I think with ring and ringu it depends on which you see first. I saw the japanese version first and found the remake to be awful, but some of my friends saw the remake first, loved that and thought the original was awful.
Pingu's not THAT scary
Yep. The Shining.. or The Thing.
I don't really rate the shining.
Have to say that I've never understood why people rave about it, for me it's too slow, and probably too long if you're looking at doing an evening of films.
Agree with other posters, I'd forgotten how good this is,
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