Time away might be exactly what audiences needed before heading into Rings, which looks, to continue the fascination with the haunting spirit of Samara, and the victims she stalks.
It has been nearly 15 years to the day that Naomi Watts helped launched the phenomenon that is The Ring, which built on a pre-existing Japanese horror hit (and ushered in a wave of American remakes of chilling Japanese horror efforts, many of which lost their edge when they traveled across the sea).