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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dirigible" data-source="post: 1788685" data-attributes="member: 12631">Yeah, I saw it a few months ago. And for reference, I’ve only seen the American remake of the Ring.Apart from the similarities in the ‘evil ghosty children’ and the ‘no, you can't put an end to it, yes, I know its not fair’ themes, they’re actually quite different.The Ring, how can I put this, forces you to be scared with it’s lighting, sound and camera trickery (not that the subject and form aren’t scary enough in themselves); the Grudge shows you something scary and leaves you to be scared of your own volition. Most o the scary scenes int he Grudge are actually very brightly lit. It's a very different sort of fear.In terms of reaction, the Ring irritated me with the good old ‘here’s a shocking sound to accompany something shocking’ gimmick, it really, really scared me on several times (hand clenching, knee grabbing, finger-biting fear). The Grudge had me curled up on myself, biting a pillow, mumbling in terror nearly half the time. Less intense fear, but much, much more of it.Also, the old guy in the wheelchair is my hero. He rocks.</blockquote>