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The Japanese version of the Ring was just plain boring and not scary at all. Which sucks because I find that a lot of Japanese writers manage to write insanely freaky stuff, but I guess it just didn't translate well into a live-action movie, because they just don't have the industry to pull off the necessary special effects and whatnot.

If they had done an animated movie, I have no doubt that it would have been better than the American live-action one.