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Ring

Ring

Horror · Thriller · 1998

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

Movie details

Ring

“One curse, one cure, one week to find it.”

1998 Horror · Thriller 1h 36m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.1 / 10

Community rating

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Ring?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Hideo Nakata

Written by

Hiroshi Takahashi

Nanako Matsushima

Nanako Matsushima

Reiko Asakawa

Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada

Ryuji Takayama

Rikiya Ôtaka

Rikiya Ôtaka

Yoichi Asakawa

Miki Nakatani

Miki Nakatani

Mai Takano

Yuko Takeuchi

Yuko Takeuchi

Tomoko Oishi

Hitomi Sato

Hitomi Sato

Masami Kurahashi

Yutaka Matsushige

Yutaka Matsushige

Yoshino

Court is in session

Put Ring on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.