The Ring

2002 115 min ★ 6.7 Horror, Mystery

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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Cast

Naomi Watts

Rachel Keller

Martin Henderson

Noah Clay

David Dorfman

Aidan Keller

Brian Cox

Richard Morgan

Jane Alexander

Dr. Grasnik

Lindsay Frost

Ruth Embry

Amber Tamblyn

Katie Embry

Rachael Bella

Rebecca Kotler

Daveigh Chase

Samara Morgan

Shannon Cochran

Anna Morgan

Details

Director

Gore Verbinski

Screenplay

Ehren Kruger

Tagline

"Before you die, you see"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$48,000,000

Revenue

$249,348,933

Production

DreamWorks Pictures, BenderSpink, Parkes+MacDonald Production

Reviews

J

John Chard

October 29, 2018

★ 8/10

Is she still in the dark place? After the mysterious death of her niece Katie, journalist Rachel Keller starts to investigate an urban legend about a videotape which kills you seven days after watching it. With dire consequences coming her way if she can not solve the mystery.... The sentence, English language remake of successful foreign horror film has been known to instill fear of the wro...

D

daniel_carr

February 13, 2026

★ 5/10

Was interesting and special effects were good but all comes down to story and they lost the plot at the end, sorry. Didn't make sense they seemed like they had a good idea and wanted to make a horror out of it when the obvious ending would have worked out better. Nice try!