Rings

This film doesn’t find any fresh ways to make you jump out of your seat. Ms. Lutz is appealing, though, and fans of the franchise will probably be pleased with the elaboration. Too many horror sequels are content merely to recycle what worked the first time.

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Producers skip the DVD revolution entirely in dragging their VHS-centric horror series (sort of) into the present.

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Julia (Matilda Lutz) learns that her boyfriend Holt (Alex Roe) has watched the famous cursed video – and willingly exposes herself to it to shift the curse to herself, only to find that the curse-originating spook Samara has special plans for her.

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Categorizing Rings as "horror" would be a disservice to genre films, because at least the lowest of the low attempt a scare here or there.

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Rings is unsure as to whether it's a sequel to the other entries in the series or a contemporary reboot.

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As dumb as the early stuff involving Professor Gabriel and his students—and even Peter Venkman might question the scientific validity of his research—it at least spins “Rings” off in a different direction from the other films and might have led to something potentially interesting in the right hands.

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A death-cult idea briefly animates this belated sequel to the Japanese-inspired horror franchise, before horror mundanity sets in.

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Nearly 20 years after 'Ringu,' the latest American horror sequel of hex, flies, and videotape is as unscary as it is out of date.

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Once again, a cursed VHS tape and lanky-haired ghost terrorize folks – but this D.O.A. movie proves the thrill (and chills) are gone.

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