Why the Japanese "Ring" horror movie was and still is so popular?
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I think people like horror movies because it distracts them from the horrors of reality.  Watching something like "The Ring" or "Nightmare on Elm Street" desensitizes people to violence and other things, especially demonic activity in the world.\n\nAfter "The Ring" the evening news isn't quite as scary as it should be.
66528
Here in the USA, we have based our sociatal rights and wrongs on a christianic/judiac system of morals. In that, anything of a sexual nature is wrong, whereas things of violence can pertain to you following the precepts of your faith. whether its being ready to die for your beliefs or more likely, to kill for them. In the eastern/asian systems, violence is wrong, and things of a sexual nature are much more highly tolerated. Take japan, you can very easily have nudity in a pg, but much of any violence raises it to an R. its also historicaly bases as well. As americans we have not had any personal access to real violence. whereas in japan they literaly had war on their mainland within the last generation. memories of things like that can last.
1047419
I love horror movies but the new ones are just full of gore and they are not that scary...the 80's and early 90's were the scariest ones.\nTry hellraiser movies, alien and the omen, the first one.
835201
Because it is a horror movie and horror movies always contain as much blood, gore, and violence as possible these days. It seems to be the new trend in scary movies.
1024981
The Ring really freaked me out. I had to sleep with all the lights on for a week because I would see the the girl in like every shadow at night. \n\nPoltergesit was really scary too. And so was the Shinning. I was too scared to even finish it.
594940
i have a lot of favorite horror movies:\nThe Amityville Horror\nHostel\nJu-on \nThe Ring\n....and a lot more!
67362
The movie didn't have much popularity in main-stream showings but it was very popular as a "midnight movie" and in video rentals.  The viewers often saw the film many times rather than once.  And, as you mention, there are catch phrases exchanged by people who are "in the know".  This loyal legion of followers are refered to as a "cult".  (See dictionary definition on Yahoo: define cult).\n\nFor me, my favorites are "Shrimp Plate" and "Put it on a plate son".
844161
Night of the Living Dead changed the world of entertainment forever. At the time, movies werent rated but so many people were disturbed by this movie that they had to come up with R ratings(restricted) so this was the true start of the horror movie genre gaining popularity so I'll pick it. It has often been imitated and now there are many sequels and remakes (The 3rd remake of the original will be out soon).The 1st sequel, Dawn of the Dead, is one of my all time faves and creeped me out for years the first time I saw it! There are now more graphic movies, but you have to wonder if there would have been if not for Night of the Living Dead.
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Japanese horror is all the rage: Ringu, the Grudge, etc. I can't think of anything -I- find scary, but those scare my friends.
527824
I totally agree. It's such a lame movie! What's the point of it? What's so interesting about it that people haven't gotten the first time? I don't think anyone can answer these questions. Plus, the ring wasn't even pretty.
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The Ring 2 and Dark Water unrated have some more graphic scenes in the scary parts.  There is no nudity in either movie, but the more graphic scary parts would really just make either film an R rating, instead of the PG-13 they were.  Unrated really only means that the film has not been reviewed for a rating.  It is the original version that would have gotten them an R rating, so they edited a little to get the PG-13, so teens could see the movie.
505663
I am still trying to figure out the odd ending of the movie, but personally I didn’t like it, the Japanese version is much better.\nI guess they made the ending in that way for a reason, maybe Grudge 2 will come soon!
446779
If you're speaking of superstar in terms of movie actors, I think it's a language/money thing.  Japan has a history of samurai movies, which don't generally feature the kind of kung fu we see in Jackie and Bruce's flicks.  A Japanese actor can make a huge paycheck working in films/TV in Japan and don't need to learn English or pander to American audiences.  It's a difficult thing to make yourself a star in America if English isn't your native language.  \n\nAnother problem is Japanese acting technique.  Japanese acting tends to run towards extreme subtlety (woodenness to some audiences) or overt melodrama.  It doesn't really mesh with many American scripts.  \n\nJust a few theories...
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It is much easier for me to watch a scary movie in the daylight. Then I can do laundry afterwards or take a walk....you know, to get rid of my jangled nerves. At night, it causes me too much stress. When I was a kid, monster films were make-believe situations....The Blob,Creature From The Black Lagoon....now a days they are about psychopathic killers....tooooooo scary for this lady.
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I'm a gore queen!  I love gory movies (The Saw trilogy and Hostel are by far my favorite movies)  To me, it's hard to get into something if it's obviously fake.  But movies with gore or intense violence help me really get into the movie and you fear the adrenaline or fear of the characters.
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it's just like king kong...the film makers try soooo hard to get it right that they dont want to distract the viewer or make them so emotional that they dont recognize the work that went into the movie.
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signs - i have forgotten most about the movie but i didn't really find it that frightening. it's just kind of eerie and spooky but not downright frightening.\n\nblair witch - aahh... what a controversy. the way the camera was handled makes your head spin a bit. it is interesting, but again, not that scary, for me at least. but it has its moments, if you could feel for the characters.\n\nthe ring - which one? the japanese original was a low-budget film but it really delivered for me. the most hair-raising part was the one at the end. the american version was not that good for me. the scare factor just wasn't there...\n\nthe omen - again, which one? the original or the remaker? i haven't seen the remake just yet but the original was okay for me. i still like the exorcist more not only because of the special effects but because of the whole plot overall.\n\nsixth sense - like the movie signs, i have forgotten almost everything about the movie except for the line, "i see dead people" and that a main character was actually dead. it's a good movie.\n\nthere you go... i'm more of a zombie fan than anything but i do like horror movies/suspense movies in general. :)