The Ring
The Ring is a 2002 American supernatural psychological horror film directed by Gore Verbinski from a screenplay by Ehren Kruger. Starring Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox and David Dorfman, the film follows Rachel Keller, a journalist who discovers a cursed videotape that causes its viewers to die seven days later. It is a remake of Hideo Nakata's 1998 film Ring, based on the 1991 novel of the same name by Koji Suzuki.
Plot
Teenage girls Katie and Becca discuss an urban legend about a cursed videotape that causes whoever views it to die in one week. That night, Katie, who viewed it one week ago with her friends, is killed by an unseen force.
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author | Ehren Kruger Hiroshi Takahashi Kōji Suzuki Scott Frank |
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award | MTV Movie Award for Best Villain |
contentLocation | Seattle Washington |
director | Gore Verbinski |
editor | Craig Wood |
events | supernatural |
genre | crime drama horror mystery thriller |
keywords | adopt curse drown horse breeder kill miscarriage phone call possess psychiatric hospital psychically etch images rescue seven days teenage girl thoughtography urban legend |
musicBy | Hans Zimmer |
producer | Laurie MacDonald Walter F. Parkes |
publisher | Asmik Ace DreamWorks Pictures |
recordedAt | California |
theme | death ghost japanese psychological horror serial killer |