The Ring (DVD)

The Ring is a horror film, Released back in 2002 it has a disturbing plot. A youngish journalist learns of strange deaths. People watch a tape and die seven days later. For her it becomes a personal issue when her son watches the tape. She must find whatever is causing the deaths to save her boy. The Ring is copied from Ringu (made in Japan). American version is different. Not as good perhaps, still though it is a good film with strange eerie scenes some of these are disturbing. I own a copy on DVD and have watched the film several times. Good film with good script and plot line which keeps a hold on the viewer right to the ...  Read the complete review

The film the ring was made in 2002, staring of one of the most presgious hollywood actress of all time naimi watts. The plot is of average, as a young journlist watches a video, then the phone rings and a strange voice tells her she will die in one week. She then investigates into the whole video, and finds out a whole load of infomation, but will she die at the end of the film buy this DVD to find out. Great DVD for someone who loves the genre of horror. Great movie for the whole ...  Read the complete review

(Looking at the other reviews on site, I appear to be going very much against the grain with this review, but hey! Opinions is what Dooyoo is all about, right?!) A few years ago, Hollywood, showing its usual lack of originality, turned its eyes east and started to remake a whole host of Japanese horror films. The logic was simple: Japan's penchant for psychological horror, combined with Hollywood's "superior" effects technology would revitalise the horror genre. A slew of "J-Horror" remakes followed: The Ring, The Ring 2, The Grudge, The Grudge 2... None of them were terribly successful. The Ring's basic plot is scarily simple. ...  Read the complete review

When her niece Katie dies suddenly for reasons unknown, Rachel initially dismisses her school’s concern for the welfare of her son Aidan as merely symptoms of the child’s grief. It is only when the teacher points out that Aidan was drawing pictures of the girl’s death BEFORE it happened that Rachel becomes curious. Whilst at the girl’s funeral, Rachel comforts the girl’s mother who is inconsolable with grief and bewilderment. The wretched woman begs Katie to try and find out what led to her daughter’s death, citing the woman’s job as an investigative journalist as the reason for asking her to do it. Unable to disappoint the woman, Rachel initially sets about ...  Read the complete review

An American remake of a cult, low budget Japanese horror? It was certainly a bold move or maybe it was a cocky one, with the big Hollywood Execs thinking that they could match the same level of fear that the original Ring gave us. The Ring has evolved much like the tape in the film itself, except without killing people. It has gained recognition and notoriety among people and has slowly become a stand out film in the crowded horror genre. It seemed unlikely that the remake would better the original or indeed come close, after all the Japanese film gained the scares from its low budget origins as well as subject matter, a big budget remake wouldn?t create the same ...  Read the complete review