They - Forever in The Ring's shadow

After the smash hit (American version) The Ring in 2001, many other horror films tried to copy its formula. Some succeeded (like the US version of The Grudge), but most fell into the forgotten abyss of B-movie horror.

'They' comes somewhere between the two. It's not as good as either The Ring or The Grudge, but it's not as terrible as some of its fellow genre movies. It tells the story of a woman who experienced 'night terrors' as a child. Now grown up, strange things start to happen which indicate that the night terrors are coming back again.

The good: it's quite short. If you really hate it, you won't feel like you've wasted too much of your life on it. Also, the 'night terrors' are quite creepy, both in the weird 'trilling' sounds they make, plus what you do get to see of them (which isn't that much).

The bad: not much of a budget. No recognisable stars and some may feel that you don't really get to see enough of the 'night terrors' to work out what they actually look like. Also, I've seen a lot of online criticism of the main actress - it ranges from her looks (apparently she has a 'long neck' and even an 'adams apple' to her acting ability. Okay, she was never going to win an Oscar for her performance, but I didn't think she was any worse than any other 'scream queen' in a similar type of film.

If you fancy another 'Ring-esque' type of film, you might like to give this one a go.

6/10 Should probably keep you awake if Freddy Krueger was haunting your nights