ORBzine Video Reviews December 2000
Ringu
Ringu [The Ring] is a Japanese classic.
It started as a TV mini-series, then became a movie -
and there was even a sequel made, featuring all the characters from the
original [even the ones who did not survive it]!
Like the film Candyman , this movie concerns a female journalist who investigates an urban myth. This time the myth is about a video cassette - exactly 1 week after you watch it, you will die of fright at the hands of some unseen monster. The journalist watches it - and eerie happenings begin. She and her ex-husband have 1 week to investigate and remove the curse. Along the way there is a homage to the great Japanese horror classic, Onibah. The monster's eventual arrival is of the style used in a certain book by Stephen Marley - to name it will probably spoil the surprise, although it is foreshadowed in the film anyway. |
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