It was scary the first time, I liked it. After that though, the shock value is gone. In the original, the character Samara is based off is is potrayed to be more of the victim. In the US version, Samara is cold hearted evil bitch. I like the evil bitch version better myself.
Something I always wondered about the Ring though, Samara kills whoever when the times comes up, but...
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What if you destroy the TV screen?