Variety
Almost entirely free of visual horror and the usual Eastern ghost cliches, managing to suspend auds' disbelief in the hokey story through pure atmosphere.
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Ringu
Japanese horror - one of the most terrying movies of the 1990s - drawing on the folk ghost story Banchō Sarayashiki. Follows a single mother and reporter linked to a number of deaths surrounding a cursed video tape. A critical and box office smash, Ringu would lead to a number of sequels, Korean and American remakes, and even a video game.
1998Rating: MA15+96 minsJapanJapanese with English subtitles
HorrorMysteryThriller
- Director:
- Hideo Nakata
- Writer:
- Hiroshi Takahashi
- Cast:
- Nanako MatsushimaMiki NakataniYûko Takeuchi
Ringu / Reviews
Sight & Sound
Manages to strike a genuinely alarming balance between the cultural depths of Japanese folklore and the surface sheen of latter-day teen culture.
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