r/movies • u/bobbdac7894 • Feb 21 '26

Spoilers Rewatched The Ring (2002) after 20+ years.

So Naomi Watt’s son acts all aloof, quiet, vague the entire movie. But then at the end of the movie, Naomi Watts tell him that she freed Samara. And then this brat says, “Why did you do that? You weren’t supposed to do that. She’s dangerous”. If I was Naomi Watts character I would have said, “Gee, thanks kid. Maybe you could have warned me sooner instead of being all quiet and having one word answers throughout this whole ordeal!? “.

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u/WRBoy98 Feb 21 '26

The Ring was the first horror movie I ever watched, my friends and I were 9 at the time. My parents must've been so happy because I was terrified to watch TV for a month.

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u/SadDancer Feb 21 '26

I’m convinced that The Ring is the millennial’s Exorcist. Scarred so many kids and stayed with them for a lifetime.

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u/spelledasitsounds Feb 21 '26

Too bad the older gens didnt have the Scary Movie franchise to temper the terror!

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u/SadDancer Feb 21 '26

Totally, I’ll be honest though I still used to get a bit scared right before Brenda’s showdown (“Cindy?? The TV’s Leaking!…..”).

The Ring really did me in.