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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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2 horror films in catalog

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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Setting

Island

Content Warnings

Child in DangerBody Horror
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TMDB Keywords

cabin in the woodscursedrowninghorseintenseinvestigationjournalistmysterious deathremaketelephoneterrifyingurban legendvideotapewell

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