The Ring at 20

The Ring is twenty years old. Well, almost. It was actually released on October 18, 2002. But I'm easing into the Halloween season, and what better place to start than with one of my favorite horror movies?

Directed by Gore Verbinski, who would later helm the first three Pirates of the Caribbean film, as well as A Cure For Wellness (the latter featuring Mia Goth in a role where she goes BF throughout the film), The Ring was actually a remake of the Japanese horror film, Ringu.

The Ring opens with a scary scene featuring a barefoot Amber Tamblyn, as Katie, who discovers firsthand the horror of the Ring.

The tension in this early scene goes sky-high as Katie unwittingly goes to her doom.

The whole movie is based on a legend that if a person watches a specific video, they will die after seven days.

And Katie, thinking nothing of it, has watched the video. The opening scene is suspenseful--and very nice, seeing how she goes BF through the whole thing.

Later, Naomi Watts tracks down Becca (Rachael Bella), a friend of Katie's who was with her the night she died. But Becca has wound up in a mental insitution because of that night.

And, apparently, the patients in the mental hospital, including Becca, go barefoot.

There are random shots throughout the film of Watts going barefoot.

The Ring, along with the original Japanese film that it's based on, are the best in this series. If you're loking for a good scare this upcoming Halloween (along with some nice BF images), you can't go wrong with the 2002 remake of The Ring.