The Ring is one creepy movie, and that's why it's so effective. And when our lovely heroine becomes the latest viewer, she has only days to save herself and her family from this deadly curse. One week later, they're found dead from sinister but mysterious causes. An unsuspecting viewer watches a tape full of creepy imagery and a creepier girl. The concept for The Ring is simple and effective.
1998's Ringu emerged as one of the best efforts in Japan's growing horror lineup, so it was only natural that DreamWorks chose to remake it as 2002's The Ring.
When American horror movies began to stagnate in the 1990s, Hollywood began looking at Asian cinema for new ways to scare the pants off viewers.
