It's a parody of the ring that is seen in the video that kills people on
The Ring. It's not a very good mock up, as it's sort of broken-looking, but is ok. It is actually a bit funny...if you saw the movie, you'd see the humor in it.
People would see this image of
a ring (on a TV
) before they died (not all they saw, but that's part of it). That link goes to the official movie site. First thing you'll see is a graphic of the ring....also says
The Ring in it, but the text doesn't show up when you're watching the movie, of course.
Compare the two images...and remember that Androo
did make it as a joke. It probably would scare someone that had seen the movie and then woke up to see that on their TV.
Personally, I didn't think the movie was scary, but most of my friends did. But I'm someone who found
The Exorcist hilarious and
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre boring...so don't listen to me when I say something's not scary.
Heh, in fact, I've only seen
one movie that ever scared me. Y'all will laugh at this one. I know, 'cause I do.
I'm sure it wouldn't scare me
now, but it did then. It was one of the Superman movies - the one where Superman turns evil (I forget which one it is now...).
That scared me. Just keep in mind that I was around 6 years old when we (my family) went to see it.
Had nightmares after I saw it - I mean, if the good guy can turn evil, what hope is there for things?