THE RING (2002) Scare Score

The American remake of a terrifying Japanese horror movie classic.
Background Song: The Six Realms - I Think I Can Help You

[@HorrorMine]

Hey everyone! The irregular uploads are coming to an end this week. Next week we’ll be back to weekly Friday releases. I’m so excited for the things I have planned for the channel that will be revealed soon! Halloween is just around the corner and we’re gonna have a ton of fun here in the Horror Mine. Y’all stick around!

[@sunfvalley]

YAYYY CANT WAIT

[@accidentallyamy1063]

Appreciate the top tier content as usual my dude - don’t worry about upload schedules, we’re happy to be here regardless 😊

[@MrFreyTV]

I am dreading the Feng Shui 2 one. That movie is a train wreck.

[@HorrorMine]

@@MrFreyTV Speaking of Feng Shui 2... that's coming in September!

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[@ricekucing29]

I know it's going to be a good day when you woke up to a new Horror Mine video.

[@HorrorMine]

Good morning and have a great day!

[@TomasFranceNice]

The shot to Katie’s corpse always gets me

[@dollminatrix1375]

Interesting enough, just like with ringu, that strange and noise on the tape is actually Samara’s nails scratching against the well while she is trying to climb out. As for the faces being distorted, it’s basically what you look like underwater. It’s so interesting that such minor details get overlooked. It makes it so much darker and creepier. I used to love this movie as a kid. I still do. I love to put it on on a rainy day. I do feel like the original is much more unsettling, but I appreciate both nonetheless. They give off such different vibes.

[@LeedleLee457]

7:28 I actually have a kinda/not really similar story. Back in 2011, I had a PS2 slim that was hooked up to my living room tv. I ordered a new copy of the game Fatal Frame 2 that had just arrived. For those unaware, Fatal Frame is a video game where you fight ghosts by taking pictures of them with a camera. My plan was to play it all throughout the night with the lights off. Everything was fine for a few hours but all of a sudden the PS2 just freezes on a black screen, music still running and everything. That was the first (and only) time my PS2 had ever done that. I immediately turned off the game and went to bed lol. Next day I fired up the game again and everything was fine. It never happened again while playing that game or any other game. Not saying it was ghosts or anything, but the coincidences of my PS2 acting up on that day, at midnight, while playing that game (new copy)...spooky shit man.

[@namanh8439]

I think The Ring is a very contextual movie, meaning u just have to be there when it was released to feel the horror of it. First of all, the TV scene was too iconic that it was oversaturated in pop culture that it became desensitized for modern viewers. Also, nowadays people dont use VHS tapes anymore but back then, that scene is all everyone can talk about. My sisters watched a lot of movies in the past but even she claimed no movie haunted her for years the same way Ring does.

[@lessismore8533]

PREACH! Ppl in 2002 got it the BEST’ until things like overexposure AND “Scary Movie” ruined its image. “The Ring” worked SO well back then! It’s a shame it wore off. If you watch the mini horror film called “Rings 2005” it was MUCH better than The Ring sequel . I wish the Ring could’ve made another movie that was PARODY proof and has better staying power…

[@Amateur.Nail.Art.1]

This movie and The Grudge single handedly ruined many nights of sleep for me throughout my life after watching them in high school.

[@Rommel_209]

Bruh. I saw this movie when when i was 8 & messed me up for years

[@i.t21b_alphonso_luis_vallejo]

Just watch juon and ringu instead of these crap

[@minchi_the_aoigirl]

I also watch Sadako vs Kayako. Messy, Funny but still they are the killer of my nights.

[@internetjerk2839]

I begged my mom to let me have a TV in my room whem i was a kid when she finally agreed and this was the first movie I watched on it big mistake for a 10yr old

[@sienieczka]

I've seen parts of this movie as a child and heard about the tape from my friends. My whole childhood I slept in a room with a TV. It's furnished in a way that when I layed down, I couldn't see the TV, so going to sleep was really fun for a looooong time 😂. And to add to my misery, I also heard about Bloody Mary at around the same time. To go to the bathroom, I had to walk next to a mirror in the hall and obviously there's a mirror in the bathroom, so not only was I terrified to lose sight of the TV, I was afraid to use the bathroom. Ah, good old times... I really know what you went through 😂

[@phoebecara4361]

I'm glad I saw this in the morning. The fact that what you said at 7:37 wasn't a joke or explained by someone in the comments is honestly creepy

[@snakm]

dawggg i was scrolling through the comments to see if he was doing a bit. it being real af is creepy !!!

[@aliceveil622]

Dude, that horse scene traumatized the shit out of me when I was a kid. I didn't even make it to the iconic TV crawling scene.

[@Zanerli]

I found your page thanks to my love of Ju-on The Grudge and I have been binging your videos ever since, this is my favorite horror film. I love it so much.

[@SuperMegaGamesBr]

I'm so glad that you have a more critical opinion towards this remake. I find the original so much better, because it don't try to be uncanny or scary-edgy, it just is. My two principals critiques are that the original is natural lit, all the lights give a real vibe, like just another day, while the remake has this blue or green filter in it, also that Samara is portrait like this exorcist-zombie girl on the final scene with full face reveal, were the original is much more subtle and show less giving it more room to be scary. The final scene has better effects, but the whole sense of unease from the original is gone.

[@J.J.Jameson_of_Daily_Bugle]

I think the low budget gritty look of Ringu is what added to it's creepiness. It's like original TCM. Yes, other movies in the series were more professional, bigger budget, better FX, etc, but the slick look just reminded you are watching Hollywood production, while original felt more like documentary because of the way it was shoot and looked. Also keep in mind that VHS itself simply doesn't have the same effect again, people don't use it anymore and newer generations didn't grew up with it, so they kinda have desensitized look towards them. I remember watching one found footage movie during FF craze, and it had killer sending VHS tapes to group and they are suppose to watch them. I remember going "Well who on Earth would even have VHS player now?" Heck at this point, most don't even use DVD players. Even VHS series doesn't use VHS tapes anymore as plot device, which I find hilarious.

[@christopherbardier770]

I saw this in Theaters and the sound design and video effects scared the shit out of me.

[@limpnewdoll7434]

Nooooooo. How dare you make rational points about my favorite horror film's flaws. It's beautiful just the way it is 😭

[@lessismore8533]

I knew this wouldn’t score as high, but it’s still pretty good for a remake. Gore Verbinski was up against Ringu 1998 a hard act to follow! But it don’t matter at the end of the day because BOTH versions got ppl GOOD back then! i remember “7 days” being quoted all the time. I also remember certain video stores being shut down. It’s not essential for a remake to “beat” an original ..as long as it’s good enough to do its own thing. Daveigh Chase did a great job ads Samara..given she’s also Lilo from “Lilo & Stitch”.

[@knight_owl-]

Yoooo!!! This movie used to freak me out when I was a kid long ago, great video!

[@LOWBORN-the-LOATHSOME]

👱‍♀ "Have you heard about this videotape?" 👩 "The one where they do it on the boat? And then in the car? And then in the bathtub? And he's like, _'Hey, baby, I love you?'_ and she's like 'wHeRe ArE wE?' And did you see the size-" 👱‍♀ "NO! Not that tape. The one with all the scary images, and after you watch the tape, the phone rings and this really scary voice comes on and says you're gonna die in like..." 👩"Seven days! Yeah, I saw that one with Josh last weekend!" 👱‍♀"YOU WERE WITH JOSH LAST WEEKEND? Oh, my God!"

[@hpesrep]

💀💀💀

[@thomaskelliher]

These videos are the only way I can watch horror movies 😅 Thanks Vichhay!

[@HorrorMine]

Of course! Thanks for the support

[@lemontictac]

I lost my mum on Friday. This has been one of the few things that stopped me crying. Thank you

[@bigandtoasty4566]

YEAH BABY THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR

[@grapeshot]

Yep that iconic TV scene and then they tried it again with a flat screen TV and it fell flat🥁

[@sgfredbear8114]

Well the TV does literally fell front flip and flat.

[@lessismore8533]

True! I like to pretend Rings 2017 didn’t happen. The TV scene is iconic but you can ONLY pull it off once! Repetition is not creative. That 2017 film was just a cash grab. You’re supposed to innovate and stay creative. Sad because even the American Ring franchise had potential past the 2002 film. Instead of The Ring 2 we got in 2005, there’s a short called “Rings 2005”. GREAT sequel potential…

[@Steamj2]

Damn bro i think you got 7 days left to live with that green static thing

[@piapress2959]

I didn't sleep with my lights out for two years after i saw this movie.

[@Fenrisson]

Thanks for the video as always, mate! That movie shaked me to my core when I watched it.

[@JessterTheFifth]

Woo! New horror mine! Perfect way to make a shitty day at work better. Wonderful work Vic!!

[@HorrorMine]

Thank you!

[@rachelw2646]

Great classic to cover. Definitely sent me on a nostalgia trip.

[@icebox694]

i may be wrong, but there is a difference between the American and Japanese version. Samara cannt go out of the TV until her body was released from the Well. The Japanese version showed Sadako leaving the TV prior to the finding of the Body. I love the American version hihi

[@bjarneandersson974]

Gotta to admit I felt you were a bit hard on this movie. I think it was implied that the "plot contrivances" were Samaras way of guiding Rachel towards releasing her. The only big problem I had with the movie was that we never really saw a differences between free Samara and Samara still stuck in the well, she seemed just as strong when she was in the well as she was when she had been released.

[@lessismore8533]

I agree he was a bit too critical but I felt he would be because he saw Ringu first. What do you mean just as strong in the well? Just like Sadako, Samara was helpless to climb out until she died and became more powerful and created the tape..

[@bjarneandersson974]

​@@lessismore8533 Yeah I agree we seem to be prejudiced in favor of the version we saw first. Sorry I do not completely follow your train of thought, she created the tape when she still was in the well, right? She murdered those teenagers when she was in the well and (if I remember correctly) there is even some evidence that the manner she kill the teenagers is the same as with the boyfriend (T.V static and water). It seems to me that releasing Samara didn't change all that much. I´m sure there is some sort of expansion on this in Ring 2 but I only remember it vaguely and didn't like it all that much

[@KenMai1305]

4:55 The Pink Bean pre Big Bang boss fight is definitely up there next to Samara popping out of the TV as the most frightening moments of my childhood.

[@HorrorMine]

Holy cow, a MapleStory reference! lol. I unfortunately was too much of a noob to get to Pink Bean before the Big Bang update. Do you still play?

[@KenMai1305]

@@HorrorMine nah it’s too grindy for me to invest any time in nowadays. But it’s nice to know my new favorite KZbinr is also a fellow Mapler haha

[@Duckquack-1]

When I saw this movie upon its first release I couldn't go to sleep without keeping an eye on my computer monitor in my bedroom for 3 days straight. No other movie had such a strong effect on me.

[@orionwesley]

The Katie character was so ridiculous. So she was concerned enough to warn her little cousin was going to die, but then she's playing games with her BFF by "play-dying" and then all of a sudden she's terrified when the phone rings. I guess they were going for a Scream opening to shock and awe viewers.

[@JeffreyHe-f2y]

man classic. I remember watching this back during elementary school and people started to prank call the 7 days thing lmao. And a classic throwback to ms

[@lessismore8533]

YUP! Shows how huge the impact The Ring did..

[@kyokoliu9855]

I can't sleep, It's 02:00 a.m. where I am. I screamed from excitement when I got the notification🥳

[@fardinhasan2947]

Yooo another H.M upload 🎉🎉🎉 I remember this being one of the very first horror movie from my childhood. Thanks for covering this.

[@Ech_buuberry]

I know this movie is a few years old, but this is still one of the few ways I’ll be willing to watch it. This one still give me the creeps.

[@brainsplease1]

Her scream when the chair turns round is superb

[@simartxgallery]

this movie messed me up when i was little so bad. saw the movie at my aunts house at midnight on the v. she had a well outside too. damn

[@Dn-lnm]

Hell yeah! One of the best remakes ever!

[@ezriderdznutztillyomomzcomhome]

Hell yes! lots of love for this channel.

[@CASEKILLA34]

Another great video! So glad you’re starting to garner the attention you deserve. Keep up the great work

[@iamzeppoluvr]

Thank you for mentioning the horse scene on the boat. It made me roll my eyes even back in 2002! 🙄😒

[@nattycatmeow]

I've been watching your content for a while and I really appreciate the effort you put in all your videos

[@Froggy4Eyez]

What makes it for me is the sound when the TV is playing.

[@emmaginative]

Still a favourite movie of mine. The whole atmosphere and story telling is top tier!

[@emmaginative]

The american sequels suck donkey balls though.

[@WILDCAT808]

This is so random but I watched this movie like 4 days ago watching every detail totally immersed You making this video is perfect timing

[@sirene88]

Great review as always! Looking forward to the next review horror mine!

[@KelpieMomma]

I don't think I've ever been this early for a Horror Mine upload 🎊🎊 the style of the tape really gives Courage the Cowardly Dog vibes, with the hue of the colors and the almost painterly style to it. I also have to laugh at the "7 days" warning because it's a joke to my family. We went out to dinner one night and halfway across the restaurant a man was saying "SEVEN DAYS! A WHOLE WEEK!" extremely loudly. Nobody can say "7 days" in my family now without gentle mocking of "7 days? A whole week?!" Thanks for the upload!! Can't wait for the next, but treat yourself before you treat us!! 🫡

[@shellycarter155]

Hey 911 @horrormine, I saw this notification while at work and I couldn’t wait to get home and watch it! I’ve missed you!!!

[@BloodylocksBathory]

Quite a few effective scares, the best in my opinion being the dead body in the closet. Rachel's constant reading aloud was a tad odd though. I know some folks watch remakes because they don't want to read subtitles on the original, but this is ridiculous. P.S. I live in the Pacific Northwest and I can assure you, the film's color filter is accurate. It's lovely, especially in the fall, though living here does lessen the spook factor of the mossy cabins in the movie, lol.

[@lessismore8533]

THANKS for saying this because ppl keep hating on The Ring for that color Filter saying Ringu was more natural! But it IS natural for Seattle..

[@taybaytime]

Took me twelve hours to get over my childhood fear of that thumbnail image to watch the video. I hope you’re happy with yourself 🥲

[@minilea144]

Welcome back, Lord of Horror Scores!

[@cherrymnm04]

Ringu will ALWAYS be superior, but Ringu is actually even scarier after reading the book that the film is based on, because the book goes into so much more depth for Sadako’s backstory.

[@lessismore8533]

The Ring isn’t that far behind Ringu . Gore Verbinski did pretty darn GOOD for not being the original Ringu director. We all know the Japanese director would’ve nailed the remake. I DO think some minor things about the 2002 movie is superior like Samara actually looking dead in the end, and the girl closet jump scary was way better executed!..

[@cherrymnm04]

@@lessismore8533 look, I don’t mind the Gore Verbinski remake if I’m after some jump scares, but Ringu is always going to be better in every aspect for me. Ringu doesn’t rely on CGI and jump scares, and the horror is far more subtle, the scares come from the oppressive sense of foreboding throughout the film. I’m in no way bagging The Ring, it has its place in the horror genre, I just feel like through the scriptwriting and adaptation process they missed (or misunderstood) the nuances in Ringu.

[@MASAHIRO-X-]

@@lessismore8533Samara looks goofy in the remake, no need for horses in the film either

[@jaehyunized2167]

Nice video as always, Vic! May I suggest you look into Suspiria, both the old movie and the remake? I'm sure you'll enjoy them!

[@hpesrep]

I’m watching this in the dark and the freeze frame at 2:08 scared the sh*t out me lmfao job well done

[@AFarmerCalledChicken]

Fun fact: the girl who plays Samara is also the voice of Lilo in “Lilo and Stitch”. Makes “my friends need to be punished” seem a lot darker in hindsight

[@lindalily69]

That haircut on the boy scared me the most

[@dyansis]

Saw this upload earlier today and knew what I was watching the second the baby fell asleep. I'm glad it's not just me that does not find this movie scary but creepy. Apart from when Samara crawled out the TV. That one got me. 1. Totally agree the American grudge is the superior movie. 2. Naomi watts is bloody beautiful

[@lessismore8533]

Creepy and scary are the SAME thing to many ppl.‘it’s more Complicated than you think. The girl closet scene got me real good back then!..

[@lessismore8533]

10:07 I will say I liked the flashback Reiko had in Ringu leading to a scar on her arm? more than Rachel just having a random nightmare. I believe the replaced the flashback with Rachel watching Samara get interviewed in that VHS. I think it be cool if Rachel was inside a flashback like Reiko was. Either during Samaras interrogation OR when Samara was thrown in Well

[@Mr.C0ffee]

This was my first horror movie I watched by myself. That closet scene Still scars me. 😂

[@theplaymakerno1]

I hope you are doing alright, my friend!

[@HorrorCambodia]

Thank you for your hardworking

[@cryptid-yt]

Well when you watch actual good movies for a living these fall really flat lmao love the vids!!

[@lessismore8533]

Disagree. If the Ring sucked it would’ve have had the impact on SO many films that came after it?”! And yes I said the remake! Not the original. I’m Sure Ringu inspired many Japanese movies, while the Ring inspired American ones..

[@SanjayKumar-yf1cd]

I am a huge fan of ring's soundtrack.... something about it is so haunting & beautiful...

[@azumii8737]

finally a new upload

[@jaden3602]

Great video as always! I remember being TERRIFIED of this movie when my mother showed me when I was younger. I think I’ve only seen it twice as a kid. I’ve also yet to actually watch the full tape😂 bad juju

[@lessismore8533]

Why would your mom show a child that? lol..

[@jaden3602]

@ cause she was awesome 😂

[@braidedgirl757]

This one actually still makes me look away to this day ...when I first saw this and she crawled out of that TV....nightmare fuel ...I would have given that part 50 pts by itself lol

[@KapoXD]

Great vid as always! Are you gonna make videos about the rest of the series (including the short one)?

[@trepstechs5119]

This new rule added to the tapes curse is such an impossible tasks.

[@christopherbardier770]

I would have given this movie a 65-70%. The audio/visuals made most the movie eerie and made you uncomfortable. The Grudge remake was not as scary.

[@slenderman2741]

This is one of the first ever horror movies I ever watched. I still remember running up from the basement to clean myself up because I peed myself watching it during a Jump scare and I peed myself again because as I was going into the bathroom a fly came out of the sink 😭

[@tuesdae666]

I was 16 when I watched the original ringu. Didn’t really scare me at first, then I went back home, and that night my parents were out of town, I switched on all the lights and showered with the bathroom door open and then I was like, ok that spooked you. I’m 42 now btw.

[@michelleangelaelipane79]

I really love your videos! ❤ btw can you do TOMIE UNLIMITED (2011) its really creepy

[@SweetieEvie]

This movie left me a clear memory of the first time I watched it. I have bad memory but this was clear. I was spending the night with my friend and the first time the phone rang for Rachel, ours rang. It was late at night when we watched it and everyone had been in bed for a while so the situation was perfectly set up. We screamed yet no one woke up worried about the 2 little girls who just screamed for their lives. 😅 It was past midnight, who would call them after midnight? We never got an answer.

[@yawabells6472]

samara should have made a cursed video where you have to share and subscribe to lift the curse! imagine the amount of subs that will bring!

[@lessismore8533]

If the Ring came out today instead of 2002 (no social media) it TOTALLY would’ve been that way!..

[@therest9281]

The ring assistant director: how are going to make the tape scary? The director: just put random shit with woman looking at a mirror

[@chrisdiokno5600]

Ah yes, my first exposure to Onryo

[@petradegroot3578]

6:26 I love your humor 😂 The reason they didn’t end the curse is because they didn’t find your dad😢

[@HorrorMine]

This one will never end

[@MinaDeborah]

movie traumatized me for life fr im 30 years old and have seen it a dozen of times and still just watching this made me uncomfortable lol

[@benny_lemon5123]

00:32 it was scary enough for me to take my tv out of my room after I got home from the theater lol

[@TheKeyser94]

One thing that I really love about this movie is the soundtrack, particularly one called The Well, but if you want to hear, I advice to cut the last part, that is background noise of from a TV, cut the mystic of the song, the sequel have a similar song, but not as good as the original.

[@Upsetkiller456]

while not that scary i do quite like this movie.

[@omgtatercat]

Yeah, The Ring never really freaked me out. The Grudge, though... I remember I first saw it on TV at home, but when it ended, it was like 2 in the morning and my house was dark... The scene where Kayako comes out of the wall as a black shadow was all I could think about while I was getting ready for bed, going through the dark house.

[@HeyLookAtThatGuY]

another great video

[@Smithy07sham]

There’s a deleted scene where it shows Noah finding the inn keeper on a boat with the horrible face a victim of the cursed tape

[@Dukefazon]

7:37 - what device are you watching the movie on? I had an Xbox Classic that had weird jittery line every once in a while, turned out a couple of the capacitors around the CPU or GPU were aging and causing issues. It wasn't an analog noise, it was clearly digital issue.

[@jerrylanary4889]

00:25 and that my friends, was also the beginning of the decline of Japanese horror.

[@bloom_official_]

I think we can all agree than the combing hair scene was one of the scariest in the Japanese version while the one in this was, well...

[@lessismore8533]

That’s because Sadako mom was CREEPY as heck 😂..

[@bloom_official_]

@lessismore8533 exactly 🤌🏻

[@marikokitty25]

YES! New video!

[@anonymous_1442]

I have a movie recommendation. It made me cringe and chills from the Creep 2014 movie. It's a found footage horror film that took inspirations from people's weird experiences from meeting people from craigslist. Also the one of the director also share a few experience from my research. It's a good film overall!

[@WILDCAT808]

I fucking love this movie❤ is so rewatchable I love the cinematography the sound design and editing the slow burn everything I always wanted to watch this in 4k and having done that Is one of my favorite movies ever

[@simisiji321]

Maplestory reference. My nostalgia is awoken.

[@sakuralily5907]

lets gooo I remember watching this when I was younger in local TV

[@HorrorMine]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@shivaarayapetrov147]

7:38 There's a face there, or its just paradolia idk

[@jjimjallabim7810]

Voltorb caught me off guard, It was super effective

[@pandoraskiesYT]

I was 10 when my dad took me to the theaters to see this. I still clearly remember the girl crawling up the side of the well 😂😂

[@hifellowhumans1]

Yay Vic uploaded

[@BlCKuT-nv8gv]

Boi! I'm always down to watch some Horror Mine! How come I've never discovered this hidden diamond of a channel back then?! Dude... hi there! If you don't know... I'm currently in the middle of designing the *Ju On Cursed House* from the first four full length movies. I'm taking the elements of *The Yellow House,* and combining it with the Beautiful essence of the Ju On Movie House in the First four movies (Ju On: The Curse "Pt. 1 & Pt. 2", Ju On: The Grudge, and it's sequel). It's going to be a bit more compact too, but still keep it's unique attributes as it's Original Design was, before it was demolished in 2014.

[@rayvonvelez3129]

As a kid I saw this movie and i never saw it as scary. i thought it was kinda boring, and I saw this before I watched the remake of the grudge and that one of the scariest films to me. The scariest part to me is the horse boat scene. The original Japanese version of ringu is way better and actually creepy to me. For some reason as a kid I thought the 2nd film to this remake was better and I don't even remember much about the 2nd film.😂

[@YaredYahu1212]

Good review Vic, I watched this in theatre and I fell asleep a few times and was bored, not scared. The Grudge was way better.

[@HorrorMine]

Thanks a lot! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that.

[@artimation4710]

I think The Ring is a more well-crafted film; however, The Grudge is just scarier.

[@lessismore8533]

Not even the girl in the closet scene?..

[@artimation4710]

@@lessismore8533 that scene was pretty scary I would think especially for how abrupt the cut

[@lichking654]

Damn it’s been 22 years damn I’m old

[@tikkivangu1325]

In words of SM 3.5 "How can you go to bed be dead and woke up still dead" 😂😂something like that.