awalterj: The Ring (remake of Ringu) was scary enough that the girl I went to watch this movie with ended up covering up her TV with a white cloth for many weeks. If I tried to remove the cloth from the TV, she got scared and jumped into bed hiding underneath the bed sheets. She wouldn't come out unless I covered up the TV again.
Many people prefer the original but I somehow find Ringu (or The Grudge etc) less scary then The Ring, it probably comes down to personal preference.
darthspudius: Ringu and the remake are great films. The suspense they create in that film is unrivalled if you ask me. A film that can have you scared without anything happening is incredible... of course then when something happens you pee yourself. Brilliant stuff.
They are great and nearly complete without any splatter or blood at all (I try to remember a splatter scene). There are three versions I know, the one with the blonde "american girls", the parody of the one with the "american girls" and one set in Japan or somewhere I think, where there is a haunted house?
What was this other movie, where some ghost sits on the guys back?
I cannot remember all those movies :D