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Rings
Rings
	Film poster
Directed by	Jonathan Liebesman
Written by	Ehren Kruger; Jonathan Liebesman;
Based on	Ring; by Koji Suzuki
Produced by	Jeanette Volturno; Arnon Manor;
Starring	Ryan Merriman; Emily VanCamp; Kelly Stables; Alexandra Breckenridge; Josh Wise; Justin Allen;
Cinematography	Lukas Ettlin
Edited by	Sheila Kay Moorland
Music by	Hans Zimmer; (The Ring soundtrack)
Production; company	Catchlight Films;
Distributed by	DreamWorks SKG
Release date	March 8, 2005;
Running time	17 minutes
Land	Vereinigte Staaten
Sprache	Englisch
Budget	$17 million

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Rings (stylized as rings) is a 2005 American supernatural horror short film. It was initially released as an extra disc with a re-release of The Ring on DVD.^[1] The film serves as a sequel to The Ring and a prelude to the opening sequence of The Ring Two.

Plot

Some time after the events of The Ring, Samara Morgan's videotape has spread, as each person who sees the video makes a copy and shows it to someone else. A subculture has grown surrounding the video: people wait to see how close to the seven-day deadline they can get. When they grow too afraid to go on any longer, they show the tape to the next assigned person. Groups that have watched the video are called "rings".

The film is focused on Jake Pierce, the latest member of one such ring. The ring has recruited its next member, Tim, who will watch the tape when Jake cracks. Jake is amazed at what he experiences but it soon turns sinister, as he starts seeing visions of Samara, and has a similar dream that Rachel Keller had of Samara grabbing his arm and leaving a bruise. He cracks on the sixth day, but Tim refuses to watch the tape. It is revealed that another member, Vanessa, made Tim refuse, as she wants to see what happens on day seven.

By the next day, Jake has become so desperate he tries to play the video on the display models at an electronics store, but is caught and thrown out. Jake thinks of Emily, a girl he goes to school with. He invites her over. He experiences a vision in which Samara arrives; she reaches through the screen on his video camera and the vision ends.

An hour before the deadline, Emily agrees to come, leading to the opening sequence of The Ring Two; Vanessa is seen encouraging Emily when she is making her decision to go to Jake's house.

Cast

Ryan Merriman as Jake Pierce
Emily VanCamp as Emily
Kelly Stables as Samara Morgan
Alexandra Breckenridge as Vanessa
Josh Wise as Timothy "Tim" Rivers
Justin Allen as Eddie
Andrew D'Amico as Store Employee

Reception

The short film garnered positive reviews from both critics and audiences who purchased the special edition of the first film; released shortly before The Ring Two. Felix Vasquex Jr. of Cinema Crazed said, "...a very sleek and morbid short film, and one infinitely more enjoyable and tense than the sequel could be".^[2]

References

^ Dreamworks. "The Ring - Official Movie Site, Video, Trailer, Preview, Download, Photos, Pictures, Film, Pic, Cast Bios, Image Gallery, Scenes". Archived from the original on April 8, 2005. Retrieved January 22, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Vasquez, Felix (October 17, 2010). "Rings (2005)". cinema-crazed. Retrieved January 22, 2017.

External links

Rings at IMDb
Rings at Rotten Tomatoes
Rings on YouTube
She Is Here - the DreamWorks viral marketing site

[1] Dreamworks. "The Ring - Official Movie Site, Video, Trailer, Preview, Download, Photos, Pictures, Film, Pic, Cast Bios, Image Gallery, Scenes". Archived from the original on April 8, 2005. Retrieved January 22, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] Vasquez, Felix (October 17, 2010). "Rings (2005)". cinema-crazed. Retrieved January 22, 2017.

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-'''''Rings''''' (stylized as '''''rings''''') is a 2005 American [[horror film|horror]] [[short film]]. It was initially released as an extra disc with a re-release of ''[[The Ring (2002 film)|The Ring]]'' on [[DVD]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thering-themovie.com/dvdfeatures_theatrical.htm |title=The Ring - Official Movie Site, Video, Trailer, Preview, Download, Photos, Pictures, Film, Pic, Cast Bios, Image Gallery, Scenes |author=Dreamworks |access-date=January 22, 2017 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050408082335/http://www.thering-themovie.com/dvdfeatures_theatrical.htm|archivedate=April 8, 2005}}</ref> The events in ''Rings'' lead up to the [[sequel]] ''[[The Ring Two]]'', on whose DVD ''Rings'' is also included as a bonus feature.
+'''''Rings''''' (stylized as '''''rings''''') is a 2005 American [[Supernatural horror film|supernatural horror]] [[short film]]. It was initially released as an extra disc with a re-release of ''[[The Ring (2002 film)|The Ring]]'' on [[DVD]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thering-themovie.com/dvdfeatures_theatrical.htm |title=The Ring - Official Movie Site, Video, Trailer, Preview, Download, Photos, Pictures, Film, Pic, Cast Bios, Image Gallery, Scenes |author=Dreamworks |access-date=January 22, 2017 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050408082335/http://www.thering-themovie.com/dvdfeatures_theatrical.htm|archivedate=April 8, 2005}}</ref> The film serves as a [[sequel]] to ''The Ring'' and a [[Prologue|prelude]] to the opening sequence of ''[[The Ring Two]]''.
 ==Plot==
-Some time after the events of ''[[The Ring (2002 film)|The Ring]]'', [[Samara Morgan]]'s videotape has spread, as each person who sees the video makes a copy and shows it to someone else. A [[subculture]] has grown surrounding the video: people wait to see how close to the seven-day deadline they can get. When they grow too afraid to go on any longer, they show the tape to the next assigned person. During the interval, some create videos documenting their experiences to be posted to websites devoted to the videotape phenomenon. Groups that have watched the video are called "rings".
+Some time after the events of ''[[The Ring (2002 film)|The Ring]]'', [[Samara Morgan]]'s videotape has spread, as each person who sees the video makes a copy and shows it to someone else. A [[subculture]] has grown surrounding the video: people wait to see how close to the seven-day deadline they can get. When they grow too afraid to go on any longer, they show the tape to the next assigned person. Groups that have watched the video are called "rings".
-The film is focused on Jake Pierce, the latest member of one such ring. The ring has also recruited its next member, Tim who will watch the tape when Jake cracks. Eddie, a member, says that very few have ever been able to make it to day seven before cracking, and everyone who did has died. He tells Jake to make sure to record everything he sees. Jake is amazed at what he experiences at first, and Vanessa, another member, says she wants Jake to make it to day seven.
-However, Jake's experiences soon turn scary, as he starts seeing visions of Samara suddenly popping up wherever he goes, and has a similar dream that [[Rachel Keller]] had from the first film of Samara grabbing his arm, leaving a bruise there. After several more unsettling experiences, he cracks on the sixth day, but Tim refuses to watch the tape. It is revealed that Vanessa is the one who made Tim refuse to watch the tape, as she wants to see what happens on day seven. This leaves Jake without someone to pass the curse onto.
+The film is focused on Jake Pierce, the latest member of one such ring. The ring has recruited its next member, Tim, who will watch the tape when Jake cracks. Jake is amazed at what he experiences but it soon turns sinister, as he starts seeing visions of Samara, and has a similar dream that [[Rachel Keller]] had of Samara grabbing his arm and leaving a bruise. He cracks on the sixth day, but Tim refuses to watch the tape. It is revealed that another member, Vanessa, made Tim refuse, as she wants to see what happens on day seven.
-By the next day, he's become so desperate he tries to play the video on the display models at an electronics store, but is caught and thrown out by a security guard who is a member of rings, and knows what the tape does. Jake begins dialing random numbers, hoping to find somebody to show the tape. Finally, he thinks of Emily, a girl he goes to school with. He invites her over without mentioning the video. Before she arrives, he experiences a vision in which Samara arrives and he tries to break the TV, though she comes out anyway. She reaches through the screen on his video camera and the vision ends.
+By the next day, Jake has become so desperate he tries to play the video on the display models at an electronics store, but is caught and thrown out. Jake thinks of Emily, a girl he goes to school with. He invites her over. He experiences a vision in which Samara arrives; she reaches through the screen on his video camera and the vision ends.
-An hour before the deadline, Emily agrees to come, leading to the opening sequence of ''[[The Ring Two]]''; Vanessa is seen encouraging Emily by nodding when she is making her decision to go to Jake's house.
+An hour before the deadline, Emily agrees to come, leading to the opening sequence of ''[[The Ring Two]]''; Vanessa is seen encouraging Emily when she is making her decision to go to Jake's house.
 ==Cast==
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-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050103084758/http://www.she-is-here.com/ She Is Here] - the DreamWorks viral marketing site
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