Ring

1998 • 95 minutes
4.9
21 reviews
98%
Tomatometer
Eligible
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About this movie

In 1998, director Hideo Nakata (Dark Water) unleashed a chilling tale of technological terror on unsuspecting audiences, which redefined the horror genre, launched the J-horror boom in the West and introducing a generation of moviegoers to a creepy, dark-haired girl called Sadako. The film's success spawned a slew of remakes, reimaginations and imitators, but none could quite boast the power of Nakata's original masterpiece, which melded traditional Japanese folklore with contemporary anxieties about the spread of technology. A group of teenage friends are found dead, their bodies grotesquely contorted, their faces twisted in terror. Reiko (Nanako Matsushima, When Marnie Was There), a journalist and the aunt of one of the victims, sets out to investigate the shocking phenomenon, and in the process uncovers a creepy urban legend about a supposedly cursed videotape, the contents of which causes anyone who views it to die within a week - unless they can persuade someone else to watch it, and, in so doing, pass on the curse... Arrow Video is proud to present Ring, the film that started it all, restored from the original negative in glorious high definition.

Ratings and reviews

4.9
21 reviews
ethan gentleman
December 30, 2020
The movie honestly isn't scary as much as it is creepy. It feels like a mystery thriller rather than a horror movie. But it is definitely good, and I prefer the Japanese originals of films to their completely pointless American remakes.
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e p
July 9, 2020
add better stronger supernatural horror and fix all subs better than dub and add different story horor design for all dub standard to match different target. fix bad ring sub character design and the bad watching tapes ruins the horo character. and unlimited openings for summoning instead of only water well or tele, and better like the water anywhere one with different element forms risers
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Mark Leadingham
October 2, 2021
Ring movies are always sitting on the edge and intensifies the scary and thrilling parts. You can never go wrong on a Ring Movie.
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