I feel disappointed. The same sense of disappointment I felt after watching 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Both overly hyped in my opinion. I mean take Ring/Ringu. My first foray into Japanese cinema.
Supposedly Ring set the bar for Japanese horror films. But that is precisely the issue I have with it. I wasn't scared.
It basically has a plot about a cursed videotape (made before DVD!) that when watched causes death in 7 days.
I wasn't expecting jump scares in every other scene and pints of blood being spewed across the screen. However just a little bit of scaryness! Ringu relies more on the atmosphere and Japanese legend. It just doesn't meet my horror definition. It is more psychological and slow moving for the horror I am more accustomed.
I would class Ring (Ringu) as more thriller than conventional western horror.
In its favour this 1998 feature does introduce many conventions that reached western 'horror' films over the past twenty years or so.
In that I mean the videotape footage that has been in use in several films.
Admittedly my first Japanese horror genre watch. I will persevere but not overly impressed.
Both overly hyped in my opinion. I mean take Ring/Ringu. My first foray into Japanese cinema.
Supposedly Ring set the bar for Japanese horror films. But that is precisely the issue I have with it. I wasn't scared.
It basically has a plot about a cursed videotape (made before DVD!) that when watched causes death in 7 days.
I wasn't expecting jump scares in every other scene and pints of blood being spewed across the screen. However just a little bit of scaryness! Ringu relies more on the atmosphere and Japanese legend. It just doesn't meet my horror definition. It is more psychological and slow moving for the horror I am more accustomed.
I would class Ring (Ringu) as more thriller than conventional western horror.
In its favour this 1998 feature does introduce many conventions that reached western 'horror' films over the past twenty years or so.
In that I mean the videotape footage that has been in use in several films.
Admittedly my first Japanese horror genre watch. I will persevere but not overly impressed.