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A young journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone in a week of viewing it.

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Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers (including her niece). There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. If the legend is correct, Rachel will have to run against time to save her son's and her own life. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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journalist | death | videotape | ring | cabin | See more »

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Before you die, you see the ring See more »


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Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, disturbing images, language and some drug references | See all certifications »

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18 October 2002 (USA)  »

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Seven Days  »

Box Office

Budget:

$48,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$128,502 (Finland) (14 March 2003)

Gross:

£9,455,478 (UK) (4 April 2003)
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Trivia

An interesting feature on the VHS release: rewind the tape to the very beginning. (Or just put the tape in the VCR when fully rewound.) When you play it, you see the cursed video. After the segment ends, you hear a phone ringing twice, then it goes into the previews. Also after the movie has ended, you see additional scenes that help explain the mystery of the cursed video. See more »

Goofs

When Rachel is holding the tape at sunset just before watching it, the shadows and red light move across her and the room downward; however shadows cast by a setting sun would move upward not downward. See more »

Quotes

Rachel Keller: Hey Noah, can you pretend for a second that I don't read "Video Geek Magazine"?
Noah: Okay, when you record a tape, the makeup on the track is like a signature for whatever did the recording like a VCR, camcorder, or whatever, so the control track can tell us where it came from. But to not have one, I mean that's like being born without finger prints.
Rachel Keller: Then how did this get recorded?
Noah: I don't know.
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The FBI warning in the home release features spooky noises in the background. See more »

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Referenced in Catherine (2011) See more »

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"Hey John"
Written by Scott Leger, Nate Navarro, Eddie Willis, Steve Rude & Curtis Ryker
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Superior, Atmospheric, Twisted Little Creepfest
15 April 2007 | by (.: Fiendish Writings in the Dark :.) – See all my reviews

The Ring did three things no film of late has done. It took the genre of Horror seriously without going over the top. It is derived from a superior story and translated to American film superbly, regardless of what the naysayers say. And, while it starts off typically, it ascends into a beautiful, darkling, twisted, genuinely creepy story, which holds you through to the end.

Gore Verbinski's style is unmistakable. He has left this work well marked with his stylistic shots, and suspenseful progression.

Actually, I found this far superior to most horrors done in the last thirty years or so. A lot has been said about Ringu, the work from which this was adapted for American cinema, and inevitable subsequent comparisons made, however, that is certainly NOT the case. That argument is moot, as this work was based on the novel, "The Ring" by Koji Suzuki, so if you want something to which an honest comparison may be made, I would suggest you read the book, and leave Ringu where it belongs. Personally, I found the American adaptation much more to my liking than Ringu.

This is one twisted little creep-fest! It rates an 8.7/10 from...

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