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Ringu

The Japanese original. It's probably sacrilege to say, but I actually like the American remake better. This isn't a bad movie at all. No, it's quite good, and even if I didn't already know the basics of the story, I'd still feel like it's quite good and I could understand it.

It's not gory, and it's not full of jump scares, but it keeps an appropriate level of dread through the whole thing.

I was also marvelling at how this movie could barely be made today. Video tapes have so been eclipsed by DVDs and then digital streaming, I'm not even sure Sadako would be able to find an outlet for her anger now.