The Ring

With the current trend being “‘remakes”, the 1998 Japanese film “Ringu” did not escape the eyes of American movie bigwigs, thus the creation of “The Ring”.

The Ring was called as such because it represents “the ring” that crosses our world to the world inside a video…yes, a video. In The Ring, a woman played by Naomi Watts stumbles upon a cursed videotape. When she plays the black-and-white videotape, the woman inside it crawls from the television set and bestows horror upon Naomi’s character and her companions. Now, this film is a very awkward version of the Japanese original. Japanese horror films are really quite scary but once you do a Hollywood makeover on them, they become corny. Nevertheless, with great acting by Watts , great directing by Gore Verbinski (who went on to helm the Pirates of the Carribean series) and a great musical score by Hans Zimmer.

Did this horror flick do well in the movie industry? Dig this, “The Ring” sold more than 2 million DVD copies in the USA alone in its first 24 hours of video release. It’s definitely one horror movie to remember.