The Ring DVD > Reviews

Advantages: supernatural horror, done in the best possible way
Disadvantages: it makes you think, it's not gory (couldbe disadvantages depending on who you are)

...they decided on ‘Ringu’, being the most infamous one. My husband has seen both versions, and suggested that if I wanted to watch the original, it might be best to watch the remake first, as he found some of the original hard to follow (what with not understanding some of the Japanese references, and the whole language for that matter). Being a fan of Japanese horror, I was obviously planning to watch ‘Ringu’ eventually, so I decided to take his ... Read review

Advantages: Loads. Great film all round - tense, disturbing and very scary.
Disadvantages: So good that it's actually unsettling and not easy to watch.

Let's cut to the chase, 'The Ring' is the best film I've seen in ages. It's been a very long time since I emerged from a cinema feeling shaken, emotionally drained and in desperate need of a stiff drink, the last time was probably when 'Se7en' came out. Put simply, The Ring scared the crap out of me. There are two kinds of horror film these days, the first is the trendy, post-modern teen-slasher flick epitomised by the likes of Scream, I Know What ... Read review

Advantages: Scary, Atmospheric thriller without the gore.
Disadvantages: Plot is far from perfect

The Ring Cert. 15 Running time. 115 minutes Genre. horror/thriller Cast. Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Daveigh Chase, Brian Cox, Shannon Cochran, Amber Tamblyn, Rachael Bella Director. Gore Verbinski Distributer. UIP The opening sequences of this film emit false illusions into what the film could be like. Very 'Screamesque' like in appearance two teenage girls, Katie (Amber Tamblyn) and Becca (Rachael Bella) are in Katie's ... Read review

Advantages: Eerie, kind of scary (but more disturbing really), the ending was a real twist - unpredictablity is great!
Disadvantages: The horse scene was unnecessary in my opinion

...Ring" last weekend. I'd tried the week earlier but some idiot (that'll be me then!) didn't think to check the cinema times and phone up. I assumed those in the local newspaper would be correct, is that such a crime? Needless to say we missed the film and ended up seeing "Maid In Manhattan" instead. I can tell you right from the start, The Ring is a whole lot better than Maid In Manhattan. In fact it isn't in the same league as Maid In Manhattan! ... Read review

Advantages: Gripping and eerie!
Disadvantages: Not enough conclusions made about mysterious videotape and other parts of story, and the explanations that are given are brief

I saw the first advert for this film about 6 months ago, and to be honest, it looked quite crap. The title itself seemed quite laughable, and many adolescent boys that I know pointed out the connotations of it. It looked like another rubbish teen flick (I know that sounds strange coming from a sixteen year old) with no plot, crap acting, and a pretty blonde. Since it came out, I’ve heard people raving about how scary and brilliant it is, but these ... Read review

Advantages: Imaginative horror
Disadvantages: Depends if you like being scared...

...who has to sleep with the lights on after watching a horror film. There’s nothing scary about your average, unimaginative Nightmare on Elm Street type stuff. Killers with joke shop type gimmicks, hockey masks or unfeasibly long fingernails, chase spoilt and quite stupid teenagers round houses with too many unlocked doors and dark basements. So many of them are the film equivalent of paint by numbers. Sitting down to watch The Ring, I was ... Read review

Advantages: weird film, which is always good, refreshing from the norm
Disadvantages: too many loopholes

The Ring was a film I had been looking forward to seeing for quite some time. I’ve read many an opinion on the Japanese version, also entitled The Ring and it’s follow up ‘Ringu’. When I heard that they were making an English version of the film I was getting a little excited. I’m one of those that cannot be bothered reading subtitles in a film as I think it takes away the enjoyment, so even though I had heard good things about The Ring, I never did ... Read review

Advantages: Suitably spooky, clever beginning, brilliant ending
Disadvantages: the middle bit, sorry but it's just not a patch on the original

...face it hilarious!!!!) reference to the fact that this is an american remake of a cult japanese horror story itself based on a cult book, entitled ringu (no not pingu!!) that tells the story of a mysterious videotape that once viewed gives the viewer seven days before they are killed mysteriously their faces contorted in fear their eyes wide open. This is the stuff of urban myth a'la candyman that basically finds journalist, rachel keller (naomi watts-mulholland ... Read review

Advantages: Well acted, atmospheric
Disadvantages: May give you nightmares

...Rachel Webb decides to track the tape down, to write about its supposed occult properties. But after watching it, the phone rings and she is told she only has seven days to live. And if that isn’t enough, her son subsequently watches. So the race is on to solve the riddle posed by the disturbing images, before it’s too late. This is a remake of the Japanese horror film "Ringu" (and no, it’s not about a claymation penguin or a ... Read review

Advantages: True Horror
Disadvantages: Is '15' too low a rating?

...by this film. I saw the adverts on television and being the egotisical machosim-enthused child I am I asked my friends if they wanted to see it. On agreeing a time and place to meet and to go I set off, beginning to wonder what the film might be like. At about half past 9, just as I walked out the cinema, you could probably pinpoint the exact moment where both machoism and egoism waved a pleasant goodbye out the window and left me vulnerable to ... Read review

Advantages: Really Scary
Disadvantages: So Scary It Seems Fake

...However, instead of sitting in the front room and watching stupid American teen movies like we normally do we decided that we should sleep in his summerhouse in the garden and watch loads of films other than American teen movies. The first film that we watched was Malibu’s Most Wanted, which is an absolutely brilliant film that you definitely should watch, after that at about midnight we decided to start watching the scary films, the first of which ... Read review

Advantages: Scary.
Disadvantages: A few minor flaws. Plot sounds quite naf.

...and clinging on tightly to the person sat next to me like a limpet. Call me odd, but leaving a cinema wondering if I’ll get to sleep that night is my idea of a good time. I’m a fan of good old 70’s masterpieces like The Shining, The Exorcist, Carrie, and The Omen. Good horror films recently have been few and far between, and the more constant wave of teen angst schlock horror never quite does it for me. I’m certainly ... Read review