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The Ring (2002)

The Ring
The Ring
PG-13
Horror
Mystery
Thriller

Release Date
October 18, 2002
Director
Gore Verbinski
Cast
Naomi Watts , Martin Henderson , David Dorfman , Brian Cox , Jane Alexander , Lindsay Frost
Runtime
115
Main Genre
Horror
Writers
Ehren Kruger , Kôji Suzuki , Hiroshi Takahashi
Tagline
Before you die, you see The Ring

Summary

Urban legends: The most enduring are often the most disturbing -- stories of murder and mayhem happening to ordinary people that are shared around campfires, retold at slumber parties and spread through chain emails. Some may have started as simple gossip or rumors that, like an old-fashioned game of telephone, were embellished and eventually grew into myth as they passed from person to person. However, there is one terrifying thought about any urban legend ... that it may have been born of the truth. It sounded like just another urban legend -- a videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) was naturally skeptical of the story, until four teenagers all met with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape. Allowing her investigative curiosity to get the better of her, Rachel tracks down the video ... and watches it. Now, she must enlist the aid of her friend Noah (Martin Henderson) to save her life and the life of her son (David Dorfman). Together, they have just seven days to unravel the mystery of The Ring.

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