lol, that is so true. You could leave out most of the jump scares if you really built the characters and the actual plot line. I wholeheartedly agree with you The Ring sucked. I mean come on who in their right mind is that going to really bother.
At least some of the newer ones are not solely relying on the "campy" feel for their movies, but then again some of the campy ones are my favs.