Rings

Mr E

AKA The Ring 3. The Naomi Watts horror from 2002 was pretty decent (which in turn was remake of the Japanese Ringu from 1998).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOH3ORdVmk8

Looks sufficiently creepy.

Out here in October.

Basq

First one was decent, second was extremely ho-hum... but that aeroplane scene was ridiculous!

Definitely feeling some fatigue on the horror front.. Blair Witch, now this!

But I've a helluva lot more faith in Blair Witch.

Mr E

Yeah that airplane scene struck me as the the sort of scene they play before the credits roll. I hope I'm wrong.

Pawwed Rig

Still my favourite horror movie and was a gateway drug to Asian cinema.

StringerBell

Will it follow the Japanese (Ring-O) or is it re-imagined sequel? (Prequel)

Should probably just watch the trailer eh

Edit: Not following the Japanese stuff, fair enough. Might give it a go but I won't have particularly high hopes following Ring 2.

Wolverine359

Mr E wrote: »

Yeah that airplane scene struck me as the the sort of scene they play before the credits roll. I hope I'm wrong.

I've read that it's actually part of the opening sequence, according to early test screenings. I'm looking forward to this, it looks suitably grotesque (for an American take on a Japanese horror movie).

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Still my favourite horror movie and was a gateway drug to Asian cinema.

Exactly the case for me too. I remember stumbling across the original Ringu on Channel 4 in 2001 or something, as past of its Asian Extreme series, and I was freaked out and immediately sucked into the world of Asian movies. I think the sequel was shown next, followed by Audition....

Links234

Oh that looks dire.

TerrorFirmer

The original film is OK but I prefer the 2002 re-make, it's far creepier and gets under your skin far more effectively.

People around here had hyped it up so much I was expecting a modern-age Nosferatu when I bought the Japanese film, but I didn't find it very scary at all.

Doesn't mean it's a bad film by any stretch and on the contrary it's quite good but just comparatively fairly tame - I prefer my horrors to instill some sense of dread in me.

Thought Ring 2 was reasonable enough but only saw it the once when it came out so my opinion might not be as positive if I were to watch it again.

Deliberately not watching this trailer because I really don't want to know anything in advance. Really looking forward to it.

Pawwed Rig

Agree with above poster in that I preferred the American version to the Japanese one.
Also I thought Ring 2 was very watchable.

homerun_homer

I'm also in the camp of preferring the US remake to the original. I didn't like the psychic elements to the original, which probably goes down better with the home audience vs abroad. If I remember right they learn the backstory of Ringu at one point when one character touches another character? I prefer the investigative approach of the remake.

I'm not sure how I feel about this film just from judging the trailer. I like the idea of another film, though I'm not a fan of Ring 2, but some of the imagery there looks a bit tacky.

Mr E

This is now coming out in February. New teaser trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRdvn5GNDY8

Definitely starting to look a little formulaic (within the Rings framework) - Samara, watch video, 7 days, die etc.

Mr E

There is a very good chance that this video will be more entertaining than the actual movie. Clever idea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmQQn6qdKj0

bnt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG2gJdgiUJg

razorblunt

I never liked the remake, nor the original, didn't find them as unsettling as The Grudge.
I also have no recollection of the "airplane" scene I'll need to check YouTube!

homerun_homer

razorblunt wrote: »

I never liked the remake, nor the original, didn't find them as unsettling as The Grudge.
I also have no recollection of the "airplane" scene I'll need to check YouTube!

The plane scene is in the new one.

0ph0rce0

Anyone know what the craic is with this movie.

Was released about 3 weeks ago from what i see, Probably ****e but wanted to go today.

Is it that bad that it has been pulled from every cinema in the country? Not on anywhere.

Basq

^ Still showing in Arklow and Monaghan Omniplex's.. but yeah, think it probably bombed. Bad time of year to release a horror tbh!

TerrorFirmer

It was out here for a few weeks, which is pretty normal for a non-blockbuster to be fair. I missed it in the cinema though, still looking forward to seeing it.

TerrorFirmer

Just watched this last night. Poor film, even on the wrong side of watchable really. Not really scary nor creepy, which is obviously by far its biggest crime, though the general plot is absolutely terrible.

It gets sort of better in the middle for a bit and starts to be more reminiscent of the first two films, but the two slices of film bread on either side are just plain bad and tacky.

Loved the first movie, liked the second but this one is a big thumbs down.

Wolverine359

The American versions pale in comparison with the raw horror of the Japanese original imo, but I'll give this one a chance and watch it for the laugh I suppose. Sounds pretty awful from the above opinions though, I think it was the first trailer that got me intrigued to just see how it would work in the modern age of smartphones, and flatscreen TVs haha.