The Ring
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The Ring

2002 Gore Verbinski 115 MIN

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.

HORROR CENTRALITY
92 /100

The Ring is designed around supernatural horror, dread, and a cursed videotape that drives the plot and viewer experience. Its core identity centers on fear and atmospheric terror, not on other genres, so removing horror would fundamentally alter the film.

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DREADPICK SUMMARY

Best for viewers looking for a scary, atmosphere-heavy and low-gore horror movie.

DREADPICK
SCARINESS 80
TENSION 70
DREAD 90
GORE 20
ATMOSPHERE 80
PSYCHOLOGICAL 60
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DIRECTOR Gore Verbinski
STUDIO DreamWorks Pictures
RELEASE 2002
RUNTIME 115 min

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