The Ring.

Firstly I have to apologise for the lack of horror genre films on the blog this year. I am not a fan of horror films and don't actively try and find them so I a just working my way through the ones that I know an I have successfully done so. There are a few more to go on the blog but after that then I will be completely out of horror suggestions.

It wasn't until I read the plot synopsis from Wikipedia that I managed to actually work out what had happened in the film. The film leaves everything open for a second film, in fact; it doesn't actually end as such, it more just blacks out and leaves you wondering what is going to happen next when the credits come up. This is a remake of the Japanese film 'Ring' based on the book in Japan.

This film did really well in cinema and Gore Verbinksi and his crew won several awards with this film. Deservedly so because it was actually a very good film with a good plot, not much character development but time and clear planning for further events to take place. The score was done by Hans Zimmer and therefore I do not need to say anything more about the score.

Even though this film was released in 2002 it seemed like it was made ages ago. The effects seemed somewhat seriously outdated and it was only 14 years ago that it was released and was scaring people left, right and center. Naomi Watts was sublime as the leading woman and the support behind her from the other characters was fantastic. She didn't have to do all the work herself, her son carried a lot of it and although i don't know if this is true, it would be understandable to think that the character of Henry from Once Upon A Time was based upon the character of Aidan. Horror is never going to be my cup of tea and so it will always be hard for me to write long posts about it but this film was much better than Black Swan or Saw.