Ringu

Ringu
Movie · Horror · Mystery

Within a week of watching a mysterious videotape, a group of teenagers are dead. The bodies are found gruesomely contorted, their eyes frozen as if they had seen something more terrifying than any physical threat. The video then becomes an urban myth. Insidiously, an unseen force is pointing its deadly finger at those poor souls unable to resist their curiosity. One of those people is cynical journalist Reiko, who soon finds herself unwillingly drawn into a spiraling nightmare of fear from an unseen, omnipresent threat. The most unsettling film since The Exorcist, with an unnatural presence that touches every nerve in your body, Ring is a beast of an entirely different order. Critically acclaimed as one of the most frightening horror films in years, Ring delivers a tense, spine-chilling atmosphere, filled with an overwhelming sense of dread and a potent presence of unworldly evil. Dark, sinister and genuinely horrifying, this is a film you will never forget.

2001 · 1h 35m
  • 98%
Starring Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Miki Nakatani
Director Hideo Nakata

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Cast & Crew

  • Nanako Matsushima
    Reiko Asakawa
  • Hiroyuki Sanada
    Ryuji Takayama
  • Miki Nakatani
    Mai Takano
  • Yuko Takeuchi
    Tomoko Ôishi
  • Hitomi Sato
    Masami
  • Y‌N
    Yôichi Numata
    Takashi Yamamura
  • Yutaka Matsushige
    Keizo Yoshino
  • Miwako Kaji
    Kazue Yamamura
  • Yoko Oshima
    Reiko's Uncle
  • R‌I
    Rie Ino'o
    Sadako Yamamura
  • M
    masako
    Shizuko Yamamura

About

Ringu

Horror

Within a week of watching a mysterious videotape, a group of teenagers are dead. The bodies are found gruesomely contorted, their eyes frozen as if they had seen something more terrifying than any physical threat. The video then becomes an urban myth. Insidiously, an unseen force is pointing its deadly finger at those poor souls unable to resist their curiosity. One of those people is cynical journalist Reiko, who soon finds herself unwillingly drawn into a spiraling nightmare of fear from an unseen, omnipresent threat. The most unsettling film since The Exorcist, with an unnatural presence that touches every nerve in your body, Ring is a beast of an entirely different order. Critically acclaimed as one of the most frightening horror films in years, Ring delivers a tense, spine-chilling atmosphere, filled with an overwhelming sense of dread and a potent presence of unworldly evil. Dark, sinister and genuinely horrifying, this is a film you will never forget.

98%

TOMATOMETER
Average 7.9
Reviews 46
Fresh 45
Rotten 1

Information

Studio
Basara Pictures, Imagica, Asmik Ace Entertainment
Released
2001
Run Time
1 hr 35 min
Rated
R13
Region of Origin
Japan
© 1998 Anolis

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Original Audio
Japanese, Japanese (Japan)
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Japanese (Japan) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

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English (United States) (Always On)

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