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Ring 0, Birthday - Superb film
If you have never seen Ring 0, I would recommend it most highly. It's an unusual film, definitely very creepy and with some moments that will chill your spine, but most of all it's one of the most haunting films I've ever seen. It moves quite slowly, as Japanese horror movies tend to, and at first it seems a bit confusing, but stay with it, because it makes sense in the end.
More than anything, Ring 0 is a very sad story. Believe me, despite knowing what Sadako will become, you'll be rooting for her.
I don't know if Hollywood would be able to make this film as efffectively, to be honest, because Hollywood tends to "pigeon hole" films: This is horror, this is drama, this is romance. Ring 0 doesn't fit into any category neatly. It would take an extremely talented director to remake the film in the same style while retaining it's mass appeal to the western audience.
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