The Ring - Deusdaecon Reviews 

I always thought aiden got spoken to because he is a child still like Samara was

One of my favorite horror films, and one which I think improves on the original (actually giving a reason for the week delay, for example). I love Samarra's ultra-ambiguous line about her father, "But he doesn't know." We never really find out what he doesn't know. It also has a sort of The Conversation-inspired bit of audio play, where the first time we hear her say, in response to the doctor saying that she doesn't want to hurt people, "But I do, and I'm sorry," it comes across as her saying that she's sorry that she does hurt people. When we hear it more clearly near the end, it sounds much more like she meant, "But I do WANT TO hurt people, and I'm sorry," with that last phrase not sounding sincere in the least. You should check out the 1981 film Ghost Story. It has a similar feel, and some of the material that wasn't in the Japanese film (such as water leaking out of odd places when the ghost is around) seems to have been cribbed from that film.

So, I had a stint in a mental ward and I don't think they'd let you walk around without socks on.

"The Cryptkeepers ass" 😂😂😂 I laughed way too hard at that line, good one deacon!

The horse jumping overboard 😂😂 I've finally found something as graceful as myself!

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16:22 "The phone starts ringing again, causing Rachel to yell at the supernatural being, but it's actually Noah calling after taking a load of pictures of himself." Oh my god, we've discovered the true origin of the Selfie.

I remember when I saw this in the cinema when samara finaly comes out of the TV.. I've never seen more people Inc myself yelling at the screen, covering their faces, trying to climb out of their chairs to get further away from the horror.. At 16 I had never seen a movie affect people like this and I haven't seen it happen since... Oh yeah and that "I saw her face" moment burned itself into my mind so I couldn't sleep for two weeks after

I've seen this movie twice before this movie was even made: "Ringu" (the Japanese original), and "The Ring Virus" (the year-later Korean remake.) Including this American remake, all three versions were a new experience. Same story lines, yes. Same plotlines, yes. It was still interesting to see three different cultures approach to the same source material.

I remember the first time I saw this - my brothers and cousins and my brother's wife were all sitting around the basement watching it. My youngest brother had seen it in theatre. I had to go to the bathroom around the part where Rachael ended up in the well. Then she gets her out. Ambulance and stuff. You can survive 7 days... yada yada. I figure, movie done. I can go to the bathroom now. I start to get up and my brother just says... "Wait." In the most ominous voice I'd ever heard from him. He just pointed to the screen so I sat back down. Good thing I have a strong bladder because when she crawled out of that TV screen, HOLY SHITE! We all lost our collective minds. None of us had seen the original or even heard of it then actually. And those effects were completely new to us a creepy as all fuck. One of my most memorable movie watches ever.

I was freaked out by this movie mainly to the fact that when i saw it in theatres some pipes brokes and caused water to run down the walls throughout the movies. it really started to flood when the guy time to die came.

Interestingly, the actress who played Samara also provided the voice for Lilo in "Lilo and Stitch". Won't look at that the same way again.

well to be fair to the whole die at 10 pm thing, when assessing a body you can't tell when it died in ten minute increments, just ~around the time she died plus if the girl with her was used as a witness, she'd probably say 10 pm exactly

One of my favorite horror movie... I actually have trouble watching it now. I have a hard time dealing the subsequent anxiety I get from it, lol. Ah, old age is getting to me... I always had the theory that Samarra was actually not adopted and was the legit daughter of the Morgans (if you ignore the sequel of course, and you should). It's mentioned that the Morgans went to the mainland and traveled the world to find means by which to conceive, then came back to the island with an "adopted" daughter... My theory is that they did find a way, but that it was unnatural or ritualistic, hence why they would stay quiet about it. Going against the natural order of things however got them something wrong in return. That's how I like to see it anyway. I'm glad the movie didn't try to explain too much why Samarra is evil, it's better left to the imagination.

I’ve been enjoying your reviews. Most have been movies I passed on when they first came, but I like seeing if I missed something special. The Ring is one of those movies.

died looking like the criptceepers ass that is the best line xD

Very nice review. This movie is one of my favorites. I lived in Seattle, and it captures the eerie gloom of the place very well.

I can't watch movies from the early 2000's without getting Eiffel 65's Blue stuck in my head.

I saw this in theaters when it first came out. It is, to date, the *only* time I've done a backflip. We were in one of those theaters where the back row has an aisle behind it. Noah's death scene came up, Samara emerged from the TV, and I flipped over my seat and landed in the aisle behind it. I was a very easily frightened child.

you should do dead silence

Thanks for this! You’ve explained to me things I didn’t know I’d missed.

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Great review man. I love this movie, always puts me on edge.

I think the reason her son was getting special treatment. Was because at the end of the day she was still a child when she died. So it might she feels more comfortable talking to him as opposed to an adult when she was killed and hurt by adults.

the boy type character is psychic in the Japanese version. its one of the things lost in translation. its like they wanted to make him that way in this one but sorta dropped it.

this may sound weird, but regarding the time thing, I always took it as Samara was actually able to cause the time of death to be off. Somehow matching something connected to her. I have literally no reason to believe this, just my own stupid little head canon, mostly made to justify a bit of continuity error

I'll tell you one on me. I saw this movie at home and thought, "Okay, pretty good, but I'm Not Scared!" And I wasn't. Until I went to bed. And about two in the morning, the television in my room kicked on by itself, and I screamed loud enough to wake the entire family. What had happened was my daughters had been playing with the remote, and set the Timed Watch function on the TV, so that it would turn itself on at, you guessed it, 2 in the morning. Yeah; I'm not living that one down anytime soon. And NO MORE HORROR MOVIES LATE AT NIGHT!

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For half a second I thought you said The Ring was based off Pingu.

After seeing this, I can't help but wonder what Lilo meant by "My friends need to be Punished."

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there is a lot of stuff got messed up in translation... in the original Japanese movie the boy was actually psychic and his father (psychic researcher) too... in the original the boy watch the tape because his dead cousin told him so... i believe the american remake had a last minute edit/rewrite, since aiden -at the beginning of the movie- draws images of his cousin referring to the fact that he has ESP.

Seattle appears to be the perfect area to place this movie as the climate and flora are very much like those of regions of coastal Japan. Japanese Maples, hydrangeas, azaleas, etc. grow quite well here due to the cloudy and cool climate. Despite this, Seattle is still in USDA Growth Zone 9....the same zone as Jacksonville, FL.

I'm so happy you reviewed this :D

samara had some rounds to make at 10pm, she had multiple people to visit, so it wasn't exactly 10pm

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In stitches from the Cryptkeepers arse line. XD

review "Sinister" its a criminally underrated movie

Do you plan to do a review for the new ring movie that recently came out? Just discovered your channel and I can’t stop watching.

of course she showed the tape to her ex . he is her EX

Yor IS the man!

"Yor's World! He's the Ma~an!"

Love your Hellraiser posters.

Please review The Grudge and Samara vs Sadako (aka The Ring vs The Grudge)

Are you by chance going to review any of the grudge films?

Rachel was probably just flustered & creeped out, but not totally convinced of the supernatural element when she showed Noah. The fact that additional footage beyond the frame exists & we learn that the tape has no internal data probably fully convinced her that something more was going on, explaining her more cautious approach after Noah’s assistant walked in.

just on the time of death thing, the only way they would know it was only 10min after 10pm is if the friend was able to tell them, which might not be the most important part of the event on her mind if she was cogent enough to communicate it. Fun Fact; time of death can be VERY hard to narrow down just going off of the body, you can use rigormortis and blood pooling but that can change depending on the temperature and other factors, it's not going to tell you down to the minute.

I recommend you review "fragile" it's really sappy but good

Not a big horror fan in general but that's mostly because a lot of the more recent stuff is just boring. I saw this one in the theaters though and it's still one of the best horror films I've ever seen.

LOOK AT ME AND TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE I LOOK AT YOO AND TELL YOU WHAT I FEEEEEEEL

17:35 Hmm, what if the horse was really reacting to Moesko Island, to which Samara also has a connection, and the filmmakers had Rachael there as an act of misdirection.

It's such a good piece of supernatural horror for me, but it's not for those who want buckets of gore and big frights-- it's much more of a slow-burn type experience that crawls under the skin. This has become a favorite of mine; it feels like an eerie Nancy Drew mystery tale with ghostly goings-on and some unsettling moments peppered in. "The Ring" has, among other good elements, a wonderful music score that adds so much emotion and chills to the story.

I never liked people saying that paranormal activity was the scariest/best movie when i always thought the ring was way scarier eventhough i was young while watching the ring. So watching this review like 10 years later just confirms to me the ring was better and scarier

I have seen them both and the re make can't touch the original. It's a masterpiece in horror movies.

Both Ringu and Tomie get really convoluted as their movies go on.

The tape does move things before. How do you think that girl at the beginning ended up in the closet? I doubt her friend put her there.

Samara (thanks for pointing out the clever play on Japanese Maple for the US version of Sadako) is no common Yurie, she's a full-blown Onriyo, a vengeful female ghost..

5 year too late answer but maybe the horse got spooked because Samaras.. . aura or energy or whatever that was lingering. Like the friend in the mental hospital could tell how many days the journalist had left

I thought this movie was great. It is one of the few remakes (the only one?) that I prefer to the original (though the original was good too). It is also the movie that ended up making me aware of Japanese horror.

Well done!

Hey duesdaecon, i was wondering, could you do final destination 5 for your next review? I am super excited to see what you have to say about that one.

I actually caught my dad watching Yor: The Hunter from the Future once. From what I remember it was. . . something.

What if the horse was reacting to the fact they were heading toward Moesko Island, and they just had Rachael nearby as misdirection?

So today I found my old VHS tape of Cyborg a Jaun Clode VanDamme movie I took it to my mom and my brother was like What is that is there something in the box I feel old now XD

4:12 crypt keeper’s ass 😂😂😂😂

I’m wondering what your thoughts are on how the girl in the hospital knows how many days Rachel has left.

4:11 🤣🤣🤣 Crypt keepers ass

Right now, the only scary thing about this video is the high-pitched screaming tones for the jumpscares from the film. RIP headphone wearers at 4:00. Jesus, my ears...

I found the acting terrible in the first scene with the two teenagers, but enjoyed the rest of the movie. Even now when I watch the girl coming out the television I get goosebumps on my goosebumps.

I once played with the TV after smoking.....well not only tobacco and being a bit....nervous,looking for some distraction. We had only 4 channels at the student honest that time, so not much to choose from.....me not knowing what it was I ended up at this movie. Needless to say I wasn't calmed down afterwards...^^ Boy was I freaked out afterwards.....checked my door three times and kept my short sword ( a decoration, nothing sharp but metal non the less ) next to me....

This movie scared me so badly when I first saw it. I couldn’t shower with the curtain closed 🤦‍♀️

“THE CRYPTKEEPERS ARSE”

Ah you redid this :D nice

The 10pm thing is probably an assumption based on the condition of the bodies, not that they all died at 10 pm exactly.

actually the specific type of ghost seen In movies like Ringu or Ju-on are known as Onryō

The last bit would have been better if theyd done the japanese thing of just seeing her eye in a weird way as honestly seeing a child body with what looked like a 40 a day habit miners grumpy face was kinda funny.

Hey sir, great video

I'm not a blank wall expert but he might of been drilling holes for brackets for cables or pipes and the like

Samara's more on time with her calls and visits than comcast

" looking like the cripted keepers ass" i laugh so hard when he said that i mean it was so sudden

I prefer the book the way the tape is like a disease and the girl not being evil per say helps with the plot hole of why did the kid not tell them samara was evil to start.

The Yor movie at the end though....lmao

No, she made the copy and showed it to Noah. That's what broke the curse.

The i saw her face jumpscare got etched in my mind when I saw it in the cinema. I came home and saw I dvd I had bought earlier that day. I looked at the TV and said fuck thst. I didn't sleep right for two weeks after and to this day I struggle to watch it alone. With others its no problem but alone I go straight back to that first viewing. I love this fucking movie..

this story reminds me of infinite jest, now that i think about it!

I wrote an article a while back about how the American remake is better than the Japanese original. Not because of CGI or picture quality or anything, so not to take anything away from the Japanese original. But the twist near the conclusion is much more predictable if you know something about Japanese culture and their perspective on ghosts, hauntings, and curses. In western society our perspective is very different, and that's why we assume the curse is lifted when Samara's body is discovered and we know what happened to her. That western perspective is what allows the twist to hit to hard, and not just be another corny "the villain always returns for a sequel" hack job we expect from horror films.

You should read the book the movies were based on: 'Ring' by Koji Suzuki

How long do you need to watch the video for it to work? And what if you don't have a phone for Samara to call you?

Probably the last genuinely scary "horror" film I have seen. Everything since has been recycled tropes and jump-scares.

One of my favorites. Definitely scared me.

6:11 - 6:18 😂😂Good one, @Deusdaecon. Funny though that you missed Spontaneous Combustion (1990) by Tobe Hooper as another cursed video tape. Not that I dislike the movie, but it's just I feel as a movie starring Brad Dourif, it doesn't get much attention.

I liked this movie

Fun fact : the girl playing samara was heavily into contouring, hence given the self- knoted appearance of her crawling out of the TV.

I will say this for a remake it was not that bad it pretty much is still hard for me to watch it as it sends chills down my spine, hell just watching this review I felt uneasy with the clips you used, but I'll always enjoy the japanese version even if it fell down the same path of most horror movies.

eh that horse was on its way to the glue factory anyway

I love that u do less talked about movies

My main problem with this film is how it completely loses it's element of mystery rather quickly and just descends into a bunch of creepy (though to be fair, quite a few things work) imagery cobbled together by a general story. BUT, I DO prefer this over the American The Grudge plus it has some reliable actors, mainly Naomi Watts and Brian Cox.

That horse jumping reminds me of my jumping skills 😭

quick question daecon. when you re-filmed this one, did you use the original script you had written back in the day? if yes, why?

Anybody else think that Alama from F.E.A.R. is really Sumara but harnessed by an evil weapons manufacturing corporation for her powers? I know Alama was likely inspired by alot of this folklore but man, they almost feel like the same character but in different timelines.