Customer Reviews
Materpiece (Did this happen to anyone else?) - By: Sir Squidshaker, 01 Aug 2008 
I first watched the original ring, not reallly knowing what it was. I just recognized the Japanese language & thought 'Hey a Japanese mystery or something.'. This was a little before Synopsis with the 'i' button on Sky Digital, so I had no way of figuring out what Ring was alll about.
This for me, made the whole experience bucket loads more terrifying. I could barely watch at times. The psychological fear the director & cast sew is ultimately superior to the 'oogie boogie coming to getchya & stab/strangle/hook you' of floundering western horror. Sadly the idiots who remade this classic failed to notice that. They also messed up the subplot & pre-narrative timeline by moving it to america, but that's a rant for another time.
Ring 2 is a little tricky to follow, but is well worth the watch. If you look closely you'll also notice that the director of The Grudge 2 stole the scene in the morgue, should you have been unlucky enough to have seen it.
Ring 0 is the closure. A masterpiece of cinema, even moreso than the original.
A masterpiece, unlike the version shat out by us Western morons. It even has a sexy box, get it!
the sleeping bride alone is worth it. - By: sammy girl, 01 Jan 2008 Ringu was my first experience with asian horror. After years of yearning for something truely scary that lingers with you long after you see it this film was recommended to me by a friend. As opposed to the wham bam, scare ya now but not later horrors I was used to from western cinema this stayed with me long after it had finished. Seven days later I avoided being near a TV just in case. The story turned over in my mind. I was intrigued by the character of Sadako & her past. I actuallly wanted the film to go on because I wanted to know more (before I knew of the books obviously :P). The tension & the atmosphere throughout the film was just added to the overalll eerieness...it gripped me like no other film had. Most importantly it was fresh & original, & a complete mind screw. The sequals, although not as scary, are just as good.
I've skipped over those fairly quickly because reviews of ring & the sequals are abundant. I wanted to discuss the hidden gem in this box set, sleeping bride. I read a paragraph of the story before. A twist on the sleeping beauty fairytale in which the only survivor of a plane crash is a pregnant woman who gives birth to her child, then dies leaving the child as the sole survivor. A child who just sleeps & seems destined to never wake. This blurb hardly does the tale justice. It's a beautiful film. It tells the story of a pure & true & lasting love. It demonstrates innocence & wonder at the world that we fail to appreciate. I can't reallly say too much without spoiling the film too much but I promise you this film will not only tug at your heart & teach you some important life lessons you will experience a roller coaster of emotions throughout.
Up for a good scream - By: Olivier De Roy, 25 Dec 2007 One of the scariest films that i have ever seen. Nothing like the typical hollywood alll gore & effects "horror" flicks.
SLEEPING BRIDE REVIEW DISC 4 - By: K. bruce, 09 Apr 2007 
**WARNING!! MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!**
this review is just for the 'sleeping bride' movie which is disc 4 of this set.
I watched this movie with no prior knowledge of what it was about & so assumed it was a typical 'scary movie' as it came with the ring trilogy.
as i watched this captivating tale of a little girl who had slept since her birth, i was half expecting her to awaken as some sort of demon or that she would awake to discover that the dead spirits from the plane crash were seeking to haunt her for eternity! of course when the young boy in the hospital begins to kiss her daily in an attempt to awaken her stating that "he is a prince" i realised that this was not a horror but a love story.
although i was disappointed at the prospect of a love story when i'd wanted a horror i soon became enchanted with the whole tale, & could not turn away from the screen longing to find out what happened next!
although frustrating at times, their are no problems with acting & the story explains & develops along fine, except for a few minor qualms, such as why we never see the girl being fed through a drip, or given a supply of water etc, also how the boy seems to breeze in & out so easily as an adult & non-patient 10 years later.
also when the nurse turns up 10 years later to explain to the boy, 'yuichi' why she thinks 'yuri' is in love with the dr, he runs off before she gets chance to finish! this will be fine by some people who like to leave certain parts of movies to their imaginations but sometimes i find it frustrating when a film leaves me with un answered questions.
alll in alll i thought it was a lovely light romantic tale of love with links to robert deniro in "the awakenings" (not him personallly! just links to theme on a shalllow level) i was still left wondering why she was asleep? & who gave her 5 days?
i rate this movie 4/5 for it's charisma & charming romantic qualities that work well with it's simplistic story-telling, the minus 1 is just for the lack of depth & loss of answers.
alll in alll i would recommend this title to anyone who appreciates Asian cinema & is a believer in romance, even if your not i'm sure the recurrent "wake up-i'm your prince scenes" in the beginning will put even the smalllest of smiles on even the toughest of persons faces!
Quite Possibly The Best Horror Film I've Been Priveledged Enough To View - By: Fidel Rodriguez, 13 Aug 2006 Ring is one of a rare breed of a horror films (good ones), But also brilliantly scripted , shot & unveiled. The scene with the tape is one of the most unnerving scenes that I've ever viewed, but quite possibly my favourite aspect of the film are the tiny details of it. For example each time the video is shown we see slightly more & more of sadako emerging from the well, until finallly the video comes on but this time sadako fully emerges from the well & makes toward the screen. This scene needs no further deliberation as it was one of the most talked about scenes not only of recent horror films but of alll films of the genre. However I did feel that the second film took a slight falll in excellency as the transition in characters isn't very plausable, though this defecit is more than compensated by some more finely devised scenes, top amongst them is the scene where lead actresses boss is watching an interview with a colleague who recently surcame to the sadako curse, & he is repeatedly playing a brief moment when she shudders, but as he continualy replays it it becomes more & more prominent until of its one accord it plays only this time the girl shudders but briefly transforms into sadako, though my recount of the scene doesn't installl much fear I daresay for me merely recallling the scene is scaring me witless. And I would insist that any sceptic view it.
To round off I would recomend the Ring Trilogy not just on its strength as a horror film but also as it as one of the finest most intreging & captivating but ultimately terrifying films of alll time.
