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Volume CXXXIII, Number 7 |
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The video that kills
DAVIN MICHAELS
COLUMNIST
If the results of your midterm exams didn't scare you enough, you're in for a treat. A favorite pastime for Halloween trick-or-treating graduates is to watch scary movies. This weekend, to put everyone in the Halloween spirit, the Bowdoin Film Society is showing The Ring (2002), critically acclaimed as one of the scariest movies of recent years.
The Ring is a remake of Hideo Nakata's Ringu (1998), a celebrated Japanese film. It tells the story of Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts), a journalist and divorced mother who learns of the mysterious death of her niece and her niece's three friends. All four girls die with looks of sheer horror on their faces seven days after watching a strange videotape. Keller gets ahold of the videotape to do research, then finds that her son Aidan (David Dorfman) has watched the tape by accident. Keller watches the tape herself and begins a race against time to unlock the mystery of the footage on the videotape before she and her son become victims.
The Ring was directed by Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) who skillfully uses special effects and plot twists to realize a very refreshing, chilling story. This film adaptation closely mimics its Japanese predecessor, though it has been somewhat Americanized.
This is a great opportunity to see one of the most praised films of 2002 and force those who "don't scare easily" to get a taste for creative horror filmmaking at its best. For the really dedicated Ring fans, come see it again and prepare for The Ring 2, coming in 2004!
The Ring provides the perfect weekend activity to celebrate Halloween, and we hope you will all join us. The Ring will be showing in Smith Auditorium in Sills Hall on Friday and Saturday evening at 7:00 p.m. Enjoy, and prepared to be scared!
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