I used to have bad asthma attacks when I was a kid. So instead of taking me to a doctor or getting an inhaler, they would get me a can of sprite and let me watch a horror movie to "get my mind off of my asthma". To this day, I still have nightmares about Freddy Kruger. I do have a strange liking to Sprite though.
Codogcodog same here I think I was like 8 or 9 at the time and I was traumatized by this movie I didn't start watching horror movies again until I was like 16 or 17
So the girl who was my favorite lead from my two favorite animations that made me beg to have TV in my room, is the also the girl that made me get rid of the TV in my room? ... I need time to process that.
I was in the Army when this movie came out. One of my fellow soldiers, after watching this movie, took his TV and locked it in his wall locker for a full month. Because of that, I didn't watch the movie until it had already been out for over a year.
The Ring was the last horror film that genuinely blew my mind, though it was not the last horror film that I enjoyed (though even that has been very rare). I first watched it not long after it was released on DVD back in 2003. I remember hearing about The Ring when it first released in theatres, but I had no idea what it was about. I knew nothing about the plot, characters, story, etc. I guess this was right before film marketing started the practice of showing the most important parts of upcoming films in the trailers, thereby ruining any mystery they may have. But, I honestly didn't even know it was a horror film, supernatural or otherwise. I may have assumed it was some sort of psychological or suspense thriller, but what I did know is that it had something to do with a little girl. But that was the extent of my understanding. I went into The Ring completely oblivious to what I was getting myself into. I borrowed the dvd from a close buddy of mine while visiting him, and I wound up leaving his place late at night, and by the time I got home and settled in, it was maybe 1am or a bit after. So, I plop the dvd in, lights off in the middle of the night, watching this movie in my den, and when that little dead girl crawled out of that fucking TV screen, I literally screamed "WHAT THE FUCK?!" and my mind was fucking blown. I was in a stupor of amazement. I was not remotely prepared for anything that insane. Honestly, as a horror fan, that scene pretty much spoiled any subsequent horror films for me, because nothing scared me or creeped me out after that. So yeah, thanks, The Ring.😆
Terrifying movie. I saw the American version first, then the Japanese one. Creepiness factor still holds up, especially the music in the "samara crawls out of the well" scene in the American one... Oh holy hell 😬
well any remake has the potential of being better than the original its just they always choose the wrong directors and actors and then the movie becomes complete dogshit
Yeah. I actually really agree. I don't hate the original film, but the protagonist in that film was so utterly useless, which made me not care for her as much as they wanted me to. The husband character was far more compelling.
I agree, although that’s not saying much, the original Ring wasn’t scary at all. But I do like this version a lot. The other American Ring films sucked.
Fam I'm gonna be honest, I've never seen this movie. But the weird ass girl who's the face of the movie has scared the shit outta me all my life. So I can't imagine what'll happen when I finally see it...
If you've never seen it, you're in for something that will fuck you up for at least a week. If it scares you too much and it wouldn't go away see The Scary Movie that mocks it and it will fix you up right away.
I really don't get you americans - showing movies like the Ring to a 14 year old is totally fine, but all hell breaks loose if there's a nipple in it xD
I'm glad I'm not the only one who was utterly terrified of "the ring face". Samara's face got me, yes, but the face of the people she killed fucked me up WAY more. I thought I was the only one who was scared by that.
I had a very similar reaction to The Ring in high school! People in the theater were crying after the lights came up, classmates the next day were actually freaking out about it, it really felt like there was something...dark and special about it.
I was 25 when it came out, and I‘m not ashamed to say: I left the lights on, the night after seeing it. Never happened after, only happened once before (The Exorcist, when I was 12)... 🙂
The cinematography, the lighting, the acting of Naomi Watts and the actor who portrayed Aidan, the pacing and writing all made this a fantastic film. Highly recommended.
It has in the trailer a scene of her possessing an airplane and crashing it into a city. They see that shark and they don't wanna just jump it, they wanna fly and fire machine guns while waving the American flag over it.
OneMinuteMovieReviews It's likely prerecord, most people don't realize to get the video quality most youtubers produce this can't be done in a day. Plus in order to keep a schedule of videoes coming they have to have these sitting around usually a few weeks ahead of time. Likely this has been done for a little bit.
Glad I wasn't the only child scarred by this movie. I saw it at home when I was 11 and for years I would fall asleep with my TV on (with a timer set so it would turn off automatically when I was already asleep). No, in retrospect this makes no sense but I guess my thinking was 'she can't turn my unplugged/off TV on and come through if the TVs already on.'
Female vs Male characters in Japanese films: it all boils down to culture. In Japan the man always takes the lead in everything and must be presented as the smarter one, as the one who understands complexities and figures out mysteries. Watch Japanese TV news. The lady broadcaster will read the entirety of the news. The male broadcaster will opine/give an editorial, and the lady broadcaster will enthusiastically nod and intermittently respond with "Oh, I see," "That's a great insight," or "hmmm, I hadn't thought about that", etc., always to support or stroke the male ego. Obviously, American female characters are NOTHING like their Japanese counterparts. Hence, in the American version the female lead character shows more substance and seems to be better fleshed out.
Reminds me of the fact that Japanese medical school purposely lower down entrance scores for females so that more undeserving males enter the med school and become doctors even though the females did way better. Just common misogyny embedded into Japanese culture.
Bruh 😂 he did a way better job than Hideo Nakata who directed the Japanese version just made it way more creepier and haunting I liked the Japanese version but it doesn't have the visuals score or cinematography to give it that extra oomph
For some reason at 5:50, what came to mind was Scary Movie 3 (which is coincidentally a parody of The Ring) when the news got ahold of the cursed tape and started playing it on public TV.
Flick It Films It's sad that PMI fell off... he was the first review I subscribed to on TH-cam, just because Saw was my favorite movie and that fool loved it too
I also saw this around age 14. The girl didn't creep me out but the atmosphere made me feel unsettled for weeks. I also pranked my friend by taking his tv and VCR remotes and turned on both from outside a window to flip him out.
Yeah there are a few jump scares but it's just haunting more than anything like the Sixth Sense and haunting horror movies are the worst because they like stay in your mind months after watching them
I own it on VHS 📼 , DVD 📀 , Apple TV , I saw this movie in 2002 with my oldest brother and cousin she was 17 was a senior in HS , I was 12 Years Old and I’ll never forget how terrify this movie made my brother and I , I’ll never forget my cousin Samantha boyfriend at the time call the house and he knew we were watching the movie but we didn’t know that he knew ( my brother ) why this man called at the exact same time we was watching the movie and said 7 days My brother and I panicked This was in the poconos , Pennsylvania my aunt had a beautiful house it was huge and in the middle of the woods it made the movie even scarier good times when life was simple I miss the early 2000’s
I watched this movie for the first time when I was 8 and it really hooked me on to loving scary movies! It was the first one that really got to me. I was absolutely terrified of it but I couldn't get enough of it. I'd watch it with my friend and she would chicken out and turn the TV off when it for to Samara. We would turn the lights off in the house and would go online and watch the "cursed video tape" and wait to see if we would get a call and we would get so freaked out we ran around the house thinking Samaras ghost was chasing us. One time after watching the video tape we ran down the hall and the ac air intake on the ceiling with a the metal latch swung open, must have been loose. We looked up at the ceiling where it fell open, it was a circle in the ceiling that look just like th ring from the well in the movie, it scared the sh*t out of us and I think we stopped watching The Ring for awhile after that. I also told my parents I made friends with Samara and I wanted her to be real so bad...(lol weird I know) I would have so many nightmares about her I'd wakeup crying but somehow I kind of enjoyed getting scared by it all.
The Ring will always be my favorite horror movie. Always. It’s not like most horror films because it really gets under your skin. The music and color scheme add onto that feeling, as well. It’s also interesting that they leave little hints and Easter eggs throughout the film. If you pay attention, there are rings in a bunch of the shots (sort of like the ladder scene).
this is classic. I haven't felt this way about a horror movie since the exorcist. the conjuring is just as scary too. I didn't like the sequel and I never seen none of the Japanese films but this one still holds up after so many years. great acting, great scares, music.
I've always been a fan of horror, so foreign horror films were never out of my reach even when I was younger, so I do really enjoy J-Horror, but I have to be honest, The Ring is the American remake of a J-Horror that's just simply better. I like Ringu, but it's a tad overrated, and I feel people just always say the original is better because they feel they have to. Mainly because most people have this mentality that every remake should be condemned right off the back, and that's pretty hackneyed especially at this point. But yea, I will never back down praising The Ring more than Ringu because it's just simply done better overall. Sure the American sequel wasn't that great, but to be fair, neither were the Japanese sequels/spinoffs as they ran that series in to the ground. Same with Ju-On.
I said the same thing! The Ring is better than Ringu which is creepy but not really scary what the American version had over the Japanese was the visuals the score and the cinematography the scoring made it that much more haunting
I had a similar experience. I watched this on DVD with my 3 brothers and mother. I watched it maybe a year after it came out so I would've been at least 8. After we finished it my mum went to the bathroom and used her mobile to call the house phone. Being the youngest, she might not have intended for me to answer. But unfortunately I did. You can probably see where this is going. I had severe trust issues after that. Still do.
This movie gave me nightmares for weeks! I couldn't stop thinking about this movie after I saw it in theaters. It's still one of the scariest movies I've ever seen. I love it!
I hope this doesn't come across as plain smart-assery, because I really mean it as friendly insight into a foreigner's mind. Trying to pronounce a foreign name is never offensive. It kind of sucks if somebody just says a name whatever way they want and not really care, but giving it a try is very endearing. On the other hand, not trying at all can make it seem like the person's name doesn't matter to you. The "I'm not even gonna try" approach is something I've only ever seen in Americans, possibly because they rarely speak any language other than English and thus find it hard to wrap their heads around the process of learning languages besides their own. There are words in foreign languages that you won't be able to pronounce "correctly" (like a native speaker) once you pass a certain age because of the anatomy of your mouth and the way speech muscles develop. That's why we have accents. Say a Japanese name with your American accent and say it proudly! I bet it would make you happy if a Japanese reviewer said "Chris Stuckman" instead of "I'll butcher his name anyways, so he shall remain nameless". More on topic: two thumbs up for the review, thanks Chris!
What a GREAT idea having fans send you creepy videos/clips, and to then create your own little short including all of them. I also loved the lack of soundtrack. Very effective. Well done Chris!
I just watched this again, first time in a few years. I remembered most of it, but seeing it, still, i'm really unnerved right now. really unsettling, it's a great, great horror movie. modern day horror movies just don't get the atmosphere building element anymore. this one does it extremely well.
I think what I loved about this film is that it gave the audience something other to do than to be scared- the characters basically look into the mystery of Sadako, solving it almost like a crime investigation. And it was brilliant: The more you uncovered details about the monster, the more unclean and horrifying it becomes.
This movie still creeps me out, one of the best horror movies ever! I was it when I was 13, I had a blockbuster near my house and rented it, I didn't sleep for months. I was afraid of going to the bathroom, of watching tv, of sleeping with the lights out, this movie terrified me, I absolutely love it!
@@Sqdlow that comment was like 5 years ago, so I've seen a few good horror since then: Hereditary, Malignant, Halloween Kills, Don't Breathe, Run, 1BR, and a bunch more but those just came to mind immediately,. some more on the thriller not so scary side.
You know why they titled the movie "The Ring," right? It is because when Samara was trapped in the well, all she could see when she looked up was the shape of a ring.
When I first saw the Ring, it was on a preview night. There were no previews, no opening credits ... just lights out and right in. They should have cold openings like that. It really help you become immersed.
Ah Chris? Rings has been to February 2017 now. Cause it doesn't want to compete with Ouija Origins of Evil which I never thought I say this, but that one looks a lot better than Rings.
As a suggestion for later this month, how about reviewing either "Grave Encounters" (Found-Footage movie where the framing device is that they're a Ghost Hunting crew in an abandoned asylum) or "The Descent", which has two forms of creepy for the price of one.
I remember seeing this movie in theaters when I was like 12 and walked out because I was so scared lol I'm 25 and it still scares the shit out of me. One of the many few horror movies that can actually scare me unlike a lot of horror movies made today.I agree with Chris!
Movie: I saw her face. (Cuts to the corpse in the closet) Me: ahhhhhhhhhh!! NO NO NO! (Runs upstairs crying) No joke, this actually happened. And I am a big horror fan.
I remember the only time this movie really got to me was the third time I sat down and watched it. My brother and his "friend", decided to watch it, so being the younger brother that I am I cock blocked by watching it with them, and I forgot to turn off one of the other TV's in the house. so as soon as we turned everything off all we heard was a staticky TV.
I remember watching this movie for the first time very vividly. I was in 4th grade and at sleepover. The movie was very scary and disturbing and I remember covering my eyes quite a bit. But the part I'll never forget is when one of the kids moms called to check on her near the end of the movie and we all screamed and ran upstairs lol it's funny now but at the time horrifying
I think one of the reasons the American remake is one of my favorite horror movies is that I grew up around Puget Sound and regularly took day trips to Seattle and Whidbey Island via Deception Pass. Seeing locations I recognized in the movie unsettled me like nothing else and made it seem a lot more real and terrifying.
Hey Chris, since Halloween is coming up soon, what would you think about reviewing Queen of the Damned or Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow? I would definitely be interested to know what you have to say about those films!
Thank goodness Chris called the Japanese version 'Ring'. Yeah the title in Japanese is read as 'Ringu' but that's the Japanese pronunciation of the word 'Ring'.
I much prefered the cursed tape in the original. In this version, I felt like the images were disturbing for the sake of being disturbing, but the original's cursed tape had a much more mysterious, even realistic feel to it. Like if a cursed tape actually existed, it might look something like that.
Most people including myself would say the American version is way better and I'm someone who watched the Japanese version the American version made the story way more haunting and creepy
@@Model_Roe most people are easily led by bright lights and jump scares. It doesn’t matter if most people think it’s better, it’s a logical fallacy called the bandwagon fallacy. The reason “most people” like the American more is because it was Americanized for the modern horror movie audience. I agree that the American version is creepier, however my problem is that they added a bunch of creepy things that make no sense for the sake of being creepy. The Japanese version made more sense with its internal logic
@@creativevisiongaming you're entitled to your opinion I did not find the Japanese version scary at all but I am different i guess but I am someone who personally loves visuals and I think when doing a movie it is a very essential part of story telling because that is what will hook an audience and make them want to watch again and again is not just the writing but the look and I think that is really what the American version has over the Japanese the overall look and sound of the American version is so eerie and creepy it kinda of sticks with you
Very glad to see The Ring given a great score, I've always bigged it up as an excellent example of a quality remake. It adds interesting elements, it's full of atmospheric shots and it just looks beautiful (partly because you get to look at Naomi Watts throughout, which can never be a bad thing.)
This film is WAY overrated. It does have good cinematography and some eerie scenes, but a VERY weak plot. Basically the entirety of the events of the movie are completely pointless in the end, and a whole bunch of stuff, such as Samara's origins and powers or the cursed film's, are never explained.
You are clearly not a horror fan. The monster's origins and powers don't need explanations, that tends to get stupid and ruin everything. If you were a horror fan, you'd know that XD
Fuuuuuck, that was an awesome short! Okay, now time to get to my two cents. I was bias because I watched Ringu first before I saw The Ring. The Ring just fell short for me while Ringu scared the shit out of me. To each their own, I guess. I should go back now and watch them just to see if my opinion has changed. I think it has especially after watching your review of both of the films. Also, Rasen was better to me than Ringu 2.
Thanks Chris really enjoyed the review. love your videos and I've just finished binge watching all your old videos. Loving your harry potter reviews as well!!
This is one of the very rare instances where I think the american remake is by far superior to the original (I've seen both). Not only were the horror elements better and incredibly effective, it also added subtle commentary about the omnipresence of media in our lives and how completely addicted we are to it, even moreso in 2017 when everyone and their mother have a smartphone permanently attached to their hand. Samarra probably should upgrade from VHS to bluray or internet streaming though 'cause I seriously doubt anyone still has a VHS player nowadays though... On another note, i absolutely HATED Ring 2. It ruined some of the elements of the first movie that should've been left shrouded in mystery (ie. Samarra's origins). In the first movie, it's implied the "adoptive" parents travelled the world in search of ways to conceive a child and that they may have in fact found some "unnatural" means by which to do this. I much prefer this idea: sure, mess with the natural order of things, but you get an evil being for a daughter as a trade off... Don't they get that sometimes it's WAY better not knowing things? Just look at Rob Zombie's Halloween and how it felt the need to explain in excruating details why Michael Myers is who he is. He couldn't just be evil, he had to be humanized with a past of abuse and mistreatment... Kinda diminishes the treat of Michael when all you've been shown from the beginning is a whinny brat crying about seeing his mommy. Tangeant over. No interest in Rings. The Ring along with The Grudge are two movies I can no longer watch, I am that scared of them. The dread and anxiety I get seeing just bits of the scary scenes is enough for me to not sleep at night. I don't know what it is about them... it gets me. I can watch incredibly gory horror flicks without flinching but throat rattle sounds and ridiculously creepy dead little girls is the death of me.
I saw this when I was 9 in theaters because my parents were like "oh a pg13 scary movie it cant be that bad" and holy fuck, I didn't sleep for weeks.
Gg parents
I used to have bad asthma attacks when I was a kid. So instead of taking me to a doctor or getting an inhaler, they would get me a can of sprite and let me watch a horror movie to "get my mind off of my asthma". To this day, I still have nightmares about Freddy Kruger. I do have a strange liking to Sprite though.
LOL
Codogcodog I can tell why, that bitch is creepy af!
Codogcodog same here I think I was like 8 or 9 at the time and I was traumatized by this movie I didn't start watching horror movies again until I was like 16 or 17
Fun fact: the actress who played Samara in The Ring is Daveigh Chase, AKA: Lilo from Lilo and Stitch and Chihiro in the Spirited Away dub.
No way wtf
She was also Donnie Darko's youngest sister! "What's a 'fuck-ass'?" Lol
She's also hot. Kinda takes the creepy factor out of the Ring films... or adds more creepiness but in a different way? :-P
So the girl who was my favorite lead from my two favorite animations that made me beg to have TV in my room, is the also the girl that made me get rid of the TV in my room? ... I need time to process that.
Every time I see that creepy ass face, I try to imagine she's about to whisper, "...do you know what tuna is?"
One ring to rule them all.
one ring to find them all
one ring to bring them all
And in the darkness bind them
and in the darkness bind them
One butchered quote to ruin it all
I was in the Army when this movie came out. One of my fellow soldiers, after watching this movie, took his TV and locked it in his wall locker for a full month. Because of that, I didn't watch the movie until it had already been out for over a year.
My tv is at the foot of my bed. I covered it with a table cloth for about a month, too.
Your fellow soldier saved you both.
Hahaha underated comment
He deserves medal 🏅
Hahaha
The Ring was the last horror film that genuinely blew my mind, though it was not the last horror film that I enjoyed (though even that has been very rare). I first watched it not long after it was released on DVD back in 2003.
I remember hearing about The Ring when it first released in theatres, but I had no idea what it was about. I knew nothing about the plot, characters, story, etc. I guess this was right before film marketing started the practice of showing the most important parts of upcoming films in the trailers, thereby ruining any mystery they may have. But, I honestly didn't even know it was a horror film, supernatural or otherwise. I may have assumed it was some sort of psychological or suspense thriller, but what I did know is that it had something to do with a little girl. But that was the extent of my understanding. I went into The Ring completely oblivious to what I was getting myself into.
I borrowed the dvd from a close buddy of mine while visiting him, and I wound up leaving his place late at night, and by the time I got home and settled in, it was maybe 1am or a bit after. So, I plop the dvd in, lights off in the middle of the night, watching this movie in my den, and when that little dead girl crawled out of that fucking TV screen, I literally screamed "WHAT THE FUCK?!" and my mind was fucking blown. I was in a stupor of amazement. I was not remotely prepared for anything that insane. Honestly, as a horror fan, that scene pretty much spoiled any subsequent horror films for me, because nothing scared me or creeped me out after that. So yeah, thanks, The Ring.😆
I can relate to that experience!
So you made the same mistake I did and watched The Ring alone at 1am. I stared at the TV for at least 5 minutes after it ended and was just froze.
Terrifying movie. I saw the American version first, then the Japanese one. Creepiness factor still holds up, especially the music in the "samara crawls out of the well" scene in the American one... Oh holy hell 😬
😂😂😂😂😂 😂😂
Did you watch the Babadook?
I'll go one step further and say the Hollywood remake was actually better. For the first time.
well any remake has the potential of being better than the original its just they always choose the wrong directors and actors and then the movie becomes complete dogshit
They didn't even understand the freaking title!
"Before you die, you see the ring" Lolwhut?? That has absolutely zero to do with anything....
Yeah. I actually really agree. I don't hate the original film, but the protagonist in that film was so utterly useless, which made me not care for her as much as they wanted me to. The husband character was far more compelling.
I agree, although that’s not saying much, the original Ring wasn’t scary at all. But I do like this version a lot. The other American Ring films sucked.
Remake better
Fam I'm gonna be honest, I've never seen this movie. But the weird ass girl who's the face of the movie has scared the shit outta me all my life. So I can't imagine what'll happen when I finally see it...
If you've never seen it, you're in for something that will fuck you up for at least a week. If it scares you too much and it wouldn't go away see The Scary Movie that mocks it and it will fix you up right away.
Seven days . . .
It's bad actually, you could be scared but only while you're watching it (?) then you forget about it
when you see it, you'll get a phone call right after that will tell you will die in 7 days.....
NightLightNeon Not if you turn off your phone, which I did. Then delete the call notification in messages for good measure.
Sorry to break the news to you Chris, but Rings got delayed . Soo..
Yeah it now comes out in Feb 2017.
oh snap, a February horror release? RED FLAG, RED FLAG, RED FLAG!!
Seriously?!?!
D. Lewis YEP!!!
Matt Brown Deadpool wasn't a RED FLAG.
I really don't get you americans - showing movies like the Ring to a 14 year old is totally fine, but all hell breaks loose if there's a nipple in it xD
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Don't go pretemdomg that 14 year olds are innocent.
There's a difference between the mpaa and the culture of an entire country. Most of the time it's a small group of outspoken nut jobs XD
We Americans also don't understand the MPAA
BOOM haha. Kids these days know and have seen too much...
I'm glad I'm not the only one who was utterly terrified of "the ring face". Samara's face got me, yes, but the face of the people she killed fucked me up WAY more. I thought I was the only one who was scared by that.
6235river Same! The ring face jump scare was really the only scare in the movie that made me jump!
The faces of her victims gave me nightmares.
Naomi Watts was so hot in this movie.
091MW2 she’s always hot!!!
she even turned king kong horny all the time
Sir this is a McDonalds drive through
091MW2 the lesbians agree
Simp
I had a very similar reaction to The Ring in high school!
People in the theater were crying after the lights came up, classmates the next day were actually freaking out about it, it really felt like there was something...dark and special about it.
It's a FANTASTIC movie, THAT'S what "dark and special" about it entirely so! Fantastic film!
I was 25 when it came out, and I‘m not ashamed to say: I left the lights on, the night after seeing it. Never happened after, only happened once before (The Exorcist, when I was 12)... 🙂
You should do I Hate Mars Bars.
I understood that reference.
MegaFriendlyCreeper of zooboo
I HATE DUST
duurr plant!
Exquisite!
The cinematography, the lighting, the acting of Naomi Watts and the actor who portrayed Aidan, the pacing and writing all made this a fantastic film. Highly recommended.
Hey dont forget Martin Henderson
Naomi was great in the movie so was the young actor who played her son I always got the vibe he was maybe autistic but I wasn't sure
That little movie there unsettled me a bit haha
Sven Vee Ditto 👀
i hate my sister they never change the channel and i needed to watch this movie as a 9 year old i am still scared watching this materfull movie
News flash Chris, Rings ain't coming out in October anymore lol, got pushed back again
Julian Webb It's gonna suck isn't it.
without a doubt
It has in the trailer a scene of her possessing an airplane and crashing it into a city.
They see that shark and they don't wanna just jump it, they wanna fly and fire machine guns while waving the American flag over it.
Julian Webb I don't know if he didn't realise, or he just pre recorded all these
OneMinuteMovieReviews It's likely prerecord, most people don't realize to get the video quality most youtubers produce this can't be done in a day. Plus in order to keep a schedule of videoes coming they have to have these sitting around usually a few weeks ahead of time. Likely this has been done for a little bit.
Glad I wasn't the only child scarred by this movie. I saw it at home when I was 11 and for years I would fall asleep with my TV on (with a timer set so it would turn off automatically when I was already asleep). No, in retrospect this makes no sense but I guess my thinking was 'she can't turn my unplugged/off TV on and come through if the TVs already on.'
The fellowship of the ring...
"Great, where are we going?"
"What about second breakfast?"
ImNotFlawless For You.
Elevensies
Frodo kept hearing 7 days in his head.
Female vs Male characters in Japanese films: it all boils down to culture. In Japan the man always takes the lead in everything and must be presented as the smarter one, as the one who understands complexities and figures out mysteries. Watch Japanese TV news. The lady broadcaster will read the entirety of the news. The male broadcaster will opine/give an editorial, and the lady broadcaster will enthusiastically nod and intermittently respond with "Oh, I see," "That's a great insight," or "hmmm, I hadn't thought about that", etc., always to support or stroke the male ego.
Obviously, American female characters are NOTHING like their Japanese counterparts. Hence, in the American version the female lead character shows more substance and seems to be better fleshed out.
Reminds me of the fact that Japanese medical school purposely lower down entrance scores for females so that more undeserving males enter the med school and become doctors even though the females did way better. Just common misogyny embedded into Japanese culture.
Gore Verbinski is one of the most underrated directors working today
Bruh 😂 he did a way better job than Hideo Nakata who directed the Japanese version just made it way more creepier and haunting I liked the Japanese version but it doesn't have the visuals score or cinematography to give it that extra oomph
For some reason at 5:50, what came to mind was Scary Movie 3 (which is coincidentally a parody of The Ring) when the news got ahold of the cursed tape and started playing it on public TV.
Eric Striffler?! Had no idea you guys were friends! ..."and that's Pretty Much It!"
CLASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Flick It Films It's sad that PMI fell off... he was the first review I subscribed to on TH-cam, just because Saw was my favorite movie and that fool loved it too
I also saw this around age 14. The girl didn't creep me out but the atmosphere made me feel unsettled for weeks. I also pranked my friend by taking his tv and VCR remotes and turned on both from outside a window to flip him out.
Yeah there are a few jump scares but it's just haunting more than anything like the Sixth Sense and haunting horror movies are the worst because they like stay in your mind months after watching them
And Rings got delayed to February.
i couldnt sleep with a tv in my room for so long after watching this when i was young
You should do the Grudge. One of the few movies that really scares me
Not gonna lie, 0:57 actually scared me. Way to go on the jumpscares Chris
Glad I'm not the only one lol
@@brycekirkham6896 Glad I'm not the only one x2
Glad I'm not the only one x3
At 8:50 i regreted watching this at 11pm
Shawn Pool lol he started the short film and I was like nooooooope and clicked pause ha ha
Thanks for the warning
You made me stop at 8:33 and I love you for that. It's 0:55 in spain so thanks
ikr
SAAAAAAAAME
This movie traumatized me as a kid tbh I can’t watch it till this day
Must've filmed it early. Rings is coming out in February.
Seven days....
"Who's gay?"
New phone, who dis?
"Uruguay"
*SAUSAGE KING OF CHICAGO!*
*breaks tv*
I love that part when you had to take your VCR from the closet.
I own it on VHS 📼 , DVD 📀 , Apple TV , I saw this movie in 2002 with my oldest brother and cousin she was 17 was a senior in HS , I was 12 Years Old and I’ll never forget how terrify this movie made my brother and I , I’ll never forget my cousin Samantha boyfriend at the time call the house and he knew we were watching the movie but we didn’t know that he knew ( my brother ) why this man called at the exact same time we was watching the movie and said 7 days
My brother and I panicked
This was in the poconos , Pennsylvania my aunt had a beautiful house it was huge and in the middle of the woods it made the movie even scarier good times when life was simple I miss the early 2000’s
I watched this movie for the first time when I was 8 and it really hooked me on to loving scary movies! It was the first one that really got to me. I was absolutely terrified of it but I couldn't get enough of it. I'd watch it with my friend and she would chicken out and turn the TV off when it for to Samara. We would turn the lights off in the house and would go online and watch the "cursed video tape" and wait to see if we would get a call and we would get so freaked out we ran around the house thinking Samaras ghost was chasing us. One time after watching the video tape we ran down the hall and the ac air intake on the ceiling with a the metal latch swung open, must have been loose. We looked up at the ceiling where it fell open, it was a circle in the ceiling that look just like th ring from the well in the movie, it scared the sh*t out of us and I think we stopped watching The Ring for awhile after that. I also told my parents I made friends with Samara and I wanted her to be real so bad...(lol weird I know)
I would have so many nightmares about her I'd wakeup crying but somehow I kind of enjoyed getting scared by it all.
The Ring will always be my favorite horror movie. Always. It’s not like most horror films because it really gets under your skin. The music and color scheme add onto that feeling, as well. It’s also interesting that they leave little hints and Easter eggs throughout the film. If you pay attention, there are rings in a bunch of the shots (sort of like the ladder scene).
Subscribe. You have 7 days........
Don't you have a country to run?
King of Wakanda might as well, your a pretty cool character.
King of Wakanda no
I don't care
King of Wakanda m8 why you everywhere fam your awesome XD
IMO I think this is one of the rare occasion where the remake is better than the original
this is classic. I haven't felt this way about a horror movie since the exorcist. the conjuring is just as scary too. I didn't like the sequel and I never seen none of the Japanese films but this one still holds up after so many years. great acting, great scares, music.
Hey Chris, when are you going to make that Hilariocity review of Gods of Egypt?
I've always been a fan of horror, so foreign horror films were never out of my reach even when I was younger, so I do really enjoy J-Horror, but I have to be honest, The Ring is the American remake of a J-Horror that's just simply better. I like Ringu, but it's a tad overrated, and I feel people just always say the original is better because they feel they have to. Mainly because most people have this mentality that every remake should be condemned right off the back, and that's pretty hackneyed especially at this point.
But yea, I will never back down praising The Ring more than Ringu because it's just simply done better overall. Sure the American sequel wasn't that great, but to be fair, neither were the Japanese sequels/spinoffs as they ran that series in to the ground. Same with Ju-On.
I disagree
I said the same thing! The Ring is better than Ringu which is creepy but not really scary what the American version had over the Japanese was the visuals the score and the cinematography the scoring made it that much more haunting
I had a similar experience. I watched this on DVD with my 3 brothers and mother. I watched it maybe a year after it came out so I would've been at least 8. After we finished it my mum went to the bathroom and used her mobile to call the house phone. Being the youngest, she might not have intended for me to answer. But unfortunately I did. You can probably see where this is going. I had severe trust issues after that. Still do.
It's ok, Chris. I was 11 when it came out and I couldn't be alone in a room with a tv for months.
This movie gave me nightmares for weeks! I couldn't stop thinking about this movie after I saw it in theaters. It's still one of the scariest movies I've ever seen. I love it!
The new Ring movie isn't coming out in October anymore. It's actually coming out February 2017 now I believe.
To me, The most frightening thing about that skit at the end was Chris Stuckmann Cosplaying The Ring girl. lol
I hope this doesn't come across as plain smart-assery, because I really mean it as friendly insight into a foreigner's mind.
Trying to pronounce a foreign name is never offensive. It kind of sucks if somebody just says a name whatever way they want and not really care, but giving it a try is very endearing. On the other hand, not trying at all can make it seem like the person's name doesn't matter to you.
The "I'm not even gonna try" approach is something I've only ever seen in Americans, possibly because they rarely speak any language other than English and thus find it hard to wrap their heads around the process of learning languages besides their own.
There are words in foreign languages that you won't be able to pronounce "correctly" (like a native speaker) once you pass a certain age because of the anatomy of your mouth and the way speech muscles develop. That's why we have accents. Say a Japanese name with your American accent and say it proudly! I bet it would make you happy if a Japanese reviewer said "Chris Stuckman" instead of "I'll butcher his name anyways, so he shall remain nameless".
More on topic: two thumbs up for the review, thanks Chris!
What a GREAT idea having fans send you creepy videos/clips, and to then create your own little short including all of them. I also loved the lack of soundtrack. Very effective. Well done Chris!
This is such a modern classic... I LOVE this movie. It was also one of the first horror movies I ever saw.
I'm trying to figure out if I should or should not request a refund on it. I haven't watched it yet, but still.
I just watched this again, first time in a few years. I remembered most of it, but seeing it, still, i'm really unnerved right now. really unsettling, it's a great, great horror movie. modern day horror movies just don't get the atmosphere building element anymore. this one does it extremely well.
Chris, Rings was moved to next year.
Holy crap, you actually managed to spoop me a little when you made that "ring face".
The character of the peanut butter was not fleshed out enough, I give that skit a C+
I think what I loved about this film is that it gave the audience something other to do than to be scared- the characters basically look into the mystery of Sadako, solving it almost like a crime investigation. And it was brilliant: The more you uncovered details about the monster, the more unclean and horrifying it becomes.
Exactly! Many ppls definitely of “scary “ is constant jump scares. But solving mysteries Keeps you engaged
Review Mulholland Drive? Or a Hilariocity review of Ghosts Can't Do It (1990)?
This movie still creeps me out, one of the best horror movies ever! I was it when I was 13, I had a blockbuster near my house and rented it, I didn't sleep for months. I was afraid of going to the bathroom, of watching tv, of sleeping with the lights out, this movie terrified me, I absolutely love it!
Really?
you ought to do the review of Grudge and it's Japanese version as well
The japanese actor's name is Hiroyuki Sanada. Not that hard to say I think.
This movie and the grudge remake were probably the last legit scary movies that came out in the last 20 years
That’s only because you were a kid at the time. You’re probably just more tolerated nowadays, lots of good horror out there being released!
@@Sqdlow that comment was like 5 years ago, so I've seen a few good horror since then: Hereditary, Malignant, Halloween Kills, Don't Breathe, Run, 1BR, and a bunch more but those just came to mind immediately,. some more on the thriller not so scary side.
The way Chris put in the videotape reminded me of the Retro Rewind intro.
Please review the grudge series
You know why they titled the movie "The Ring," right? It is because when Samara was trapped in the well, all she could see when she looked up was the shape of a ring.
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When I first saw the Ring, it was on a preview night. There were no previews, no opening credits ... just lights out and right in. They should have cold openings like that. It really help you become immersed.
Do a pirates of the Caribbean trilogy for the new movie
Please make a review for the Dark Knight trilogy, Chris
He's reviewed all of them
Jesus search it first before commenting dumbass
Rings got pushed back...
Ah Chris? Rings has been to February 2017 now. Cause it doesn't want to compete with Ouija Origins of Evil which I never thought I say this, but that one looks a lot better than Rings.
oh, god. THAT FACE. I'm scarred for life
Chris, Rings got pushed back to February, it won't be released in October as originally announced
Rings got pushed to next year...
It’s hard to believe “samara” also was the voice for lilo, in lilo and stitch. 😎
Didn't they move the next ring film to february 2017?
Yes
yes. indeed. tell Chris that
Yes, to avoid competition with another Ouija movie. But I'm not surprised because the movie is going to suck anyways.
How could he still watch the movie, or is he referring to an older "The ring"??
As a suggestion for later this month, how about reviewing either "Grave Encounters" (Found-Footage movie where the framing device is that they're a Ghost Hunting crew in an abandoned asylum) or "The Descent", which has two forms of creepy for the price of one.
This movie got me interested in J-horror movies. I'm so glad I saw it.
EDIT: Great ring face!
Hahaha the "Ring face" sound effect lol that was awesome 🤣
I remember seeing this movie in theaters when I was like 12 and walked out because I was so scared lol I'm 25 and it still scares the shit out of me. One of the many few horror movies that can actually scare me unlike a lot of horror movies made today.I agree with Chris!
Movie: I saw her face. (Cuts to the corpse in the closet)
Me: ahhhhhhhhhh!! NO NO NO! (Runs upstairs crying)
No joke, this actually happened. And I am a big horror fan.
It's one of my favorite movies, but I genuinely cannot look at that part.
I remember the only time this movie really got to me was the third time I sat down and watched it. My brother and his "friend", decided to watch it, so being the younger brother that I am I cock blocked by watching it with them, and I forgot to turn off one of the other TV's in the house. so as soon as we turned everything off all we heard was a staticky TV.
review the grudge 2004
I remember watching this movie for the first time very vividly. I was in 4th grade and at sleepover. The movie was very scary and disturbing and I remember covering my eyes quite a bit. But the part I'll never forget is when one of the kids moms called to check on her near the end of the movie and we all screamed and ran upstairs lol it's funny now but at the time horrifying
I feel like I would have bullied you quite a lot in middle school and been your friend in highschool...
brutal but i get what you mean
I think one of the reasons the American remake is one of my favorite horror movies is that I grew up around Puget Sound and regularly took day trips to Seattle and Whidbey Island via Deception Pass. Seeing locations I recognized in the movie unsettled me like nothing else and made it seem a lot more real and terrifying.
You've never seen Naomi watts in a movie before ? woah that means you never watched the King Kong 2005 movie!!!!
He saw the ring in 2002, how could he have seen King Kong?
More like Mulholland Drive, but then again I've never seen it either.
you guys seriously need to watch Mulholland Dr. right now.. you can't call yourselves film buffs if you haven't seen that film.
Hey Chris, since Halloween is coming up soon, what would you think about reviewing Queen of the Damned or Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow? I would definitely be interested to know what you have to say about those films!
Thank goodness Chris called the Japanese version 'Ring'. Yeah the title in Japanese is read as 'Ringu' but that's the Japanese pronunciation of the word 'Ring'.
Chris, this is why I watch your videos. thanks.
Another reason why Xbox One shits all over PS4.
Whot??? You better be joking right?
well it does have backwards compatibility unlike ps4
Truth.
PC shits on both, so fuck all of you. :)
+Brandon Dean yeah but PS4 has good exclusives titles... And not focusing on old games.. Lol
Was I happy to see you review this film!
Loved the vid. Good as always, fun as always.
I much prefered the cursed tape in the original. In this version, I felt like the images were disturbing for the sake of being disturbing, but the original's cursed tape had a much more mysterious, even realistic feel to it. Like if a cursed tape actually existed, it might look something like that.
Chris about Ringu: I felt warm. Chris about The Ring: I felt cold.
I saw the Original Japanese version first. I thought the American version was garbage.
Garbage, because....?
Most people including myself would say the American version is way better and I'm someone who watched the Japanese version the American version made the story way more haunting and creepy
@@Model_Roe most people are easily led by bright lights and jump scares. It doesn’t matter if most people think it’s better, it’s a logical fallacy called the bandwagon fallacy.
The reason “most people” like the American more is because it was Americanized for the modern horror movie audience. I agree that the American version is creepier, however my problem is that they added a bunch of creepy things that make no sense for the sake of being creepy. The Japanese version made more sense with its internal logic
@@creativevisiongaming you're entitled to your opinion I did not find the Japanese version scary at all but I am different i guess but I am someone who personally loves visuals and I think when doing a movie it is a very essential part of story telling because that is what will hook an audience and make them want to watch again and again is not just the writing but the look and I think that is really what the American version has over the Japanese the overall look and sound of the American version is so eerie and creepy it kinda of sticks with you
@@Model_Roe I think you’re misunderstanding. I’m not saying the Japanese version is scarier. I’m saying it’s a better coherent story.
Very glad to see The Ring given a great score, I've always bigged it up as an excellent example of a quality remake. It adds interesting elements, it's full of atmospheric shots and it just looks beautiful (partly because you get to look at Naomi Watts throughout, which can never be a bad thing.)
This film is WAY overrated. It does have good cinematography and some eerie scenes, but a VERY weak plot. Basically the entirety of the events of the movie are completely pointless in the end, and a whole bunch of stuff, such as Samara's origins and powers or the cursed film's, are never explained.
I was never a fan of it either..now The Grudge I love to death, original and remake.
You are clearly not a horror fan. The monster's origins and powers don't need explanations, that tends to get stupid and ruin everything. If you were a horror fan, you'd know that XD
Not everything needs explaining.
Samara works better as a mysterious antagonist. 2, Rings 2005 & Rings 2017 tried to do a little more with her or the Tape & it just didn’t work.
I like that the whole movie is "Yo i got this tape that if we watch it we wil FOR SURE die. Wanna wach it?"
So happy to see your new video!
Fuuuuuck, that was an awesome short!
Okay, now time to get to my two cents. I was bias because I watched Ringu first before I saw The Ring. The Ring just fell short for me while Ringu scared the shit out of me. To each their own, I guess. I should go back now and watch them just to see if my opinion has changed. I think it has especially after watching your review of both of the films.
Also, Rasen was better to me than Ringu 2.
Thanks Chris really enjoyed the review. love your videos and I've just finished binge watching all your old videos. Loving your harry potter reviews as well!!
Any chance we can get more horror movie reviews? And maybe some more 80s/90s stuff?
Dude! The thumbnail is hilarious!!!
Rings is coming out in early 2017 now, pushed from its original October 2016 release.
This is one of the very rare instances where I think the american remake is by far superior to the original (I've seen both). Not only were the horror elements better and incredibly effective, it also added subtle commentary about the omnipresence of media in our lives and how completely addicted we are to it, even moreso in 2017 when everyone and their mother have a smartphone permanently attached to their hand. Samarra probably should upgrade from VHS to bluray or internet streaming though 'cause I seriously doubt anyone still has a VHS player nowadays though...
On another note, i absolutely HATED Ring 2. It ruined some of the elements of the first movie that should've been left shrouded in mystery (ie. Samarra's origins). In the first movie, it's implied the "adoptive" parents travelled the world in search of ways to conceive a child and that they may have in fact found some "unnatural" means by which to do this. I much prefer this idea: sure, mess with the natural order of things, but you get an evil being for a daughter as a trade off... Don't they get that sometimes it's WAY better not knowing things? Just look at Rob Zombie's Halloween and how it felt the need to explain in excruating details why Michael Myers is who he is. He couldn't just be evil, he had to be humanized with a past of abuse and mistreatment... Kinda diminishes the treat of Michael when all you've been shown from the beginning is a whinny brat crying about seeing his mommy. Tangeant over. No interest in Rings.
The Ring along with The Grudge are two movies I can no longer watch, I am that scared of them. The dread and anxiety I get seeing just bits of the scary scenes is enough for me to not sleep at night. I don't know what it is about them... it gets me. I can watch incredibly gory horror flicks without flinching but throat rattle sounds and ridiculously creepy dead little girls is the death of me.