# The Ring. Original or not?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 20, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ring-original-or-not/156426 "2003-02-20T23:20:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ring-original-or-not/156426/21 "2003-03-11T19:49:17Z")

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I saw the American version of The Ring last weekend on DVD and, well, I didn’t find the film scary at all.

I thought The Shining was scary.  
I thought the last five minutes of Carrie was scary.  
The end of Wait Until Dark had me jumping.  
Even the film Jaws had its moments.

But I expected more from The Ring…although it wasn’t boring, there really wasn’t any moment where I was particularly scared or creeped out. Too bad…I was really hoping for a big shock of some kind. Oh well, I felt the same letdown after seeing Psycho…also didn’t do it for me.

I read a review (MSNBC?) by a guy who had seen both and he basically said he personally liked the American version slightly better, but that both were equally good in their own way.

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**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ring-original-or-not/156426/22 "2003-03-12T00:11:22Z")

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> \*Originally posted by TWDuke \*  
> **OK, I feel a little guilty about bumping all the “Ring” threads, but I just saw both versions.**

You left off one for the American version:

1. No stupid bucket-bailing.

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