The Ring vs. The Grudge

[darkchrono]

I recently saw both movies and both movies are very similar to eachother (I wonder if all Japanese horror movies are similar to the premise of the Ring and the Grudge).

Which one did you guys like better if you have seen both movies. I personally liked The Ring alot better. The Ring spent alot more time developing its characters than The Grudge did (The Grudge spent so much time in flashbacks that it eventually became kind of hard to follow).

And one thing though that really in my mind made The Ring alot better movie is that by the end of the movie you know exactly who the villian is and for the most part why she is doing the things she is doing. By the end of The Grudge you are still almost as clueless as to who the main villian is and their motives as you were at the beginning of the movie.

[Necronopticous]

I wonder if all Japanese horror movies are similar to the premise of the Ring and the Grudge.

They aren't.

Which one did you guys like better

The Grudge.

The Ring alot better movie is that by the end of the movie you know exactly who the villian is and for the most part why she is doing the things she is doing. By the end of The Grudge you are still almost as clueless as to who the main villian is and their motives as you were at the beginning of the movie.

The Grudge was a pretty faithful and good adaptation from Ju-on, where as The Ring was a terrible, butchered, and ruined adaptation of Ringu. Although, I liked Ju-on better than Ringu also... It's like the payoff of Ringu throughout the entire movie.

[Yuffie514]

i liked The Grudge a twee better. good plot/storyline. The Ring is somewhat scary, but i didn't quite like it b/c it was confusing the first few times i saw it.

[Channing]

I'd say The Grudge took the cake on this one. I'd be way more terrified of a girl following me around than the circumstances of watching a tape, then dying. ;P

[Craig]

Oh, the Grudge most definately.

Scared the crap outta me.

[Dreddz]

I prefered the Ring, better story, maybe dosent have all the boo scares. But it definatly had a scarier atmosphere and the ending was really cool.....

[Ohhh]

i hate them both >_< hate all scary movies with a passion they give me nightmares (yet i still end up watchin them O_o)
but i was more freaked out by that girl from the ring then the kid that made dodgy noises from the grudge

[Madame Adequate]

I like The Grudge much more than The Ring, but I like Ringu much more than Ju-on.

[Shoeberto]

The Grudge's story was stupid. I've never seen The Ring, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that the story isn't dumb.

[jrgen]

Didn't really like any of them. The Ring was decent, but The Grudge was a monument of llama excrement.

[Craig]

The spirits of people who have been murdered haunting the place they were murdered in and killing anyone who enters that place, isn't as stupid as a girl climbing out of a TV and killing people.

[jrgen]

The spirits of people who have been murdered haunting the place they were murdered in and killing anyone who enters that place, isn't as stupid as a girl climbing out of a TV and killing people.

And it sure as Wisconsin isn't more original.

[Meat Puppet]

i liked that little bipolar leper, he was hilarious

[Pure Strife]

The Ring. The Grudge was confusing and somewhat dull. Plus the characters were retards. The Ring had a cool story running through it, even if the TV bit was a bit over the top.

[Sepho]

I haven't seen Ju-On or Ringu, so I can't comment on which is the better adaptation. That said, I enjoyed The Ring a whole lot more. The Grudge was scarier for me, personally, but I like my horror to be more suspenseful, rather than all out pee-in-your-pants-and-scream-like-a-small girl scary. The Grudge isn't the freakiest move I've ever seen, but I'm a wuss, and The Ring did a lot better job at entertaining me.