Fresh
If you don't mind, I'm off to the corner of my office to curl into a fetal position and rock slowly.
Daniel Fierman, Entertainment Weekly
Ring
One curse, one cure, one week to find it.
1998 · 1h 36m · Not Rated
Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Hideo Nakata
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Hideo Nakata Director
- Nanako Matsushima as Reiko Asakawa
- Hiroyuki Sanada as Ryuji Takayama
- Rikiya Ôtaka as Yoichi Asakawa
- Miki Nakatani as Mai Takano
- Yuko Takeuchi as Tomoko Oishi
- Hitomi Sato as Masami Kurahashi
- Yutaka Matsushige as Yoshino
- Yōichi Numata as Takashi Yamamura
- Katsumi Muramatsu as Koichi Asakawa
- Masako as Shizuko Yamamura
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
98%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Ringu has a minimalist intensity that can stop the heart with a simple flash-cut or a well-timed fillip in the musical score.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Fresh
As good as The Ring is, it can't top the original for sheer, shivering terror.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Fresh
The finale, too, still feels as twisted, bizarre and down-right nightmarish as it did all those years ago.
David Jenkins, Time Out
Fresh
Classically shot, with effective use of stereo sound effects, the movie is almost entirely free of visual horror and the usual Eastern ghost cliches, managing to suspend auds' disbelief in the hokey story through pure atmosphere.
Variety Staff, Variety
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