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Ringu Director: Hideo Nakata Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Format: Color, Widescreen, Dolby Audience Rating: Unrated Running Time: 100 minutes Studio: Universal Studios Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2003-03-04 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 170 Average rating: 4.0 "The American version has nothing in common with this!" Ringu is way better than the american version. Yes, the american version has better FX, But thats all it has. AS some may know...this movie stretches out to two more movies, Ringu 2, and Ringu Birthday...bot are better than this one in my opinion, but america has not yet brought them here in subs...the UK does, so if you want 2 and birthday you may need to find someone who has it...i got mine on e-bay, but anyway, great movie! Also if you really want to know what the real ringu should have been get the book. "Original Doesn't Live Up" Having an interest in Japanese culture (I live here after all), I became very interested in this movie after seeing the American remake. I loved the remake, although you have to take it for what it is. I didn't expect a seemless plot or anything like that, but a good movie to freak me out and put me on edge... The remake did all that. Extremely creepy visual effects, just enough special effects to be unnerving without being eye candy, great little touches. I had heard the original was better. I did not find it to be. Instead I found it a humdrum B movie that didn't really hold my interest. Sure, I knew most of the plot already and perhaps that helped steal the show. But for me the best part of the remake is how the larger movie continually incorporates portions of the "video" into the whole story (the ladder, the chair, the centipede, etc.). The original is pretty straightforward. The story is tighter, the acting about the same... but the little touches that take the remake over the top just aren't there. I would only recommend this if you already have an interest in Japan and really liked the original. Otherwise, leave it at the warehouse. "Creepy, Dark and very disturbing, Welcome to RINGU" Nakata Hideo`s Ringu has earned its praise, this is one scary movie. Two girls are up late at night talking girl stuff and then one of them retell a rumour she have heard, a videotape that kills after seven days when it`s watched. The other girl reacts when she hears this story and enters a quiet state. Then the phone rings it scares the hell out of the girl who tells her friend that she has seen this videotape. They take the phone only to find out it`s her mother. Her friend goes to the toilet and when she is back the girl is dead. An investigation of the death of her niese leads the Reporter Reiko Asakawa to discover the secrets of the tape, now she must save her own life. The scariest film EVER produced has earned Nakata Hideo the title of Master of Japanese horror. This is a film you have to watch alone becouse then it will fill you with dread and anxiety. by the way, THE AMERICAN RE-MAKE IS SO STUPID THAT IT HURTS! "Haunting movie raises some serious scares" I can only say one thing about this movie-amazing! Ringu is absolutely terrifying. This is a the BEST horror film. It's like this: A mysterious videotape has been linked to the deaths of several teens. Reporter Reiko tracks down the tape and watches it. The tape is a visual nightmare, if not disturbing. Since the rumor goes that you will die seven days after watching it, she tries to solve the tape's mystery-quick. Because I'm writing this review at night, I am constantly looking over my shoulder. Ringu one movie where you don't realize how scared you are until you notice how closely similare the situations are to real life. Unlike the American remake, it's story is very well put together. Everything is explained, from the story of Sadako to Reiko's decision at the end of the movie. I cannot reccomend this movie enough! "America actually does it better." I owned the Japanese version of "Ringu" before the American film came out, but I saw the remake first because my old DVD player wouldn't cooperate. When I saw "The Ring" I couldn't wait to crack into my DVD - if the remake was this good, image how good the original is. When I replaced my player and finally watched "Ringu" I was disappointed. The American version is not as subtle as the Japanese, but it is much more startling. "The Ring" has several moments in the film where you just about jump out of your skin, whereas there is nothing particularly scream-evoking about the original. True, scare factor isn't exactly high art, but this is a horror movie, not a short story. Simply put, the remake is of vastly better production quality and although the special effects are far superior, the film still seems more real because the American version veers away from the supernatural/ESP aspect of the Japanese version. "Ringu" often falls back on the telepathic talents of its characters to lead you through the mystery, while better-written "The Ring" has the answers flow from the action. Also, as some other writers have mentioned, there seem to be superfluous parts of the original that you wish the author tied to the story. On the whole, while "Ringu" is an interesting movie, I find the American version scarier and much more tightly written and recommend it for everyone who loves a good scare.