape came from and if there is a way to stop it, within seven days. What follows is one of the most frightening experiences I have ever stood witness to. The imagery, the music, the freaky ass little girl all add up to one hell of a horror movie. It has been a long time since Hollywood has produced something of this quality in the horror genre, and I for one am happy it has done well in the theaters. It's only too bad it is an American remake of a Japanese film (Ringu) and not an original American production. On the plus side, it is based on a series of Japanese novels and there are already sequels and a prequel in Japan. I'm going to try to track down copies of the Japanese versions of the movies and maybe some translations of the novels. If I am not absolutely frightened to death by them, I'll let you know what I think. 02222003 Addendum from Melissa: Don's absolutley right. I recently saw The Ring in a second-run theater. It absolutley terrified me, and I couldn't walk past a staticy television for a week. It's perhaps the most brilliant little horror film I've seen in the last year, with the possible exception of May. Go see it. DVD Details: DVD information has not yet been released. (November 2002) Further Information: |
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