# The Ring- scariest movie ever? (spoilers)
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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 3, 2002, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ring-scariest-movie-ever-spoilers/135124 "2002-11-03T18:45:18Z")
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### Author:  [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2002, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ring-scariest-movie-ever-spoilers/135124/1 "2002-11-03T18:45:18Z")
My answer is, a resounding YES! Holy crap, has anybody seen this movie yet? I heard that it was scary, but I didn’t know that I was going to be afraid of my television and VCR and telephone for the rest of my life.
I figure that this movie crossed the line. The way that most people detach themselves from scary movies is to say, “Oh, geez, it’s not like they’re going to _come through the television and get me_.” Oh no my friend, this girl does come through the fucking television, and then she gets you!
It’s a great movie, the only true scary movie I’ve ever seen. But I never want to see it again, even though I will encourage my friends to see it. I don’t want to be the only one scared shitless.
-foxy
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ring-scariest-movie-ever-spoilers/135124/2 "2002-11-03T21:50:48Z")
(Pssst. There are four other threads about _The Ring_ already.)
I wouldn’t say it’s _scary_ per se, but I’d say it’s nice and _creepy_. Like _The Haunting_ (the real one, not the crappy remake) or _The Innocents_. Some people in the other threads thought it was overhyped, but I only saw the trailer on TV about three times so all I knew about it was “anyone who watches the video dies”.
I liked it. Lots of nice Washington scenery. (Oh, to live in Washington!) Good, creepy ghost story.
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2002, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ring-scariest-movie-ever-spoilers/135124/3 "2002-11-04T00:14:08Z")
No way. It wasn’t very scary at all. A good movie, yes, and a nice ghost/mystery story, but it had very little going for it to make it scary. I didn’t find it at all scary until the end, but perhaps a steady diet of horror novels since the age of 11 has desensitized me to “scariness” the way people claim that video/tv violence does to little kids. There was a list of the _25 scariest movies of all time_ given out in a publication for new releases, and I couldn’t fathom people finding a lot of the ones I’d seen, like **Rosemary’s Baby** to be scary at all, never mind in the top ten of that list. Now **Phantoms** , with Rose McGown and Ben Afleck, that’s a **scary** movie, even upon repeat viewings.
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**JohnnyLA** What do you hate about the Haunting remake, anyway? I’ve seen the orginal many times, although my copy is titled \*\* The Haunting Of Hill House\*\* despite what imdb claims the title to be, and I love it. I also like the remake though, despite the fact they eliminated my favorite piece of dialogue, since it actually _does_ have some scary scenes to it, unlike the orginal which is just kind of creepy. The same thing goes for \*\* House on Haunted Hill\*\*, the remake is much scarier than the orginal version.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ring-scariest-movie-ever-spoilers/135124/4 "2002-11-04T17:57:40Z")
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> **JohnnyLA** What do you hate about the Haunting remake, anyway? I’ve seen the orginal many times, although my copy is titled **The Haunting Of Hill House** despite what imdb claims the title to be, and I love it. I also like the remake though, despite the fact they eliminated my favorite piece of dialogue, since it actually does have some scary scenes to it, unlike the orginal which is just kind of creepy. The same thing goes for **House on Haunted Hill** , the remake is much scarier than the orginal version. \
CGI. It seems that filmmakers think that if they use enough CGI, then they don’t actually have to tell a story. Shirley Jackson’s _The Haunting of Hill House_ was made as _The Haunting_ in 1963. No CGI back then. The story was told through lighting, camera angles, good acting, and good directing. In the 1999 version the director has decided that it’s better to be noisy and to _show ghosts_ than to let the audience use their imagination. (I heard something about a kid who saw television for the first time at the 1939 World’s Fair. When asked how television compared to radio, he said, “The pictures aren’t as good.”) The original, 1963, version is a wonderful psychological thriller. The 1999 version lays everything out in the open and destroys the sense of creepiness.
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### Author:  [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ring-scariest-movie-ever-spoilers/135124/5 "2002-11-04T23:51:16Z")
See if you can get your hands on another Japanese film: _Dark Water_. That one will creep you out at least twice as badly.
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### Author:  [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ring-scariest-movie-ever-spoilers/135124/6 "2002-11-05T01:46:39Z")
I thought The Ring was a decent movie but it didn’t even seem like it was _trying_ to be all that scary imo, maybe just a bit suspenseful. The only movie that has ever really scared me was tape 1 of Stephen King’s It. Tape 2 sucked.
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### Author:  [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ring-scariest-movie-ever-spoilers/135124/7 "2002-11-25T14:02:06Z")
I thought that it was neither scary nor a good movie. It was entertaining, but that’s about it.
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### Author:  [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ring-scariest-movie-ever-spoilers/135124/8 "2002-11-25T14:06:58Z")
Scary? Try **Jaws** - that was one scary movie. How many people refused to go in the ocean after that one. . .
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### Author:  [@Daylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylon)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2002, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ring-scariest-movie-ever-spoilers/135124/9 "2002-11-27T10:31:37Z")
FOr some reason the fact that it was a little girl in The RIng made it extra scary…
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### Author:  [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ring-scariest-movie-ever-spoilers/135124/10 "2002-11-27T14:49:08Z")
Go in the ocean?! Hell I was scared to swim at my mom’s gym’s pool! And I DIDN’T EVEN SEE THE MOVIE! Just the ads and hearing talk about it!