The Ring. 2002
A journalist grieving after her niece's death is lead on a trail of a cursed video that kills 7 days after viewing it and time is running out after she and her son watch it.
Decent, stylish remake of the Japanese film Ringu, not many American remakes work or live upto to the original but this one (and The Grudge) are pretty creepy based on the Japanese Myth's and Urban Legends stories.
Naomi Watts plays journalist Rachael who discovers the tape and tries to stop the impending death of herself and her son Aiden and with the help of video tech Noah who is entangled in the web of mystery. Gore Verbinski done a great job directing this, who seemed to understand the supernatural genre and not create a bloodfest movie, does have a dark atmospheric background score by Hans Zimmer, think this is a film not to watch over and over but one to dig out once in a while.
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