The Ring

Name: The Ring
Director: Gore Verbinski
Released: 2002-10-18T00:00:00+00:00
Rating: 6.7

2002 · TMDB 6.7

Directed by Gore Verbinski

Journalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of 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 in order to save herself and her son.

Why it matters

A journalist investigates a cursed videotape that kills its viewers seven days after watching. Gore Verbinski's remake of Ringu brought J-horror to Hollywood, with a ghost that spreads like a virus.

From The Bogeyman Never Dies

Follow this film into “The Bogeyman Never Dies”

Naomi Watts Martin Henderson David Dorfman Brian Cox Jane Alexander Lindsay Frost Amber Tamblyn Rachael Bella Daveigh Chase Shannon Cochran Sandra Thigpen Richard Lineback

Director · Gore Verbinski Producer · Laurie MacDonald Producer · Walter F. Parkes Writer · Ehren Kruger Writer · Hiroshi Takahashi Cinematography · Bojan Bazelli Composer · Hans Zimmer Editor · Craig Wood

Runtime: 115 min
Released: 2002-10-18
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
Country: United States of America
Language: English
TMDB score: 6.7

Mystery Horror

KinoChain appearances

Chains through this film

Where this title sits in a journey — and where cinema takes you next.

Browse all chains

Follow your taste to Lee Cronin's The Mummy →

The Bogeyman Never Dies

Position 6 of 8

A journalist investigates a cursed videotape that kills its viewers seven days after watching. Gore Verbinski's remake of Ringu brought J-horror to Hollywood, with a ghost that spreads like a virus.

Remakes That Missed but Matter

Position 5 of 8

Gore Verbinski's American remake of Hideo Nakata's Ringu, with Naomi Watts investigating a cursed videotape. It's a rare example of a Hollywood remake that captures the original's dread while making it accessible.