Naomi Watts

Martin Henderson

David Dorfman

Brian Cox

Jane Alexander

Lindsay Frost

Amber Tamblyn

Rachael Bella

Daveigh Chase

Shannon Cochran

Sandra Thigpen

Richard Lineback

Sasha Barrese

Tess Hall

Adam Brody

Alan Blumenfeld

Pauley Perrette

Joe Chrest

Stephanie Erb

Joanna Lin Black

Michael Spound

Art Frankel

Billy Lloyd

Sara Rue

Keith Campbell

Ronald William Lawrence

Lindsey Stoddart

Joe Sabatino

Aixa Clemente

Coleen Maloney

Catherine Paolone

Maura McNamara

David Povall

Gary Carlos Cervantes

Chuck Hicks

Gore Verbinski

Ehren Kruger

Laurie MacDonald

Walter F. Parkes

Hans Zimmer

Bojan Bazelli

Craig Wood

Denise Chamian

Tom Duffield

Bill Johnson

Julie Weiss

Rosemary Brandenburg

Cedric Nicolas-Troyan

Kōji Suzuki

Hiroshi Takahashi

Benita Allen

Neal Edelstein

Christine Iso

Roy Lee

Mike Macari

J.C. Spink

Michele Weisler

Lisa Hoyle

Patrick M. Sullivan

Ashley Sibille

Marco Rubeo

Michael Diersing

Jerry Brooks

Tom Acosta

Robin F. Samson

Curtis Coyote

Kazu Hiro

Maya Shimoguchi

Anthony 'AJ' Leonardi Jr.

Craig Cockerill

Robert Beaumont

Harry K. Garvin

Merrick Morton

Kimberly Adams

Nancy McArdle

Fríða Aradóttir

Medusah

Linda S. Cormany

Sylvia Nava

Stephen Sturm

Ted Yonenaka

Elizabeth Himelstein

Mark Rodahl

Michael Allegro

Mark Connelly

Rick Baker

Erica Frauman

Jim Turner

Landis Hartman

Alan Feffer

Ed Gorre

Elizabeth Jurado

Michael Root

Benjamin Lehmann

Daniel W. Barringer

Andreas Wacker

Kevin Tengan

Mike Shannon

Denny Caira

Alex L. Worman

Nick Brett

Alex M. Cacciarelli

Kristopher Kasper

Dale E. Grahn

Jason Summers

Simon Morgan

Carlos Baker

Brian Tilden

Marek Bojsza

Gary Dahlquist

Jason Andrew

Dena Berman

Murray Miller

Kathryn Mindala

Whitney Kitchen

Kimberly Rach

Jesse Cook

Knox White

Trevor Morris

Peter Miller

David C. Eichhorn

J.R. Grubbs

Lora Hirschberg

Tim Holland

Dan Cayer

Brian Cuscino

Burt Dalton

Chris Anderson

Alessandra Cave

Craig Barron

Richard K. Buoen

Marcia Craig

David Hunter

Scott Brines

The Ring Collection

Horror

Mystery

The Ring

DreamWorks Pictures

BenderSpink

Parkes/MacDonald Productions

United States of America

English

Is she still in the dark place?

After the mysterious death of her niece Katie, journalist Rachel Keller starts to investigate an urban legend about a videotape which kills you seven days after watching it. With dire consequences coming her way if she can not solve the mystery....

The sentence, English language remake of successful foreign horror film has been known to instill fear of the wrong kind in many a genre fan. So when it was announced that Gore Verbinski was to remake Hideo Nakata's terrifying nerve shredder, Ringu, the reaction in horror circles was akin to someone urinating on your chips. Refreshing to report then that The Ring is a candidate for best American remake and proof positive that remakes sometimes can be a good thing.

Starring Naomi Watts (who is terrific) as Rachel, Verbinski and writer Ehren Kruger (adapting from Kôji Suzuki's novel) successfully transfer the atmospherics of Nakata's piece to a dank and eerie Seattle. It's with atmosphere that The Ring starts to play on your nerves, because after viewing the creepy and unsettling tape itself, we ourselves have been set up for the race against the clock theme that is driving Rachel on. So as the mystery starts to unravel, and sadness threatens to take a hold, the story quickly shifts direction to give horror one of its most baddest and cruelest characters. It's the kind of impact that crawls under your skin and refuses to move when you are trying to sleep at night.

Though the story has been streamlined from its source, The Ring still has a bit too much filler in its meaty structure. Feeling a need to give Watts a quest among quests, Verbinski almost over cooks the mystery essence of the plot. However, with much relief he reins it in to stop any sort of scooby doo like nonsense detracting from the creepy sense of dread that has been built up previously. The ending here works a treat, but it is a tone down from the source and with that it's not even close to Nakata's version, and just maybe it has something to do with Dream Works wanting to secure a PG-13 rating? 

What is left though is a truly suspenseful and unsettling thriller - come horror film. One that even on revisits manages to bother and keep one on the edge of the seat. It made an $80 million profit in America alone, ensuring that a sequel was sure to follow. Now was that one a bad idea! 8/10

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