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I saw this movie a few weeks ago after spotting it on TV, which I instantly recorded with the powers of DVR. This scary thriller is beyond other horror films. The basic storyline is this: You watch a video that apparently has a lot of random images - a women brushing her hair, a light house, a basement, and someone jumping off a cliff, etc. - and at the end of the video you see “the ring” (in poster at left) and then you get the phone call “You’re gonna die in 7 days” a eerie, whispery voice says, and hangs up.

This happens to one such girl, who’s Aunt, after the girl’s death goes to watch the tape and investigate it, it’s orgins, and goes on a mystery frenzy to find out about the tape with the clues given in the video. Then her son watches it, along with her ex-husband which raises the stakes even higher.

The movie all has a darkened feel - probably because the actual images seem to have more shadows than most movies,and it’s filmed with that “old technology” kind of green tint that makes things look old and used. The movie is fairly scary featuring many loud drum sounds and then a scary image like a young girl with the hair all over her face. (It’s scarier in the movie, you’ll see.) I really liked this movie because it brought you along with a mystery that didn’t make any sense, but soon started to. Not to give anything away, but a main character DOES in fact die in 7 days (the others don’t) and it’s a totally awesome scene.

Finally, the soundtrack is perfect, not action-adventure music, but instead a quiet background music playing throughout much of the movie. There are a few themes that play throughout, and the song the girl is singing quietly before she dies (again, you’ll see) that just gets stuck in your head. Overall, a good horror film, but horror isn’t my favorite genre. So…

[rating:3.5]