Ringu (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #25 extract: Ringu (1998)

Having seen Ring a handful of times now, and each time having liked it more, I have to say that this is a brilliant movie. 

Far from the basic horror that this is made out to be, Ring is a film about a family breaking down, a woman being abandoned, and the social impact of this which causes much darkness to arise from a pitch place. The couple of this narrative attempt to confront this darkness that is propagating across their familial network, but ultimately fail. Not are they unable to reconcile with one another and face their failure as a family, but the woman decides to destroy the man, using his own hamartia against him. 

There is then a cycle of betrayal and retaliation embedded into this film that is catalysed by the snake and the abyss within it not being faced, or at least, being faced, only to allow the avoid to stare back and consume.