A journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.A journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.A journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.
- Awards
- 14 wins & 12 nominations
- Director
- Writers
- Ehren Kruger
- Kôji Suzuki
- Hiroshi Takahashi(1998 screenplay Ringu) (uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
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- TriviaThe "cursed" video is available as an easter egg on the DVD. Select look here and press down and your cursor will disappear. Press Enter. This has an interesting feature; your remote control is disabled. Once the "video" has started playing, you can't stop it, pause it, fast-forward it, or return to the menu. Unless you turn off the TV, you're forced to watch the whole thing. When it's over, the DVD returns to the menu, then you hear a phone ring twice before you're given control over your remote again.
- GoofsWhen Rachel is searching the Internet for information, the address in the browser points to a file stored on the desktop of a Windows 98 machine. C:\WIN98\Desktop\....etc...
- Quotes
Noah: I can't imagine being stuck down a well all alone like that. How long could you survive?
Rachel Keller: Seven days.
- Crazy creditsOn the DVD release, the Copyright Warning message is affected by 'interference' much like the intro.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Ring: Don't Watch This (2003)
- SoundtracksHey John
Written by Scott Leger, Nate Navarro, Eddie Willis, Steve Rude & Curtis Ryker
Performed by Wide Awake
Featured review
One of the scariest films I've ever seen!
I've been watching horror movies for a long time, and I always consider myself to be some what desensitized. When I saw this film when it was released in 2002, I was terrified. Whereas other scary movies I had seen before it tended to be predictable, this one wasn't. Certain images were unexpected and shocking to me. The plot is well-placed and the setting dark and dreary. Such natural things in the world are given new meaning within the film's context.
Watching it again 18 years later, I know what to expect, but it still gives me shivers. This is a solid horror/suspense film and I appreciate it in light of the tendency towards gore which followed.
Watching it again 18 years later, I know what to expect, but it still gives me shivers. This is a solid horror/suspense film and I appreciate it in light of the tendency towards gore which followed.
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Box office
- Budget
- $48,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $129,128,133
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,015,393
- Oct 20, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $249,348,933
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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