The Ring (2002)
Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers (including her niece). There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. If the legend is correct, Rachel will have to run against time to save her son's and her own life. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Gore Verbinski
Written By: Kôji Suzuki, Ehren Kruger
Starring: Brian Cox, Naomi Watts, Jane Alexander, Amber Tamblyn, Daveigh Chase, Martin Henderson, Lindsay Frost, David Dorfman, Sasha Barrese, Shannon Cochran, Rachael Bella
Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Franchise: The Ring
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Leonardis | 80 35th |
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Not too bad actually. I won't put it up there with my favorite horror films, but it is fairly well made. Some scares legitimately got me, and I have been thinking about the movie for a couple of days, so maybe it's even better than I'm making it out to be. Watts was good and probably the only real highlight acting-wise. The imagery is very interesting and cool to look at, especially the tape, and it's fun watching everything unravel. More creepy than scary, which isn't bad. I liked it.
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Jasongirl67 | 25 13th |
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I can't figure this movie out Makes no sense to me But it is creepy and atmospheric Good to watch around Halloween
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thelastdayx | 95 87th |
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One of my all-time favourite horror movies. Naomi Watts is spot on with her performance, and the script is smoothly written without a single plothole or mistake. Samara, the vengeful ghost in this story, is one of the coolest villians I've ever heard of. Fantastic movie!
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doctor7 | 70 52nd |
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Some scary imagery throughout. I found it to be pretty frightening myself. While none of the acting truly great it's still impressive for a horror flick. Good for a scare.
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ozymandius10 | 69 53rd |
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It's a legitimately scary movie. The creepy child thing has been done to death, and it is annoying, but it's not enough to derail this movie.
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roonay3k | 72 72nd |
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Best american remake of a jap movie by a Mile! One of few horror movies who made me jump in my seat!
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Pickpocket | 6 55th |
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Pretty creepy, actually.
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frederic_g54 | 5 21st |
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(2nd viewing) Hasn't aged well at all. Casting director was like: "get me a creepy looking kid with bulging eyes who belongs in a horror movie". Unless she's playing an actress trying to make it in Hollywood like the one she played in Mulholland Dr., Naomi Watts' performances always feels like an actress trying to make it in Hollywood like the one she played in Mulholland Dr.
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| 2 | loserville | 59 49th |
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Unlike most, I thought this was actually superior to the original.
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| 2 | ediblenapalm | 88 88th |
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This is a merciless thriller, threateningly beautiful to look at and eerie to behold. Verbinski and Kruger refuse to let its characters off the hook, cleverly setting up a false predictable and conventional ending and then going on for another fifteen minutes to totally skewer expectations. As Roger Ebert once said in describing Alfred Hitchcock's work on 1960's "Psycho," Verbinski delights in playing his audience like a piano. With this movie, he plays it with the skill of a master.
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eveelun | 73 52nd |
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There are some pretty scary shocks and the film manages to develop and sustain suspense better than most modern horror films. I prefer this to the original because the story is more coherent.
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| 1 | Kirjat | 82 53rd |
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I don't watch horrors too often, I'm just not scared of the smart ones and I can't stand the stupidity of the scary ones. Ring is smart and scary and it's cult.
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Moribunny | 53 41st |
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Okay, but you really MUST watch the original (Japanese) Ringu first. It's that much better.
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djross | 65 70th |
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In some ways an anti-SIXTH SENSE. Effectively pursues a nightmare logic, and interestingly conveys a sense of technological, televisual, and telephonic menace. A superior member of the horror genre. I imagine this would have worked well in the cinema. Improves upon the original (which, admittedly, I only saw subsequently to this film). Re-watched August 2017.
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Harmonica | 81 72nd |
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When you die you see the ring... and when you see The Ring in the cinema, you spend the next six months walking home with friends at night, creeping yourself out and sleeping with the lights on. Thirteen years on and this film still has me checking over my shoulder on lonely evenings if I happen to think about it too much - this film actually broke me. A westernised horror remake but no less affecting than the original. And I have absolutely no desire to ever see it again in my lifetime..
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dere | 69 37th |
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Silent Hill, Forbidden Siren and Resident Evil destroyed the horror movie genre. This just ain't scary at all. Looks very good though.
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BattleToad | 70 37th |
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The Ring is an above average horror movie in a ever growing mass of mediocre horror movies. Other than not being terrible, there is nothing very special about it. Meh!
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Probably the only Japanese horror film remake of late that is actually much better than the original. The original looks like a high school film class project compared to this, and therefore it relies entirely on psychological horror. This rendition has that element compounded with the incredible cinematography.
This movie is scary as shit if you have even one ounce of imagination.
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Ytadel | 4 43rd |
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HOLY CRAP SHE CAME OUT OF THE TELEVISION. I SHIT MY PANTS AT THIS CGI EFFECT, BECAUSE I AM A CHILD.
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MJVmovieMan | 81 81st |
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They produce one successful Japanese remake that actually works and is rather scary, and it haunts American horror cinema for decades to come. That's the real curse of this movie that has freaked me out since.
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MonsterGear | 87 83rd |
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I liked it better than the original. Blasphemous? Perhaps, but it might also come down to just being a case of whichever one you see first (in my case, obviously, the remake). Took me a long time to go to sleep after first seeing it.
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Spunkie | 40 24th |
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Open letter to Naomi : Thanks for ruining the illusion of your character in Mulholland Drive.
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Shmendrek | 4 83rd |
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Ugh. Gave me the god-damned creeps. The horse falling off the boat was a little much, but I really enjoyed this.
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nandorizzi | 90 94th |
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Scary. Film full of subliminal messages. It is a movie that really disturb in our mind.
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| 1 | Q31 | 78 12th |
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Well, I like that it's scary without being gory, but for me, it was too scary to really enjoy. Horror fans will probably like it though.
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Luna6ix | 62 18th |
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The most horrifying part of this movie is that it sparked a craze in America of remaking bad Japanese horror movies, for some reason American film makers thought that Asian children were scary, but they're not. Along with that and the bad plot and bad acting, this sets out on a road to be forgotten after less than a decade. And good riddance.
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Vandelay1 | 81 90th |
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Nice
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BrutalBrian | 10 3rd |
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Not an enjoyable movie at all save for maybe on or two scenes which at best look cool but aren't really scary. I understand why someone would take this as a great premise for a film, but in actuality, the delivery makes it fall flat on its face. If you like the crappy American remakes of subpar Asian horror, then go ahead and watch this. However, if your looking for something scary from Asia, watch an actual Asian horror film.
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begoniabol | 30 31st |
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Scares me. Glad the horse jumped. 7 days, fuck off
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gorejunky | 95 79th |
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Not as good as the original but Naomi Watts makes this entirely watchable. Great gore and creepy effects also help. Highly recommended for horror movie lovers!
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Matthew Parkinson (CineMarter) | 40 31st |
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The Ring is a film that doesn't make a lot of sense, and as a result, isn't wholly watchable. There are a couple of cheap thrills involved, but since it doesn't follow logic, whether it be ours or its own, it fails. It tries to be primarily a mystery film, but there isn't much of a mystery here, apart from the reason that a scary tape made in 2002 would be on VHS instead of DVD. I guess our demon was working with a budget.
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guy piranha | 60 40th |
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the first time i saw it, it honestly was some of the scariest shit i had seen thus far. but i watched it again just now, and time certainly is not in favor of this one.
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NothingsGood | 90 96th |
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Gore Verbinski adapts the groundbreaking Japanese horror story the Ring and in turn revives the American horror genre with one of the freakiest movies to date.
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tinelove | 97 94th |
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Really scary
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Paxton | 82 90th |
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Scary is scary, and this movie is legitimately scary.
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mattorama12 | 35 4th |
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This is the movie that made me realize I simply can't enjoy a movie whose whole draw is being "scary"
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moonsmilk | 7 39th |
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Holds up way better than it should, honestly.
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Groovy_Souls | 55 35th |
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Ring is alright. It has some nice tension throughout, and Naomi Watts, but despite that, its still just a Japanese remake. It's a bit slow and its plot is very thin, predictable, and only somewhat unsettling. Worth a watch for the cultural relevance, but that's about as far as I'd go.
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| 1 | mwestcott | 86 67th |
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The Ring is a perfect example of the philosophy of less is more. Non violent for the most part. The jump scares are kept at the absolute minimum and Naomi Watts gives a worthwhile performance. Overall the Ring is subtle horror mystery done right.
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JonnyHalftab | 85 52nd |
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It's really annoying how some horror movies get so hyped that everybody judges them against some unattainable standard and decides they're bad (70 PSI, same deal with Blair Witch). I actually laughed at how beautifully shot that flashback idyll was when Samara gets pushed in the well, but I agree with overrated about the flashbacks hints. They ruined the recurring imagery that could've otherwise felt poetic
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