Reacting to *The Ring (2002)*
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I convinced my sister to watch this in a theater and when she got home I called her landline and said, “7 days” she screamed and hung up the phone 😂
You evil, evil bastard, I love it and totally did the same to my best friend😂
Nice...i did a similar thing to my friend. We watched Saw together...movie completely freaked him out, so i called him from a strangers phone the next day & when he answered i said "i want to play a game"...he hung up immediately. I couldn't stop laughing for about 2 days.
Satan? Is that you?
Not about this movie, but when I watched "The Sixth Sense" with a friend in the theater we went to his home afterwards since he lived nearby. We called the lift from the ground floor and when the lift doors opened there was this extremely pale girl (she was around our age, 12) just standing very still by the back corner of the lift, not even looking at us at any point. I didn't understand why she wasn't leaving the lift (she was meant to be coming down, right?). My friend didn't even say hello to her or acknowledge her, like she wasn't there at all. It was spooky as hell for the next half a minute while taking the lift with her... I started to think she may be ghost that only I could see, like the kid in the movie 🤣🤣 As soon as we got off I asked my friend if he saw her, and he said yes. Then I asked him if they had some basement parking level so that would explain her going up with us despite the fact we picked the lift from the ground level. Indeed they had it. Had my friend just being a polite neighbour and said "hello" to the spooky-looking girl, my mind wouldn't have gone wild! 🤣
Dude that is messed up, but that is absolutely hilarious 😂
I remember seeing a news piece about a guy who bought an old VHS tape marked "DO NOT WATCH" from a charity store, naturally he watched it. It started off like the tape from this movie only to abruptly cut to Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up. Genius level trolling.
Haha haven't been Rick Rolled in years. The good-natured days.
Nice!!!
I was in college when this remake came out, but many months before, some friends and I found a blank VHS tape on campus. We were in film school, and we picked it up and went home to watch it. It was the video footage from this movie. We were like, "Ah - somebody's entrance application film." It was black and white, with no coherent storyline - that was what everybody's entrance application film was like. Months later, in the theater, we were watching The Ring, and when the footage came up, my friends gasped aloud. Turns out, the marketing team left copies of the VHS around different campuses leading up to release of the film. Those were some wild days of marketing virality for films - Blair Witch a few years before really opened the flood gates.
DAMN that was awesome, I'd never heard of that! Wow... lol WOW. Analog viral marketing, there's, something delightfully nostalgic about the concept.
My story's nowhere near as cool, but since you mention Blair Witch: I was watching the movie when it came out in a little small-town theater with VERY few people in it at the time, I was alone (love horror movies and LOVE watching at the cinema) and it was in the latter 3/4s of the film in the dark and I feel this... cold dripping, on the back of my neck? I'm in the back row, I look around, ... nothing.
Few minutes later does it again...
Heh I'm getting creeped out by the time I realize it's raining outside and The Palace is unholy old, rundown small-town theater. Southwest Ohio's answer to 4D cinema! Leaky roofs! Take care Austin!
thats craaaazy ! i dunno what i wouldve done if that had happened to me and my friends! amazing marketing hehe
Oh WOW
This movie and "the grudge" were the gold standard in horror films from 2000-2012.
I'm a grown man. During the ending when Samara crawls up from the well, my BEDROOM DOOR OPENED FROM OUT OF NOWHERE(!!!). I freaked out. Wrote this comment. I feel calmer now, knowing at least someone is reading this.
dude, it hasn’t been anywhere near seven days.
Didn't read past the 'I'm a grown man' bit so I'm so gonna assume you got caught masturbating!😬😅
@@Danileith123🤣 So mean
Opening/open doors are truly the worst during watching horror movies or coming home after especially if it's dark on the other side
She's coming Barbra
The scene where Samara crawls out of the TV was on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments!
One of the few horror movies I have ever noped out of. That scene comes on and I turn off the tv.
See, when I saw this in the theater and she crawled out of the screen, some people started screaming and I literally out loud just said "oh, come on!" because I thought it was dumb. I had been legitimately freaked out for the whole movie up until that point. Not sure why I didn't buy into it but it kinda ruined the movie for me, and I'm really easily scared most of the time. Oh, well.
@@heyheyjk-la I watched it alone on a dark and stormy night wth the lights off at like 11 pm. I decided to have a solo horror movie night. The vide was too perfect.
@@heyheyjk-la I can relate, even though i still like it. The original Ringu did it alot creepier i think. Its a case of vibes versus shock factor.
@@Musabre - Yeah, I’ve been meaning to watch the Japanese version so thanks for the reminder!
This and the grudge were the two that America wasn't ready for, really good but it freaked everyone out!
Grunge is music, The Grudge is the movie. But yep. 👍
One of the reasons I love this movie is that it’s PG-13. Goes to show that you can make a good creepy movie without nudity, or foul language.
Other creepy kid movies:
1. Case No. 39
2. Poltergeist (1 and 2)
3. The Possession
You wanna know what’s really creepy? When the DVD of this came out in 2002 it had an Easter egg on it. What Easter eggs USED to be on DVDs was a hidden menu selection that you couldn’t see until you, usually, accidentally selected it without knowing it. By pushing the up, down, left, and right buttons on the remote while on a menu page… Like the one where it just says play/special features/bonus/behind the scenes/etc type of thing. I didn’t know that the DVD had a Easter egg on the main menu. But I accidentally found it because while I sat down to get ready to watch the movie, I pushed the controller button on my remote accidentally and the selection that was on the play icon on the screen disappeared. I hit ‘Enter’ thinking that it would just play the movie, but it played the creepy video that’s in the movie… It played it full screen by itself. Then the screen went black for several seconds and then the VERY loud sound of a phone ringing. Freaked the shit out of me and I didn’t even see the movie yet! As for The Ring 2, I can tell you that I saw it back in the day… But I legitimately cannot remember a single thing about it. And that’s extremely unusual for me. So it was either just that bad or it was too scary. I don’t know. So… Proceed at your own risk. 😈💙💙💙
Ringu is the original but different enough to be appreciated on it's own.
And a little better (according to IMDb).
@@katosnook It's definitely more vibes based, which gets really unsettling in a fun way. The Ring is a little more straight forward.
The Ring 2 was meh. Rings was also but the actress in it was beyond gorgeous 🤯😍
@@katosnooka lot better
@@jmag579 Matilda Lutz 👌
oh man I remember how if you had the dvd and just left it playing on the menu for a while it would randomly start playing the tape. first time it happened to me it was 3am and i was home alone and i almost had a heart attack
This one and The Grudge freaked me out
The Grudge is legit scary and I don't scare easily.
As far as American remakes of Far East horror goes, my favorite still goes to Shutter(2008)
@@mikethemotormouth One more to my must watch list
Fun fact: the actress who plays samara is the voice of lilo in lilo and stitch (2002) and sen - (chihiro) in the English dub of spirited away (2001)
The original novel and Japanese adaptation have more explanation but even then it isn't fully explained. Sadako (Samara in the American version) is psychic and that's it; the sequel novel reveals Sadako's motivation and how she kills through the video. Samara, however, is also malicious for no apparent reason; it isn't really clear if "but I do" means she does want to hurt people or that she hurts people and cannot control it.
If I'm remembering, wasn't the statement by the examiner "But you don't want to hurt people, Samara."
And her response: "But I do. And I'm sorry."
If anything, it's even more terrifying. It's not that she's sorry because she hurts people unintentionally, like a X-men mutant unable to control her powers. She really does just want to hurt people, and she's only "sorry" because she knows it's not what they want. But she still very much just does want to hurt, and now has just imprinted that desire onto her tape.
I think the main implication is that she very much wants to hurt people and the reason why - probably because she can. Sometimes there doesn't need to be a sob story for a villain to be the monster. Sometimes evil is just evil - especially in those older folk tales. And Ring fits perfectly with how the horror in Japanese folklore works out.
The sequel books get really, REALLY fucking weird
The third novel is weird as hell - what with the whole events of the original novel actually taking place inside a computer simulation and the whole thing being a study about the spread of viruses.Total genre flip meets Japanese tendency to make overcomplicated nonsense as set-dressing for interesting ideas.
Everyone is correctly recommending the Japanese originals, but I'd like to add "Autopsy of Jane Doe". Different, but still a cool curse horror. It also features Brian Cox (Samara's dad), this time in a main role.
Yeah, jane doe is creepy good horror movie. 👍
The Morgan Horse story is true, that's what made this movie so scary.
a great way to incorporate true events into a movie.
Interesting. Probably an environmental reason.
There is a bridge that has that effect on animals. It makes dogs go crazy and jump over the side, to their deaths. There have been several studies why that is
"you helped her?" 👀 probably my favorite part of the movie great twist
Right?! That kid is a really great actor.
Why did you do that?
Samara had an ability called Nensha, or 'Thoughtagraphy': "the claimed ability to "burn" images from one's mind onto surfaces such as photographic film by parapsychic means" like the 'x-rays' pictures, also the images on the video tape were produced out of her mind. but Samara carried it a bit further by being able to put those images into peoples heads, where should could drive people (or horses) insane, or burn them into the walls, the tree in the barn, or even onto people, like the hand prints. Also, agreed thoroughly that the kid was fantastic in this.
Yes, its such a good movie. I loved the plot twist and Samara is a great villain :-)
"You set her free?!? Why did you do that?!" 😱
Just so you know, the Pacific Northwest is not usually this scary 😂
The farm and some other scenes were filmed pretty close to my hometown.
This and THE GRUDGE has a huge connection
the japanese version explains a lot more
Yay. So glad that you ladies are reacting to this movie. Realizing that Samara was never supposed to be released remains as one of my favorite twist in movie history.
You totes should watch the original guys, it's a great film and the sense of dread much stronger, I felt. I can't recall much about its sequel except that the OG version of Noah had a much younger girlfriend (awkward) and she tries to get to the bottom of what happened as she's the poor schmuck who finds him.
Alternatively, if you fancy a more chill take on J-horror, I strongly recommend 'Audition'. It's a quirky and slightly problematic tale about a middle aged widower urged by his son and friend to get back into the dating game, with 'hilarious' results.
The scene of the horse falling overboard gave me nightmares for weeks. You should definitely watch the second part.
The Ring 2 in my opinion is pretty good and gives some explanation to where Samara came from. But there probably will still be a lot of questions in the end of the movie. The kid actor though who plays Aiden is ESPECIALLY good in that movie as his role is bigger!
The third movie...totally sucks.
i definitely recommend watching the original japanese ringu - its really good. the story is similar but its a bit more interesting in the mystery aspect in my opinion.
Me, my best friend and my little sister watched this at home on our VCR set when we were kids. It was on pause, and if a VHS movie was on Pause for too long, the VCR would eventually just full stop and go back to the white snow until you pressed Play again. Well, I went to go get water and snacks for all of us, and my friend & sister stayed in the bedroom. The bedroom window was open, and a draft blew in...the draft shut the bedroom door at the EXACT SAME moment that the Pause ended and the TV switched to white snow. Me and my mom and dad just heard screaming coming from my bedroom, and we ALL freaked out.
The original Japanese theatrical version of THE RING (there was a Japanese TV movie before this) was a big hit in Japan and generated a lot of international attention. I was able to catch it at a film festival in Hollywood in 1999-2000 and didn’t know anything about the story, and it was one of the best horror movie experiences I’ve had. A couple of years later I attended a preview screening of the American remake and thought the filmmakers did a great job. It was also a lot of fun knowing the major story beats and seeing the audience reactions to them.
Shortly before the American THE RING 2 was released, the first (American) film was put out on DVD with a new short film called RINGS which I highly recommend. THE RING 2 was terrible, and the 2017 sequel (not a prequel) - also entitled RINGS - is not much better. There are also several Japanese sequels, and a prequel called RING 0: BIRTHDAY. The sequels are hit and miss.
Check out the Japanese version and the RINGS short film if you can find it.
Thank you for mentioning the original tv movie version, few people in the west know about it and few people watch it.
I'm a man who - _by now_ - is probably past his prime.
And I was already a grown man when I saw this movie in cinema.
To this day, I still consider it to be the most "goose bumps-inducing" movie, I have ever seen - and I have seen quite a lot of movies.
I remember, we _(some friends and I)_ originally intended to watch some other movie, but we couldn't get six connected seats, for the movie we wanted to watch, so we decided to look what else was running.
I had priorly read about "The Ring", and remembered it having received some raving reviews, so I proposed twe watch this, instead.
All agreed, we bought our tickets and took our seats.
Holy Moly...we were not prepared to what we were about to see.
Later that night, when I was home alone again, and I needed to take a leak, I switched on all the lights, walked "with quickened haste" through the hall to the bathroom, did my business there _(avoiding to look at any mirrors);_ and then used the same fast pace, to "run" back again to my bedroom, where I locked the door and pulled the sheet up to my chin.
Something I had not done since I was a kid.
Even weeks after, when I remembered some scene from this movie, shivers would still run down my spine.
A masterpiece.
Hello Stella & Hayley!😊 Samara's mother had several miscarriages which I believe is why the father says she was not supposed to have a child. The woman on the island said things got better after Anna died. That was because she had killed Samara. So, there were things happening that Samara caused besides the horses dying. Great reactions to this scary horror film, Ladies!!!!🎬👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This movie truly was scary when it came out. I remember my classmates in high school freaking out over this.
Why not watch Ringu 1 and 2 from the 90s and Ringu 0: Birthday and Sadako from 2019.
You guys should DEFINITELY watch The Ring 2!!
Scare-wise it’s about the same, but you get to find out Samarra’s back story and - the best part - Sissy Spacek plays Samarra’s birth mother. (And ANYTHING with even a little bit of Sissy Spacek is worth it.)😍
P.S. You guys were very perceptive when you mentioned Forks, Washington: This takes place/was filmed in Seattle and Vancouver, BC… very nearby.
OMG, the fly going through the screen was the hint that Samara could come through too...I did NOT put that together cause her coming through the screen was a legit shock to so many people! LOL!
I also love how this was a slower movie, more a mystery ghost story than a straight up horror, but when the scary scenes happen they are TERRIFYING!
I loved The Ring and The Ring 2 as a combo. Watch them both every spooky season
When they say "she never sleeps," it means that Samara was suffering from fatal insomnia. This is a real prion disease; look it up. It is one of the most terrifying diseases you can get. You stop sleeping until you shrivel up and die. Since Samara couldn't sleep, she began to project dream images into her reality, which is how the images got imprinted on the VHS tape.
The Ring 2 is honestly not very good. Nowhere near as scary as the first. But I would highly recommend _Ringu._ If you watch the Japanese original, it goes a little deeper into the girl's origins (her name is Sadako in that version).
rather than watching sequels I would suggest watching the original japanese one (i personally prefer it), the sequels aren't worth it imho.
And I'm curious, Stella, you said that you thought the reveal that her son is his son too was great. I always considered it weird and clunky, just by saying "our son"... it seems weird to me to not call him just by name... of course, they did it for that reveal, I just think it could have been done more naturally, I wonder if that's a language difference, im not native english
Now do the same with the original (japanese) movie, the take is a bit different and definitively interesting!
Reading through some of the comments and its weird that the original hasn't really been mentioned. So I'm gonna... This is a good remake but not as good. The Lore is from a different culture so doesn't come through properly but it's not like many others which are not very good at all.
I'd love to see an American remake of 'Audition'.
This is a good adaptation, but the original series were great, especially Ringu: Birthday.
Wow. Hayley and Stella and The Ring. A perfect way to start the day.
The japanese and us version film convention difference mean they also utilize different kind of horror
American there is always a tinge of action or drama in script performance visual and music
Japanese is more unsettling silence and stillness and because this one is older its also shot like video for immersion
watch the origanal ,not the yank copy
Right, this movie was mediocre. So was the Grudge… the originals to both movies were way better
To me this was more like a supernatural drama than a horror movie, but the tension throughout and the few jumpscares utilized are really done pretty well. It goes full on horror with every sequel, and they're good as well, but the quality starts to dip after the second one.
The Ring Two obviously takes place after this film. It is directed by the director of Ringu (Hideo Nakata), and I personally don't feel his style translated well to American filmmaking. The movie doesn't really come off as a horror film, or at least not eerie enough in many ways (or the story is not mysterious enough, at least).
You mentioned a prequel. The U.S. releases do not have any prequels. The film Rings (2017) takes place after the first two films, and is not only largely disconnected but it also retcons a big thing that The Ring Two reveals. It brings back some of the eeriness, but it is absolutely bludgeoned through its editing and reshoots. I think there is something there in the story that is lost in the editing of it all.
There was also a short film called Rings (yes, same name) that acts as a prologue to The Ring Two. If you watch The Ring Two, try and find a way to watch this short right before it. Like, you could literally insert it at the beginning of The Ring Two, and besides the difference in directing/editing style it is immediately connected to the beginning of that story.
The Ring is far and away superior to anything that came after it, and I don't think watching any of the other films after destroys what makes this one is great. Nevertheless, I don't think you'll like the other ones nearly as much. It's up to you whether you watch them, but if you choose to I'll watch your reactions!
When I was a child living in my old house, I walked downstairs into the basement to either play on my Playstation 2 console or watch some Disney film. I still cannot ever forget this....... I saw an empty, VHS tape just freakin' lying on the ground tempting me!!!! A taoe I never remembered ever seeing before.... I kept fighting with my inner demons and the Angel on my shoulder to either watch it and risk my young life for the next 7 days... or leave it where it lies. My Angel won out, and I never watched it. This happened literally after I saw this film for the first time, please keep in mind. I did pick it up to look at it, though..... and I do wonder almost 30 years later.. what would have happened if I actually watched it?
Watching this streaming or on DVD/Blu Ray is NOTHING like watching it on a VHS tape.
Definitely watch "Ringu". If you ever decide to dip into the "Ju On" ("The Grudge") series, I would recommend the original first before you watch the American version.
The original "Ju-on: The Curse" scared me so badly I have never dared to watch any of the others in the series. I can still see Kayako coming down the stairs.
RING 2 IS REALLY GOOD BECAUSE IT COMPLETES THE BOY'S STORY ARCH.
did you see Ringu
Omgggg now this is a treat! Can't wait to see yalls reaction to a movie that traumatized me as a kid 😆
Richard and Anna Morgan both Adopted Samara. So to help you out there are three more movies to the American remake The Ring Two 2005, Rings 2005 (short movie) and than 2017 "Rings" The Original Japanese movies has I believe three movies Ringu with a prequel the the first Ringu called "Ringu "Birthday". I personally loved all the Ring franchise its alot of mystery to Samara/Sadako backstories. I would HIGHLY reccomend you checking out the original japanese franchise.
“Ringu” and “The Ring” are both good movies but the original Japanese is still superior. The introductory scene in the original IS SO GOOD!
Ringu (1999) is not the original, Ringu is a remake of an earlier tv movie made in 1995
Little boy rolls up to Wall St to trade heckin stonks!
Btw: You said that this looked like Twilight, but I can assure you that the look of Twilight came from this movie. This movie literally spawned a dozen copycat movies that tried to emulate this look. Except the other movies did it digitally, while The Ring did all its color IN camera, meaning it was not done in a computer afterwards, but was shot and lit the way you see it.
and not just that. this color in the ring cannot be replicated because the film and the filters used are no longer in production and extremely hard to find. It's so legendary.
Of the American remakes of Asian films of the era, this one is the best.
I def recommend going down the Asian Horror path: Incredibly prolific director, Takashi Miike's The Happiness Of The Katakuris (2001;) The Japanese Horror film classic, House (1977;) one of the more recent Korean films, Gonjiam Haunted Asylum (2018.)
And for more VHS-based Horror, check out the anthology film, V/H/S (2012.)
I remember watching this in theatres in 2002. I just couldn't get this out of my head for a while. So fucking creepy and well done. I love Japanese horror, they just have a vibe. This is a great american remake.
This, The Grudge, & Final Destination traumatized me when I was younger! Great reaction ladies! ❤ But I feel y’all need/deserve something happy to watch now lol
The original Ringu 1998 is way more scary and forget everything you see in this version.
Yes, American remakes of all foreign horror movies are way watered down
As odd as it sounds, my granddaughter was named Samara after the girl in this move. She also has long black hair, but she is a sweet heart =)
I really love that this movie is usually thought as scary but then when I saw it it was depressing and murder mystery.
I love putting things together also, the depressing vibe actually makes me feel like exactly how they feel when they realize they have 7 days left.
Great 👍
Please don't watch horror movies in brightly lit rooms.
For some people, it might be the only way they can get through horror without accidentally scarring themselves. That said, I would be relieved to see them treat the footage with something that "reduces the white point" of their surroundings.
Yes, "reduce white point" is totally an iPhone setting in Display that does not hold direct relevance... but I hope my point is conveyed
You'll never look at white noise and and TV static the same way ever again.
20:00 : "I think old TV's sometimes did static." They've never seen TV static, and it's possible they never will.
I went straight to the restroom after seeing this in theaters. Orange Julius don't play.
Pending on what time things wrapped, that could be kind of spooky. Then again, this was pretty popular so an empty bathroom seems unlikely... neat slice of life though.
Not my type of film but a quick like and comment to help the TH-cam algorithm
i can't take this film seriously because of Scary Movie 3 XD especially the opening scene. i just keep quoting Scary Movie 3 lines lol
When I saw this film at the cinema, we were definitely shown Noah's dead face when she turned the chair. The makeup effect was so exaggerated and different from anything else in the film, it was almost comical. They were smart to remove it. That brief flash you saw later was NOT the effect we saw back in the day. They did good here. (And The Ring 2 is not worth seeing. Skip it.)
It definitely ain’t over! There are 2 or 3 sequels… loved y’alls reaction to the first Ring movie 💗 I hope that y’all will check out “The cleansing hour(2019)” for spookie season!
If the 2 of you like this movie, you should watch Stir of Echoes (1999).
Okay at least Stella has chosen a neckline this time that will let me concentrate on the movie, sheesh.
I know I'm in the minority, but The Ring 2 is great and explains, to some extent, where Samara came from. I really like the second film. Glad you caught on that this is a mystery/thriller with some horror elements.
This movie was written by the same person that wrote the Michael Bay Transformers sequels.
Two more suggestions for you The Others and 1408 but for that one you have an alternate ending to choose which one is better
the original japanese is much scarier Ringu..I've watch it on CD back in the day..when internet doesn't exist..😂.. you try watching One Missed Call..it's japanese horror..
"but did you try" lolol
There's an alternate ending with them leaving the copied vhs at a blockbuster.
(4:44) *"Well, that wasn't so bad at all!"*
Famous last words. XD
Hey can u guys react to the Godzilla films starting with Godzilla 1954
When this came out I read an interview with Naomi Watts, and she said that the actor who played her son was really like that. Basically a kid who walked, talked, and thought like an adult. Such great casting. (She also said that his life plan was to go into politics 😵💫)
the reason I hate answering calls right here.
@13:29ish... "...you go answer the phone. see what they have to say. Enjoy!" Ha ha ha!!!! =X-D STEEEEEELLLAAAAA!!! That made my day!
📼I love this movie!!! Please react to 'The People Under the Stairs' 1991 -Thanks!!!
I still remember the mother's expression. She truly looks traumatized.
Awesome reaction/ can you please watch a movie called THINNER.
Do the Japanese masterpiece "CURE" (Kurosawa)
One of my fav movies of all time, it's so well directed, a compelling mystery story this, a worthy remake of the Japanese version.
I really hope they revive the American Ring franchise one day.
p13 my ****s.... that ring video it's terrifying.
If you haven't seen it yet, i think you guys would enjoy "The Others" (2001). The pacing and scariness remind me of The Ring. It's more of a haunted house movie though.
The general fable of find the body of the ghost has been done a lot over the years. Try "the Changeling" (1980) or "Ghost story" (1981) A really interesting remake of an older film is "13 Ghosts" which has a different story line.
Seventy million dogs and forty-six million horses are killed annually
Stella has the most beautiful black eyes❤, by the way the japanese movie ringu was before this movie
Anna Morgan went away on vacation and came back with Samara, according to the lady with the autistic son.
The sequels aren't nearly as good. You're fine with stopping here.
PG-13 horror movies need to go back to being this scary and intense.
I feel like a lot of PG-13 horror movies nowadays try their best to be "The New Ring" or "The New Grudge" but the fact of the matter is ... They suck.
I hadnt watched this movie in so long. I love it.
Ngl, I think i vaguely remember one scene from the 2nd movie and that it explains some stuff further but I don't think its worth it too much. This movie stands pretty well on itself, so!!
I loved your reactions!
The Japanese originals make a bit more sense, iirc. Speaking of which, the Japanese original of The Grudge also fits in the context of Japanese culture, fyi. I know you may have to worry more about views for a foreign movie with subtitles, but you should watch them.
Funny how many people will say "the original was better" and they dont even realise that Ringu (1998) was itself a remake of Ringu Kanzenban (1995), an earlier tv movie version.
They are so certain the original is better but they dont realise the one they are thinking of is not even the original actually.
The Ring 2 was a let down. It tried to emulate what made The Ring so great but failed, and the use of CGI was a mood killer.
On the note of remakes though, I'd recommend The Grudge 2004.