The obvious reason why Ringu scared me and The Ring didn't is I've seen Ringu before really. They're pretty much the same. I don't mind slow paces, but, for a movie to give me nightmares, it needs to contain a lot of scares.

Perhaps if it had more zombies, gore, incidental music and nice birds in it, BWP would have been a winner?

It is clearly not a favourite of many expectant horror fans, but it is unfathomable how this brutally simple and effective film leaves many non-the-wiser as to what they have just experienced.

Without drawing too many distinctions between how people actually watch films, perhaps it is simply a case of one man's thrillride is another man's snoozefest.

Ringu didn't do anything for me....the volcano bit seemed a bit more forced...althought the samara backstory was a bit more fleshed out in Ringu....

It scared me less, impressed me less, no subliminal quick shots like in the Ring, i love that shit, and the ending TV scene did nothing for me in Ringu....to each his own....

I got the Jap ring boxset the other day, watched Ring and thought it was quite good.... I'm going to be optimistic with the other two, as I dont want negatvity I've read about them here, to affect the viewing.

:)

how many are there ? i thought there was 1 and 2, and a prequel ?

Ring
Ring 2
Ring 0

soooooo........1 and 2, and a prequel ??

yeah thats the one.

this prequel thing is making me mental ...

thanks to shitty star wars ... how pointless was that ?!

yep, Lucas must have spent to much, and wanted a bigger bank balance.

imo there was no need for the 3 prequals.