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The Ring

2002 ·1h 55m · ★ 6.7 (6,604)

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.

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Director

2 horror films in catalog

A Cure for Wellness 2017

Cast

Horror DNA

Gore

Bloodless Splatterfest

14

Slow Burn

Shock-driven Slow burn

83

Psychological

Straightforward Mind-bending

43

Supernatural

Grounded Otherworldly

80

Creature

Human threats Monster-driven

0

Disturbing

Tame Deeply unsettling

33

Fun Factor

Deadly serious Blast to watch

50

Cerebral

Popcorn horror Thinking horror

71

Survival

No survival element Fight for your life

50

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