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Ringu
Directed By:
Hideo Nakata
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
MPAA Rating: 
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Editorial Review - Amazon.com
A grainy, enigmatic videotape has the power to kill people seven days after they watch it. This brilliant premise fueled the 2002 Hollywood hit The Ring, but before that it conquered Japan in Ringu, Hideo Nakata's quietly unsettling study in terror. Fans of the U.S. version will find a less elaborate storyline and more primal fear in the original; the basic plot, however, still has a worried reporter (Nanako Matsushima) tracking down the meaning of the video--and, having watched it herself, she has only a week to work. The film's calm, economical style actually adds to the creeping sense of dread throughout, and the hair-curling set-pieces stand out in contrast. Like an old photograph of something evil, Ringu has the strange-but-familiar power to unnerve. Guaranteed, its effect will linger for at least seven days. Longer... if you're lucky. --Robert Horton
HIDEO NAKATA, OPUS 3
A Customer Review by wdanthemanw
***1/2 1998. Directed by Hideo Nakata, RINGU is an adaptation of Kôji Suzuki's Ring. Here's the movie that began the whole Ring serie, Japanese and American. An urban legend turns out to be true when the niece of a journalist dies of terror seven days after having seen a strange video tape. With simple special effects and no blood, Hideo Nakata manages to create a disturbing atmosphere. Recommended.
Curiosity could be the only reason for checking this out
A Customer Review by Wrestleanimaniac
That was my reason to check this out. I respect the fact this is were they got all the ideas for the Ring. I mean literally scene by scene. But I didn't care for this version too much. It doesn't capture the same level of creepiness at all. The dead bodies aren't anywhere near as creepy as in the Ring. I showed this to people who never saw the Ring first and they were less jumpy to this one. Perhaps had I seen this first I would appreciate it more but I just didn't feel it. To include this is subtitled. So I don't really care for that either.
To those who never even heard of this I'll break the story down. There is a video tape floating around with a curse on it. Whoever watches this video tape, gets a phone call saying they will die in a week. The main character happens to see this tape and searches for a way to survive this curse.
My recommendation is to see the Ring first. I don't care what anybody says. The Ring captures the level of creepiness far better than this version to me. To me, Ringu did it first but The Ring did it better.
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