Ally, you're so right. While I liked White Noise and thought it was creepy, it was still lacking that "special something". I agree that the Ring was the last really, really good scary movie (it's on my top 3 list of movies that I refuse to watch alone at night)
I just saw Forgotten(w/ Julian Moore) which is now on video. But - it's not really scary as a really good thriller. I really was gripped through this movie.
I thought the grudge was really scary. I couldn't sleep for nights. I saw The Ring first, so I was more prepared for another Japanese Horror, or so I thought. I kept thinking something was going to crawl out of my closet at night!