Ringu (JP)

155-poster
release date November 30 1997
studio Tartan
director Hideo Nakata
writer Kôji Suzuki, Hiroshi Takahashi
starring Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani
rating
R
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Synopsis

A mysterious video kills whomever views it, unless that viewer can solve its mystery.

Official Review

ring1 Ringu (JP)A blank, unmarked videotape is a very ominous thing. Even if you own it, even if you just bought it, there’s something infinitely unnerving about the seemingly endless screen of static that you receive upon pressing play. What if, just what if the static were to cease, replaced suddenly by an unbidden, fully-formed image of …. Okay, so now what if you found a blank tape and what if there happened to be a strange, scary story circulating your hometown, an urban myth if you will, centred around a group of kids who all watched the tape, only to receive a phone-call telling them that they will be dead in a week’s time. A week later, and they’re all very much dead. Would you still watch this freshly discovered videotape? …Read More

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Official Score: 5 / 5