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The Ring (2002)

PG-13 10/18/2002 (US) Horror, Mystery 1h 55m

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Before you die, you see the Ring.

Overview

Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring so she can save herself and her son.

Gore Verbinski

Director
Kōji Suzuki

Novel
Hiroshi Takahashi

Screenplay
Ehren Kruger

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Naomi Watts

Rachel Keller
Martin Henderson

Noah Clay
David Dorfman

Aidan Keller
Brian Cox

Richard Morgan
Jane Alexander

Dr. Grasnik
Lindsay Frost

Ruth Embry
Amber Tamblyn

Katie Embry
Rachael Bella

Rebecca Kotler
Daveigh Chase

Samara Morgan
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A review by John Chard

80%

Written by John Chard on October 29, 2018

Is she still in the dark place?

After the mysterious death of her niece Katie, journalist Rachel Keller starts to investigate an urban legend about a videotape which kills you seven days after watching it. With dire consequences coming her way if she can not solve the mystery....

The sentence, English language remake of successful foreign horror film has been known to instill fear of the wrong kind in many a genre fan. So when it was announced that Gore Verbinski was to remake Hideo Nakata's terrifying nerve shredder, Ringu, the reaction in horror circles was akin to someone urinating on... read the rest.

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