Back in the 2000s, Hollywood horror was briefly gripped by a new trend: remaking Asian horror films for an English-speaking audience. Some of the biggest entries in this craze included remakes of Japanese fright flick The Grudge, the Korean detective chiller Mirrors, the Thai creeper Shutter, and the Hong Kong horror hit The Eye. However, easily the biggest splash of this craze was made by Gore Verbinski’s 2002 remake of The Ring, the first major instance of the now well-known J-horror aesthetic being adapted through an American lens.
The basic premise of The Ring was simple, albeit a little outdated even by 2002 standards. An evil, supernaturally powered little girl named Samara was murdered by her parents, only for her curse to live on through a mysterious VHS tape. ...
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