Ring (film)

the film The ring is the American Remake of the Japanese horror film Ringu (1998) from the year 2002. The book collecting main The ring originates from the feather/spring from Koji Suzuki.

The film plays with the medialen experiencing of the target group, as the object of the horror is in the film a film: Everyone, which watches this film, keeps immediately after it a call with the announcement that it has to live still accurately seven days.

The Japanese original was the so far internationally most successful Japanese horror film. Therefore it lay near that one availed oneself in Hollywood the story and filmed her again. Contrary to most US horror films the film sets not on short term shock effects, but mostly on a subtle kind of the fright spreading: The horror is produced by a threatening atmosphere and not by sudden frightening. Fans praise besides the achievement of the Hauptdarstellerin.

action

after the mysteriösen death of their niece decides the young Reporterin Rachel cellar to go to the case on the reason. It discovers thereby a mysteriöses video tape recording, which shows scenes as from a nightmare. The disturbing volume is hardly to the end, rings the telephone and a voice communicates it that it has to live only seven days. Thereupon it tries to find out, what has it with the film on itself and how it developed.

Assistance receives it thereby of the photographer Noah Clay, which likewise regards the video. Together they finally find that a woman is to be seen named Anna Morgan on the video, as well as Moesko out Iceland, the homeland of the Morgans. There arrived they experience that Anna is dead already for years, in addition, that it had a daughter. This, SAM era Morgan, was on the island to have been afraid, it particularly there unnatural forces to have had is. Since it is obvious the Urheberin of the deadly video, Rachel must find it - particularly its son Aidan meanwhile also the video regarded and besides under the influence of a supernatural power seems turned out.

But SAM era already disappeared for years without trace. Finally Rachel and Noah discover references, which lead back them to the discovery site of the video, a block hut in a holiday village. There they find an old well, into which, as turns out, SAM era was in-thrown years ago by its own nut/mother. It took seven days, until it died in the well. Since Rachel still lives despite expiration of its term, the curse seems to be gebannt by the salvage of the corpse. The fact that this like that is not already experiences Noah on the next day at the own body. At the end Rachel and Aidan seem saved, since both made a copy of the video, whereby the curse was apparent waived.

continuations

to 10. November 2004 came ring 2 into the American cinemas, to 31. March 2005 started the film also in Germany. The second part partly orients itself at the action of the original (Ringu 2), exhibits however also elements of the Japanese film Dark Water . In addition a Kurzfilm followed named ring, which links the action of the two films. This is to be found on the Collectors edition DVD von Ring and on the DVD of “ring 2”.

Parodien

the most famous Parodie is the 2003 published American horror comedy Scary Movie 3. In the same year Vocabula Tengoku appeared a Parodie on The ring named Dubbing in the Japanese transmission, in which Anna Morgan stands naked before the mirror - to the joy of Aidan and for frightening Rachel. In addition there were to mentions and allusions in different series. Also in video games like for example silent Hill 4 or F.E.A.R. there are characters, which remind very strongly of Samara/Sadako.

Web on the left of

• The ring into the Internet Movie DATA cousin
• official Website
• entry in OFDB
• English review
• reviews of the book collecting mains: Ring, ring II - spiral, ring III - loop