Reacting to *The Ring (2002)*

[@glennrobertbantug8553]

I convinced my sister to watch this in a theater and when she got home I called her landline and said, “7 days” she screamed and hung up the phone 😂

[@elite_rock_god2292]

You evil, evil bastard, I love it and totally did the same to my best friend😂

[@shawn7257]

Nice...i did a similar thing to my friend. We watched Saw together...movie completely freaked him out, so i called him from a strangers phone the next day & when he answered i said "i want to play a game"...he hung up immediately. I couldn't stop laughing for about 2 days.

[@Danileith123]

Satan? Is that you?

[@georgezee5173]

Not about this movie, but when I watched "The Sixth Sense" with a friend in the theater we went to his home afterwards since he lived nearby. We called the lift from the ground floor and when the lift doors opened there was this extremely pale girl (she was around our age, 12) just standing very still by the back corner of the lift, not even looking at us at any point. I didn't understand why she wasn't leaving the lift (she was meant to be coming down, right?). My friend didn't even say hello to her or acknowledge her, like she wasn't there at all. It was spooky as hell for the next half a minute while taking the lift with her... I started to think she may be ghost that only I could see, like the kid in the movie 🤣🤣 As soon as we got off I asked my friend if he saw her, and he said yes. Then I asked him if they had some basement parking level so that would explain her going up with us despite the fact we picked the lift from the ground level. Indeed they had it. Had my friend just being a polite neighbour and said "hello" to the spooky-looking girl, my mind wouldn't have gone wild! 🤣

[@noahschultz9031]

Dude that is messed up, but that is absolutely hilarious 😂

[@austin_jose]

I was in college when this remake came out, but many months before, some friends and I found a blank VHS tape on campus. We were in film school, and we picked it up and went home to watch it. It was the video footage from this movie. We were like, "Ah - somebody's entrance application film." It was black and white, with no coherent storyline - that was what everybody's entrance application film was like. Months later, in the theater, we were watching The Ring, and when the footage came up, my friends gasped aloud. Turns out, the marketing team left copies of the VHS around different campuses leading up to release of the film. Those were some wild days of marketing virality for films - Blair Witch a few years before really opened the flood gates.

[@wren7195]

DAMN that was awesome, I'd never heard of that! Wow... lol WOW. Analog viral marketing, there's, something delightfully nostalgic about the concept. My story's nowhere near as cool, but since you mention Blair Witch: I was watching the movie when it came out in a little small-town theater with VERY few people in it at the time, I was alone (love horror movies and LOVE watching at the cinema) and it was in the latter 3/4s of the film in the dark and I feel this... cold dripping, on the back of my neck? I'm in the back row, I look around, ... nothing. Few minutes later does it again... Heh I'm getting creeped out by the time I realize it's raining outside and The Palace is unholy old, rundown small-town theater. Southwest Ohio's answer to 4D cinema! Leaky roofs! Take care Austin!

[@edo27]

thats craaaazy ! i dunno what i wouldve done if that had happened to me and my friends! amazing marketing hehe

[@thinkbolt]

Oh WOW

[@shainewhite2781]

The scene where Samara crawls out of the TV was on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments!

[@jonrazo7912]

One of the few horror movies I have ever noped out of. That scene comes on and I turn off the tv.

[@heyheyjk-la]

See, when I saw this in the theater and she crawled out of the screen, some people started screaming and I literally out loud just said "oh, come on!" because I thought it was dumb. I had been legitimately freaked out for the whole movie up until that point. Not sure why I didn't buy into it but it kinda ruined the movie for me, and I'm really easily scared most of the time. Oh, well.

[@jonrazo7912]

@@heyheyjk-la I watched it alone on a dark and stormy night wth the lights off at like 11 pm. I decided to have a solo horror movie night. The vide was too perfect.

[@Musabre]

@@heyheyjk-la I can relate, even though i still like it. The original Ringu did it alot creepier i think. Its a case of vibes versus shock factor.

[@heyheyjk-la]

@@Musabre - Yeah, I’ve been meaning to watch the Japanese version so thanks for the reminder!

[@WrathOfGrapesN7]

I remember seeing a news piece about a guy who bought an old VHS tape marked "DO NOT WATCH" from a charity store, naturally he watched it. It started off like the tape from this movie only to abruptly cut to Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up. Genius level trolling.

[@potterj09]

Haha haven't been Rick Rolled in years. The good-natured days.

[@user-blob]

Nice!!!

[@ShadowRyu]

This movie and "the grudge" were the gold standard in horror films from 2000-2012.

[@Rentta]

The original versions were better though.

[@ShadowRyu]

@Rentta without a doubt

[@gippywhite]

You wanna know what’s really creepy? When the DVD of this came out in 2002 it had an Easter egg on it. What Easter eggs USED to be on DVDs was a hidden menu selection that you couldn’t see until you, usually, accidentally selected it without knowing it. By pushing the up, down, left, and right buttons on the remote while on a menu page… Like the one where it just says play/special features/bonus/behind the scenes/etc type of thing. I didn’t know that the DVD had a Easter egg on the main menu. But I accidentally found it because while I sat down to get ready to watch the movie, I pushed the controller button on my remote accidentally and the selection that was on the play icon on the screen disappeared. I hit ‘Enter’ thinking that it would just play the movie, but it played the creepy video that’s in the movie… It played it full screen by itself. Then the screen went black for several seconds and then the VERY loud sound of a phone ringing. Freaked the shit out of me and I didn’t even see the movie yet! As for The Ring 2, I can tell you that I saw it back in the day… But I legitimately cannot remember a single thing about it. And that’s extremely unusual for me. So it was either just that bad or it was too scary. I don’t know. So… Proceed at your own risk. 😈💙💙💙

[@marciebulsaraorcutt]

You guys should DEFINITELY watch The Ring 2!! Scare-wise it’s about the same, but you get to find out Samarra’s back story and - the best part - Sissy Spacek plays Samarra’s birth mother. (And ANYTHING with even a little bit of Sissy Spacek is worth it.)😍 P.S. You guys were very perceptive when you mentioned Forks, Washington: This takes place/was filmed in Seattle and Vancouver, BC… very nearby.

[@noone1704]

"you helped her?" 👀 probably my favorite part of the movie great twist

[@mrb2349]

Right?! That kid is a really great actor.

[@mikes1487]

Why did you do that?

[@kingdavid_tech]

This and the grudge were the two that America wasn't ready for, really good but it freaked everyone out!

[@Michael-id9bw]

Grunge is music, The Grudge is the movie. But yep. 👍

[@chrismalik1579]

​@Michael-id9bw they did say grudge. Can you not read

[@jrdnlyr]

@@chrismalik1579 they edited it lmao

[@chrismalik1579]

@@jrdnlyr ok

[@Michael-id9bw]

​@@chrismalik1579like the other person said, they edited it after I pointed it out.

[@o.b.7217]

I'm a man who - _by now_ - is probably past his prime. And I was already a grown man when I saw this movie in cinema. To this day, I still consider it to be the most "goose bumps-inducing" movie, I have ever seen - and I have seen quite a lot of movies. I remember, we _(some friends and I)_ originally intended to watch some other movie, but we couldn't get six connected seats, for the movie we wanted to watch, so we decided to look what else was running. I had priorly read about "The Ring", and remembered it having received some raving reviews, so I proposed twe watch this, instead. All agreed, we bought our tickets and took our seats. Holy Moly...we were not prepared to what we were about to see. Later that night, when I was home alone again, and I needed to take a leak, I switched on all the lights, walked "with quickened haste" through the hall to the bathroom, did my business there _(avoiding to look at any mirrors);_ and then used the same fast pace, to "run" back again to my bedroom, where I locked the door and pulled the sheet up to my chin. Something I had not done since I was a kid. Even weeks after, when I remembered some scene from this movie, shivers would still run down my spine. A masterpiece.

[@ysmith494]

The Morgan Horse story is true, that's what made this movie so scary. a great way to incorporate true events into a movie.

[@adgato75]

Interesting. Probably an environmental reason. There is a bridge that has that effect on animals. It makes dogs go crazy and jump over the side, to their deaths. There have been several studies why that is

[@Kayoss13212]

Yay. So glad that you ladies are reacting to this movie. Realizing that Samara was never supposed to be released remains as one of my favorite twist in movie history.

[@patch5383]

oh man I remember how if you had the dvd and just left it playing on the menu for a while it would randomly start playing the tape. first time it happened to me it was 3am and i was home alone and i almost had a heart attack

[@mindthegapmindthegap]

Ringu is the original but different enough to be appreciated on it's own.

[@katosnook]

And a little better (according to IMDb).

[@Musabre]

@@katosnook It's definitely more vibes based, which gets really unsettling in a fun way. The Ring is a little more straight forward.

[@jmag579]

The Ring 2 was meh. Rings was also but the actress in it was beyond gorgeous 🤯😍

[@markcarpenter6020]

​@@katosnooka lot better

[@Musabre]

@@jmag579 Matilda Lutz 👌

[@tonyyul703]

This and THE GRUDGE has a huge connection

[@TrentRushton]

This one and The Grudge freaked me out

[@jbacunn]

The Grudge is legit scary and I don't scare easily.

[@mikethemotormouth]

As far as American remakes of Far East horror goes, my favorite still goes to Shutter(2008)

[@TrentRushton]

@@mikethemotormouth One more to my must watch list

[@sean437]

The original novel and Japanese adaptation have more explanation but even then it isn't fully explained. Sadako (Samara in the American version) is psychic and that's it; the sequel novel reveals Sadako's motivation and how she kills through the video. Samara, however, is also malicious for no apparent reason; it isn't really clear if "but I do" means she does want to hurt people or that she hurts people and cannot control it.

[@Mrryn]

If I'm remembering, wasn't the statement by the examiner "But you don't want to hurt people, Samara." And her response: "But I do. And I'm sorry." If anything, it's even more terrifying. It's not that she's sorry because she hurts people unintentionally, like a X-men mutant unable to control her powers. She really does just want to hurt people, and she's only "sorry" because she knows it's not what they want. But she still very much just does want to hurt, and now has just imprinted that desire onto her tape.

[@mjm3091]

I think the main implication is that she very much wants to hurt people and the reason why - probably because she can. Sometimes there doesn't need to be a sob story for a villain to be the monster. Sometimes evil is just evil - especially in those older folk tales. And Ring fits perfectly with how the horror in Japanese folklore works out.

[@PalagiAlomagi]

The sequel books get really, REALLY fucking weird

[@SPVFilmsLtd]

The third novel is weird as hell - what with the whole events of the original novel actually taking place inside a computer simulation and the whole thing being a study about the spread of viruses.Total genre flip meets Japanese tendency to make overcomplicated nonsense as set-dressing for interesting ideas.

[@andresn695]

​@@SPVFilmsLtd no way so the first ringu is non cannon?

[@SickMinder]

I'm a grown man. During the ending when Samara crawls up from the well, my BEDROOM DOOR OPENED FROM OUT OF NOWHERE(!!!). I freaked out. Wrote this comment. I feel calmer now, knowing at least someone is reading this.

[@Danileith123]

dude, it hasn’t been anywhere near seven days.

[@DW.Strangeman]

Didn't read past the 'I'm a grown man' bit so I'm so gonna assume you got caught masturbating!😬😅

[@commsense1979]

​@@Danileith123🤣 So mean

[@Shyknit]

Opening/open doors are truly the worst during watching horror movies or coming home after especially if it's dark on the other side

[@christopherking4932]

She's coming Barbra

[@robertbunting3117]

Samara had an ability called Nensha, or 'Thoughtagraphy': "the claimed ability to "burn" images from one's mind onto surfaces such as photographic film by parapsychic means" like the 'x-rays' pictures, also the images on the video tape were produced out of her mind. but Samara carried it a bit further by being able to put those images into peoples heads, where should could drive people (or horses) insane, or burn them into the walls, the tree in the barn, or even onto people, like the hand prints. Also, agreed thoroughly that the kid was fantastic in this.

[@priscilabee583]

Yes, its such a good movie. I loved the plot twist and Samara is a great villain :-)

[@toddhill7483]

Wow. Hayley and Stella and The Ring. A perfect way to start the day.

[@Dylan_Platt]

Great reaction. Still blows my mind that Gore Verbinski made this, then turned around and made the original Pirates of the Caribbean the very next year. Talk about range!

[@williamcarbajal383]

"You set her free?!? Why did you do that?!" 😱 Just so you know, the Pacific Northwest is not usually this scary 😂 The farm and some other scenes were filmed pretty close to my hometown.

[@IsaacLewinsonvids2]

Fun fact: the actress who plays samara is the voice of lilo in lilo and stitch (2002) and sen - (chihiro) in the English dub of spirited away (2001)

[@ACutAboveMusic]

I loved The Ring and The Ring 2 as a combo. Watch them both every spooky season

[@hjorturerlend]

Everyone is correctly recommending the Japanese originals, but I'd like to add "Autopsy of Jane Doe". Different, but still a cool curse horror. It also features Brian Cox (Samara's dad), this time in a main role.

[@Andyxxx2006]

Yeah, jane doe is creepy good horror movie. 👍

[@mikebrown7799]

Hello Stella & Hayley!😊 Samara's mother had several miscarriages which I believe is why the father says she was not supposed to have a child. The woman on the island said things got better after Anna died. That was because she had killed Samara. So, there were things happening that Samara caused besides the horses dying. Great reactions to this scary horror film, Ladies!!!!🎬👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@angelavalentino5146]

One of the reasons I love this movie is that it’s PG-13. Goes to show that you can make a good creepy movie without nudity, or foul language. Other creepy kid movies: 1. Case No. 39 2. Poltergeist (1 and 2) 3. The Possession

[@rowanjoy419]

I really love that this movie is usually thought as scary but then when I saw it it was depressing and murder mystery. I love putting things together also, the depressing vibe actually makes me feel like exactly how they feel when they realize they have 7 days left.

[@deanmaloles2288]

When Noah died and was in the chair they do actually show the his face in like the extras of the Blu ray or dvd as a deleted or alternate ending. I just subscribed to you both and white noise reacts & I wish I discovered these channels sooner, but better late than never. Keep up the fantastic reactions

[@dragiel]

finally youtube algo decieded to let me find you ppl again. thank you for keep making reaction videos.

[@DanielSelk]

OMG, the fly going through the screen was the hint that Samara could come through too...I did NOT put that together cause her coming through the screen was a legit shock to so many people! LOL! I also love how this was a slower movie, more a mystery ghost story than a straight up horror, but when the scary scenes happen they are TERRIFYING!

[@VictorVonGrooove]

You'll never look at white noise and and TV static the same way ever again.

[@ccthomas]

20:00 : "I think old TV's sometimes did static." They've never seen TV static, and it's possible they never will.

[@novaficachi]

The scene of the horse falling overboard gave me nightmares for weeks. You should definitely watch the second part.

[@baronvg]

I saw this in the theaters when it came out. I’m a grown ass man and was so scared of Samara that I was afraid I’d be seeing her standing in my bedroom door! 😂

[@Johnny_Socko]

When this came out I read an interview with Naomi Watts, and she said that the actor who played her son was really like that. Basically a kid who walked, talked, and thought like an adult. Such great casting. (She also said that his life plan was to go into politics 😵‍💫)

[@spacecow149]

the japanese version explains a lot more

[@ThatSamoanGuy]

Me, my best friend and my little sister watched this at home on our VCR set when we were kids. It was on pause, and if a VHS movie was on Pause for too long, the VCR would eventually just full stop and go back to the white snow until you pressed Play again. Well, I went to go get water and snacks for all of us, and my friend & sister stayed in the bedroom. The bedroom window was open, and a draft blew in...the draft shut the bedroom door at the EXACT SAME moment that the Pause ended and the TV switched to white snow. Me and my mom and dad just heard screaming coming from my bedroom, and we ALL freaked out.

[@wolfwing1]

them, "You know there is a bad jump scare coming." the movie 10 minutes later, "JUMP SCARE!

[@ninjcrafts]

Omgggg now this is a treat! Can't wait to see yalls reaction to a movie that traumatized me as a kid 😆

[@JediPhoenix1976]

Of all the horror movies I've seen to date - I'm 48 and have seen quite a few - there are only two that have made me feel genuine, honest-to-goodness fear while I was watching them. This movie is one of them. It's one of my absolute favorites.

[@KrystalAnn0688]

This, The Grudge, & Final Destination traumatized me when I was younger! Great reaction ladies! ❤ But I feel y’all need/deserve something happy to watch now lol

[@scifijapan7856]

The original Japanese theatrical version of THE RING (there was a Japanese TV movie before this) was a big hit in Japan and generated a lot of international attention. I was able to catch it at a film festival in Hollywood in 1999-2000 and didn’t know anything about the story, and it was one of the best horror movie experiences I’ve had. A couple of years later I attended a preview screening of the American remake and thought the filmmakers did a great job. It was also a lot of fun knowing the major story beats and seeing the audience reactions to them. Shortly before the American THE RING 2 was released, the first (American) film was put out on DVD with a new short film called RINGS which I highly recommend. THE RING 2 was terrible, and the 2017 sequel (not a prequel) - also entitled RINGS - is not much better. There are also several Japanese sequels, and a prequel called RING 0: BIRTHDAY. The sequels are hit and miss. Check out the Japanese version and the RINGS short film if you can find it.

[@danielpeckham5520]

Thank you for mentioning the original tv movie version, few people in the west know about it and few people watch it.

[@txlyons2937]

When they say "she never sleeps," it means that Samara was suffering from fatal insomnia. This is a real prion disease; look it up. It is one of the most terrifying diseases you can get. You stop sleeping until you shrivel up and die. Since Samara couldn't sleep, she began to project dream images into her reality, which is how the images got imprinted on the VHS tape. The Ring 2 is honestly not very good. Nowhere near as scary as the first. But I would highly recommend _Ringu._ If you watch the Japanese original, it goes a little deeper into the girl's origins (her name is Sadako in that version).

[@potterj09]

I love movies where the majority of scenes involve rain. It just adds to the atmosphere. Seven was a masterful example.

[@copydepastey]

i definitely recommend watching the original japanese ringu - its really good. the story is similar but its a bit more interesting in the mystery aspect in my opinion.

[@Rudy4099]

@13:29ish... "...you go answer the phone. see what they have to say. Enjoy!" Ha ha ha!!!! =X-D STEEEEEELLLAAAAA!!! That made my day!

[@Wang_Monkey]

About a year before this movie came out, I had a dream that mirrored what happened to the horse on the ferry. Only it was a greyhound dog (never owned a dog in real life) that like the horse got spooked, jumped over the side, then was sucked into the turbines. There was even the blood in the water afterwards, in the dream I loved that dog. I didn't get back to sleep that night! So you can imagine how freaked out I was when seeing this movie in the cinema for the 1st time! xD

[@stillninja2741]

For some reason I only have Haley in my left ear but Stella in both. When the realization of what the ring is, it's such a great moment. Then when the boy says "You helped her? Why did you do that," Both your faces were priceless! I'm glad you were and weren't happy you watched it. That's the best type of thing to feel after a sufficiently spooky movie. Looking forward to all of, but particularly the next Ring reaction.

[@hmsmith1790]

When I was a child living in my old house, I walked downstairs into the basement to either play on my Playstation 2 console or watch some Disney film. I still cannot ever forget this....... I saw an empty, VHS tape just freakin' lying on the ground tempting me!!!! A taoe I never remembered ever seeing before.... I kept fighting with my inner demons and the Angel on my shoulder to either watch it and risk my young life for the next 7 days... or leave it where it lies. My Angel won out, and I never watched it. This happened literally after I saw this film for the first time, please keep in mind. I did pick it up to look at it, though..... and I do wonder almost 30 years later.. what would have happened if I actually watched it?

[@Lledra]

Lol this movie REALLY spooked me out when I watched it too. The faces freaked me out so much. LOOOVED watching you ladies react to it! lol you're both _super_ expressive, and gosh I got goosebumps at the same time, Hayley. Keep on Keeping On, and thank you both SO much for what you do! Also I'm sure you don't take reccs from the youtube comments. But if you do! I'd 1000% recommend the Thai version of Shutter [2004].

[@scottritomanaksimonscott6213]

I discovered your channel from watching your old reaction video channel watching "War Of The Worlds", and I'm so glad to see you two still doing this type of content! Your reactions to so many genres are so authentic and relatable, I just had to subscribe! Consider myself a new fan 🎉

[@DemonWhisper1]

7:25 Stella had the most adorable reaction to the closet scene lol she seemed mostly unphased by it

[@no-one-you-know-really]

im so happy to see you again after white noise stopped. gl to your channel

[@RallyReviews]

your energy watching this was so fun. heheh. That was fun.

[@esmeg8689]

I hadnt watched this movie in so long. I love it. Ngl, I think i vaguely remember one scene from the 2nd movie and that it explains some stuff further but I don't think its worth it too much. This movie stands pretty well on itself, so!! I loved your reactions!

[@o.b.7217]

(4:44) *"Well, that wasn't so bad at all!"* Famous last words. XD

[@CLFmoto87]

Atmospheric horror with an actual interesting mystery/detective plot. Great movie.

[@johnpaulthessen9402]

This movie truly was scary when it came out. I remember my classmates in high school freaking out over this.

[@Nick-kb2jc]

Man, this movie and Blair Witch Project were the two biggest childhood fears of mine! I legit used to have nightmares about this movie as a kid. Went to see it with my friends in theaters and left about 30 minutes in. In my 30s now and still have not seen it to this day.

[@ThatSamoanGuy]

Watching this streaming or on DVD/Blu Ray is NOTHING like watching it on a VHS tape.

[@01Zenaku01]

I believe Samara was invaded by a sea demon her original mother tried to drown her. so parts of her soul was still there that's why she would say odd things. She also had a power called nensha which was hinted by her father that she puts images in your head this ability allows her to burn images onto surfaces like the tree picture on the wall and other things also she can put them in your head hence how she kills her victims. She also made the tape with it. The demon wanted get revenge for being killed I guess... it was going to do bad things anyway. She did the same thing to the horses that's why they committed suicide. Whenever you're killed by her you die of fright. She put so much images into your head... You just passed away. I'm assuming that's why they zoom in on her eyes. Also I had the DVD and the adopted mom hit her over the head with a rock during the smothering part they removed it for some reason... Maybe it was too violent. I don't think they caught on but the adopted mom was barren she couldn't have children. Samara just wanted to be heard that's why you make copies of the tape and keep sending it to people to stop her from killing you but you got to keep passing it around so it doesn't truly stop the curse. I wonder if that's the human soul part of her...😢 I used to be scared of this I love this f****** story I feel sorry for her.

[@daron85]

Yeah I saw this when it came out in theaters when I was in high school and it absoultely terrified me. It's hard to scare me too since I've been into horror since I was a kid. Horror back in 2002 was obviously more frightening than now, but the biggest reason why it was so scary was because Japenese horror wasn't a thing that I and a lot of people were used to at the time. That style and type of storytelling. So seeing a movie based off a J-horror was so different and jarring which amplified the terror for me. As well as the editing style which was kind of new thing at the time. It may not feel like it now since we see it a lot these days. I became a huge fan of J-horror since then though after watching Ringu. Also this is one of my top 5 horror films. A lot of the reason being it's one of the very few horror movies to actually scare me. Great reaction! I'm glad ya'll enjoyed it. More than that I'm glad ya'll were scare lol.

[@SentinelGiga]

You totes should watch the original guys, it's a great film and the sense of dread much stronger, I felt. I can't recall much about its sequel except that the OG version of Noah had a much younger girlfriend (awkward) and she tries to get to the bottom of what happened as she's the poor schmuck who finds him. Alternatively, if you fancy a more chill take on J-horror, I strongly recommend 'Audition'. It's a quirky and slightly problematic tale about a middle aged widower urged by his son and friend to get back into the dating game, with 'hilarious' results.

[@danielpeckham5520]

One of my fav movies of all time, it's so well directed, a compelling mystery story this, a worthy remake of the Japanese version. I really hope they revive the American Ring franchise one day.

[@stevenalexander6713]

Years go I watched the Grudge 2 at night in the dark by myself. Good times.

[@robpegler6545]

There's a deleted scene where Rachel visits a video rental store (anyone remember those?) to get some movies for Aidan, and the clerk is a sarcastic douche. It's followed up by an alternate ending which shows Aidan's copy of the tape on the shelf at the rental store, under "Employee Picks". In my head-canon, that's the real reason Blockbuster went out of business.

[@txlyons2937]

That is a great theory, and it would explain a hell of a lot.

[@spextrekid9410]

Btw: You said that this looked like Twilight, but I can assure you that the look of Twilight came from this movie. This movie literally spawned a dozen copycat movies that tried to emulate this look. Except the other movies did it digitally, while The Ring did all its color IN camera, meaning it was not done in a computer afterwards, but was shot and lit the way you see it.

[@ciskilla]

and not just that. this color in the ring cannot be replicated because the film and the filters used are no longer in production and extremely hard to find. It's so legendary.

[@besupaaa]

I remember when me and my mom watched this movie, she knocked on my door at night and asked if she could sleep with me.

[@adelbert8981]

"Bery nice." -Borat

[@MegaBrandOn]

Little boy rolls up to Wall St to trade heckin stonks!

[@pennze]

really good even better in the early 2000s when static tv, film cameras, home phones pranks were a thing

[@starlord3496]

Not my type of film but a quick like and comment to help the KZbin algorithm

[@yanksrgreat]

gotta love the horse scene

[@EvelynMadisonFaust]

Definitely watch "Ringu". If you ever decide to dip into the "Ju On" ("The Grudge") series, I would recommend the original first before you watch the American version.

[@handfuloftrains4781]

The original "Ju-on: The Curse" scared me so badly I have never dared to watch any of the others in the series. I can still see Kayako coming down the stairs.

[@lillianbarbieri7771]

I was traumatized by this movie when I first watched (I was a kid and watched alone in an auditorium) and the way this movie creeped me out hahaha Really well done movie and I like that the mystery is captivating enough to not rely only on jumpscares etc. I watched the original one a few years ago and I learned to appreciate both of them, as the stories are different (they are similar but not the same).

[@andysilvamoreira641]

I remember watching this in theatres in 2002. I just couldn't get this out of my head for a while. So fucking creepy and well done. I love Japanese horror, they just have a vibe. This is a great american remake.

[@ronrio784]

I saw this in theaters when it came out and it was storming out, well when I got home the power was out and in my room I had this huge entertainment system with a big TV and it sits directly on the wall facing my bed, all night when lightning would flash I would see the reflection off the TV and it was one of the scariest nights because you know your brain makes you think that it's real so I had the illogical thought that the TV was going to turn on during a power outage and it creeped me out all night.

[@robertombricen7966]

This is a good adaptation, but the original series were great, especially Ringu: Birthday.

[@snakehandler87]

"but did you try" lolol

[@DavidMacDowellBlue]

There was a mini-sequel about a bunch of college students who watch the Tape then dare each other to see who can wait the longest before sharing the copy. I have seen both THE RING and RINGU. The latter is very different in a lot of ways, with a hint that the girl (who was a teenager btw) named Sadako hinted that maybe she was somehow a product of the sea in some weird mystical way.

[@codyclaeys2008]

One of my top fav movies

[@pardox28]

“Ringu” and “The Ring” are both good movies but the original Japanese is still superior. The introductory scene in the original IS SO GOOD!

[@danielpeckham5520]

Ringu (1999) is not the original, Ringu is a remake of an earlier tv movie made in 1995

[@danilogroening3311]

Really sad this is your last upload. Was hoping to see more from you two. RIP Hayley and Stella

[@kalevi7821]

Im not easily freaked out when I watch horrors. I love watching them. Nice when it happens. There was a scene involving a cabin in I think Ringu 3? Pretty sure its a prequel. Been a while since I watched it. But it involves Sadako chasing these 2 women to the cabin. They cower in the corner and one looks up and sees Sadako peaking the corner watching. Then she does this movement that just freaked me out. Was great!

[@DKSean]

Ringu 0, the prequel/origin story film. That chase sequence just haunted me for years, it's was terrifyingly done. It did not help that after the movie ended, we were kind of just nervously chatting as the credits rolled before turning off the tv. But at that time our dvd player was hooked up to an external surround soundsystem, and after the credits the movie went back to the dvd menu, which featured sadako just creepily laughing. Genuinely terrifying experience. The tv was off, and laughter started playing all around us.

[@kalevi7821]

@@DKSean Its behind you!

[@TJMalana]

Richard and Anna Morgan both Adopted Samara. So to help you out there are three more movies to the American remake The Ring Two 2005, Rings 2005 (short movie) and than 2017 "Rings" The Original Japanese movies has I believe three movies Ringu with a prequel the the first Ringu called "Ringu "Birthday". I personally loved all the Ring franchise its alot of mystery to Samara/Sadako backstories. I would HIGHLY reccomend you checking out the original japanese franchise.

[@AlliScribbles]

If y'all haven't wached "White Noise" from 2005 with Michael Keaton, I highly recommend :D Thanks for reacting to The Ring, this was a fun one!

[@DanielSelk]

The Ring 2 in my opinion is pretty good and gives some explanation to where Samara came from. But there probably will still be a lot of questions in the end of the movie. The kid actor though who plays Aiden is ESPECIALLY good in that movie as his role is bigger! The third movie...totally sucks.

[@madraven3346]

I honestly preferred this version over RINGU. 20 years later it still lives in my head and I'm still fascinated by the use of creepy imagery both in the tape and the movie's callbacks to it

[@gothchicks4jesus55]

Patreon people if you're reading this you NEED to make them react to tropic thunder! It's what the people want!

[@MuffinMcFluffin]

The Ring Two obviously takes place after this film. It is directed by the director of Ringu (Hideo Nakata), and I personally don't feel his style translated well to American filmmaking. The movie doesn't really come off as a horror film, or at least not eerie enough in many ways (or the story is not mysterious enough, at least). You mentioned a prequel. The U.S. releases do not have any prequels. The film Rings (2017) takes place after the first two films, and is not only largely disconnected but it also retcons a big thing that The Ring Two reveals. It brings back some of the eeriness, but it is absolutely bludgeoned through its editing and reshoots. I think there is something there in the story that is lost in the editing of it all. There was also a short film called Rings (yes, same name) that acts as a prologue to The Ring Two. If you watch The Ring Two, try and find a way to watch this short right before it. Like, you could literally insert it at the beginning of The Ring Two, and besides the difference in directing/editing style it is immediately connected to the beginning of that story. The Ring is far and away superior to anything that came after it, and I don't think watching any of the other films after destroys what makes this one is great. Nevertheless, I don't think you'll like the other ones nearly as much. It's up to you whether you watch them, but if you choose to I'll watch your reactions!

[@aryazabaleta7249]

Great reaction! I would love to see you watch “It Follows” as another scary movie

[@jackgreenway4679]

I love this movie it still creeps me out till this day. I’m not sure if you know this but there Director of this movie also did the first three pirates of the Caribbean movies too around the same time this came out.

[@blueroninstudios]

To me this was more like a supernatural drama than a horror movie, but the tension throughout and the few jumpscares utilized are really done pretty well. It goes full on horror with every sequel, and they're good as well, but the quality starts to dip after the second one.

[@jmag579]

They don’t really explain it but the moral of the story is that Samara is just plain cursed. When horses are committing suicide because of her mere presence says a lot. 😆💫

[@misterkite]

There's an alternate ending with them leaving the copied vhs at a blockbuster.

[@miavin5359]

Great 👍

[@HajduDIGITAL]

I still remember the mother's expression. She truly looks traumatized.

[@revans18]

And in Japan not only were there a sequel and a prequel but there was also Sadako vs Kayako that is The Grudge Demon vs the Ring Demon

[@Damiana_Dimock]

Of the American remakes of Asian films of the era, this one is the best. I def recommend going down the Asian Horror path: Incredibly prolific director, Takashi Miike's The Happiness Of The Katakuris (2001;) The Japanese Horror film classic, House (1977;) one of the more recent Korean films, Gonjiam Haunted Asylum (2018.) And for more VHS-based Horror, check out the anthology film, V/H/S (2012.)