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...Ring is the first American remake of a Japanese blockbuster horror film that I have ever seen. It is also the first chillingly excellent American remake of a Japanese blockbuster that I have ever seen...
...have to confess that my standards for “excellent” are not quite as stringent for a horror film as for movies of other genres. Most horror flicks, that is, are so comically awful that anything with a semi-coherent plot and reasonably good acting already qualifies as decent, and the scale goes up or down from there. So, while The Ring surely is not The Godfather, or even American Beauty, for what it is, it’s quite good and worth seeing...
While certainly not for the faint of heart, The Ring should be very pleasing for fans of thrillers and horror movies. For this reason, and because it may draw some much deserved attention to other Japanese films often overlooked by Hollywood and consequently this hemisphere, The Ring is a welcome addition to what has been a somewhat lackluster fall film season...
...influence may be seen in the album opener “The Horror” and “Smoke and Mirrors.” Both boast uneasy guitar squalls and minor themes that emerge sounding as though a blues band had undertaken the soundtrack to a horror movie...
...CNN.com: Horror in Paradise...