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Ringu is and always shall be my favourite film of all time. I get that the books are meant to be good, but the introduction of [SPOILER ALERT] the video giving Small Pox just confused me. The film on the other hand is superb, despite feeling slightly western when compared to other J-Horror, it's a standard that I love.
The Ring is much slicker production-wise, and has what I think are some really effective scares (which is what I want in a horror movie). Ringu is much tighter plotwise and comes as a very nice little package - for example, you can track every shot in that cursed video to another scene in the movie.
- Getting in Touch with The Haunted Tape
- The Enlightened Distortion of Reality
- Nuanced Visual Warping
- Beyond The Visuals with Sound
- The Unsettling Power of Cinema Through Visual Imagery
- Sadako’s Character Design and Movement
From a cultural standpoint, the freakiest element of the movie is “the tape.” The eerie black and white footage, the grainy distortion, the unsettling long shot of the well… One sees the tape played on-screen, and fully believes that it has the power to kill. What is it, exactly, that makes it so scary? Part of it is the way that it’s shot. By mixi...
Something else that adds to the creeping feeling of dread with the haunted tape is the bizarre lighting. The keen-eyed viewer will note that, for example, there is no reference point to the lighting during the mirror scene. Reiko points out in her investigation that a camera should be visible in the mirrors, but there is none. On top of that, there...
There’s a strange side effect from watching the tape. Any time anyone takes a picture of someone who watched the tape, they appear distorted in the Polaroid. This is one of the most chilling aspects of the film. It’s a simple visual storytelling resource, but a hugely effective one! Viewers get briefly blinded by the flash of a camera and the sound...
As awesome as the film is in visual terms, the splendid sound design simply can’t be ignored. Composer Kenji Kawaiadds a subtle score that blends, almost seamlessly, with the sound effects. Again, it adds to this uncanny, unnatural atmosphere present throughout the film. Of course, the ringing telephone is key to the narrative. Take the opening sce...
“To startle the audience, I think the sound is most effective,” cinematographer Junichiro Hayashi said. “[But,] on the other hand, images can scare them into not wanting to watch the screen.” Hayashi may very well be the master of J-horror. Not only is he the cinematographer for Ringu, but also Nakata’s film Dark Water (2002) and the techno-horror ...
Speaking of Sadako, there is something very, very creepy about this long-haired girl. The way her long, matted hair obscures her face adds mystery to her already disturbing visuals. And, once again, Sadako’s design weaponizes the uncanny to make her even more frightening to the viewer. One of the most iconic shots from Ringu is when Sadako’s single...
What it's about. A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.
- Daisuke Ban
- Hideo Nakata
Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 30, 2008. Classically shot, with effective use of stereo sound effects, the movie is almost entirely free of visual horror and the usual Eastern ghost ...
Aug 17, 2023 · Ultra HD Blu-rays. Review of Ringu on 4K UHD disc, a movie which spearheaded the so called J-horror boom of the late 90’s early 2000’s with its a memorable ghoul.
Chances are you've heard of this film, or at least its American remake. Ringu is the most successful film in Japanese history in terms of financial box office records, and is seen as marmite for horror fans (love it or hate it?). The first time I saw this film I almost wet myself. Seriously.
