[Stingy Jack]

What really makes that movie great for me is the question: "What the hell did this ghost DO to these people to fuck up their faces like that?" We never get to see what she does to kill them, but the looks on the victims' faces are so creepy that your imagination goes wild. Which brings me to:

The Ring vs. Ringu: I liked The Ring better than Ringu in all respects but one ... the scene where the girl comes out of the TV. In Ringu, she comes out of an old TV set in a tiny apartment room ... and if I remember right, that room was carpetted with wood paneling, etc. It was a more immediate scene for me, because it looked like it was happening in a house that I could possibly live in (unlike the ultra high-tech high-rise apartment in The Ring). Also, the actress playing the ghost in Ringu was extremely freaky. She used Japanese Kabuki theater methods in her crawl and her walk, which were so perfect and spine-tingling that the same scene from The Ring becomes a walk in the park. But the victims faces, which for me were the greatest source of scares, were far creepier and more hideous than those in Ringu (which I think were nothing more than the actors trying to hold a scream-freeze).

I need to watch The Ring again. TrueHorror's enthusiasm rubbed off! :D