Story and Cinematography: The Ring
Let’s talk about my favorite movie ever: The Ring. If you don’t know what The Ring is then it’s an older horror movie who does everything a horror movie is suppose to do. Before I get on the subject of the movie I want to talk about the horror genre and why people think is a bad genre and say that horror movies aren’t “scary”. Now, some people actually get sacred of horror movies, but I’m talking about the people who trash talk about the genre. They say that they watch it so they can have a laugh or just to see how bad it is. To be frank, I actually agree with them on some levels, nowadays horror movies don’t have a lore it just has jump scares and really loud music that just get louder building up the tension towards nothing. However, the reason I love horror movies so much is because of the hard work that goes into making an actual horror movie. And The Ring takes the cake. The Ring captures everything that the genre wanted and presents it perfectly; from the tension in the right places to the lore of the story.
The movie begins with two girls talking about a mysterious tape that kills anyone who watches it. The girls play it off as a joke and go on with their sleepover. As the story progresses we notice that the tape’s mystery is real and the person who watches it actually dies after receiving a call that simply said “7 days”. Our protagonist wants to get the ultimate story and being a journalist gives her the skills to discover the truth behind the tape. She and her partner go and investigate this horror story and they find out that the video tape leads to a girl with a dark past. The girl called Samara had a suppose urge to kill and their parents didn’t want her so they looked her up and kept her monitored. Her parents notice she wasn’t sleeping and just stood their. Her mother ended up throwing her into a well and closed it off so she wouldn’t escape. Why does the phone call say “7 days”? because that how long it takes for someone who has been thrown in a well to die.
Throughout the entire story the atmosphere is gloomy and a bit dark, but that’s to be expected because of the horror element. The video tape shows graphic and disturbing scenes to not only the actor, but to the audience as well. The characters are well presented and they each take their roles seriously, acting out their parts to the best of their abilities. The touch of the child (the son of the protagonist) being an important character is to add a sense of innocence and making him watch the video and seeing that a child like him can be hunted just makes the audience more tense, because they don’t want to the kid to die. Everything was well thought out; from the music leading up to actual lore to the horror element being presented in way where they leave you traumatized and not make you scream just because a clown appeared out of nowhere for no reason. And the iconic scene of the girl exiting through the television proofs this.
The movie The Ring will scare you, not by throwing jump scares at you or by making scream, but by showing you lore that will make your hairs stand on end. If you enjoy a good horror movie then The Ring is a must watch, no doubt. everything about it is a master piece and everything detail leads to lore and story.
