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.