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« Thread Started on Sept 30, 2006, 10:04pm » | ![[Quote]](http://s1.images.proboards.com/buttons/quote.gif) |
Forget for a minute, the disturbing image of the black-haired Samara poking her head out of the T.V. and climbing out to eat you or something. Forget that famous line, "before you die, you see the ring." Forget the idea of supernatural terrors crawling out of the depths of hell.
Instead, imagine a self-absorbed reporter, Asakawa, and his cynical friend Ryuji, who despises the human race. Imagine the shock when a cab driver is riding along the road, stops for a red light, and then the motorcycle rider in front of him keels over, tearing at his helmet.
Imagine a surreal video recorded by the sensual organs of a strangely beautiful teenager named Sadako. Imagine the video that kills you exactly seven days after you watch it.
I watched the movie the Ring, and rarely have I seen a movie so insanely scary. I soon looked in my library to see if they had the original book, which the original Japanese movie Ringu was based on. Lo and behold, there it was. I took it out, expecting the TV apparitions from the movie. I was pleasantly surprised.
This book should be read after the movie for the best effect, I believe. If I had read the book first, I would have gone in with false pretenses. I went in to the book thinking it was going to be different, and it was. It was scary, yes, but it was played out in a different sense than the movie. It was a different kind of scary. I really can't desribe it.
I reccomend you go see the movie and then read the book before your seven days are up. 
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