The Ring [Blu-ray]

Director: Gore Verbinski, Armand Mastroianni Gore Verbinski

Overview

A disturbing videotape appears to hold the power of life and death over those who view it in this offbeat thriller. A strange videotape begins making the rounds in a town in the Pacific Northwest; it is full of bizarre and haunting images, and after watching it, many viewers receive a telephone call in which they are warned they will die in seven days. A handful of teenagers who watched the tape while spending a weekend at a cabin in the mountains scoff at the threat, but as predicted, they all die suddenly on the same night. Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts), the aunt of one of the ill-fated teens, is a journalist who has decided to investigate the matter and travels West with her young son, Aidan (David Dorfman), a troubled child who has been drawing pictures of strange and ominous visions. Rachel managed to find the cabin in the woods and watches the video herself; afterward, she receives the same phone call, and realizes she must solve the puzzle of the video and the person or persons behind it within a week. Rachel turns to her ex, Noah (Martin Henderson), an expert in video technology, who at first is convinced the story is a hoax until he digs deeper into the mystery. The Ring was adapted from a 1996 Japanese film by Hideo Nakata, which became a massive box-office success in Asia and spawned two sequels.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/28/2020
UPC:	0032429335135
Original Release:	2002
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	ALLIED VAUGHN
Language:	English
Time:	1:55:00
Sales rank:	24,904

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Naomi Watts	Rachel Keller
Martin Henderson	Noah
David Dorfman	Aidan Keller
Brian Cox	Richard Morgan
Jane Alexander	Dr. Grasnik
Lindsay Frost	Ruth Embry
Amber Tamblyn	Katie Embry
Rachael Bella	Becca
Daveigh Chase	Samara
Shannon Cochran	Anna Morgan
Sandra Thigpen	Teacher,Voices
Richard Lineback	Innkeeper,Voices
Shasha Barrese	Girl Teen No. 1,Voices
Tess Hall	Girl Teen No. 2,Voices
Adam Brody	Male Teen No. 1,Voices
Alan Blumenfeld	Harvey,Voices
Pauley Perrette	Beth,Voices
Joe Chrest	Doctor,Voices,Doctor
Ronald William Lawrence	Library Clerk,Voices
Stephanie Erb	Donna,Voices
Sara Rue	Babysitter,Voices
Lindsey Stoddart	Grad Student,Voices
Joe Sabatino	Orderly,Voices
Joanna Lin Black	Cashier,Voices
Maura McNamara	Girl on Ferry,Voices
David Povall	Girl's Father,Voices
Keith Campbell	Ship's Mate,Voices
Michael Spound	Dave,Voices
Gary Cervantes	Painter,Painter,Voices
Aixa Clemente	Nurse
Billy Lloyd	Darby
Coleen Maloney	Mourner No. 1
Catherin Paolone	Mourner No. 2,Mourner #2
Barbara Petricini-Buxton	Actor
Mar Party	Actor
Maury Ginsberg	Actor
Geoff Garza	Actor
Guy Richardson	Actor
Rupert Penry-Jones	Actor
Alessandro Nivola	Actor
Tim DeKay	Actor
Michael York	Actor
Linda Lavin	Actor
Nastassja Kinski	Actor
Carsten Norgaard	Actor
Denise Chamian	Actor
Chuck Hicks	Voices
Fiachra Trench	Conductor
Jim Dooley	Composer
Martin Tillman	Composer
Henning Lohner	Composer

Technical Credits

Ehren Kruger

Kôji Suzuki

Hiroshi Takahashi

Danielle Steel

Gore Verbinski	Director
Armand Mastroianni	Director
Neal Edelstein	Producer
Christine Iso	Producer
J.C. Spink	Producer
Doug Davison	Producer,Executive Producer
Roy Lee	Producer,Executive Producer
Mike Macari	Producer,Executive Producer
Michele Weisler	Producer,Executive Producer
Ehren Kruger	Screenwriter
Kôji Suzuki	Screenwriter
Hiroshi Takahashi	Screenwriter
Danielle Steel	Screenwriter
Michael Axinn	Sound Effects
Lindakay Brown	Sound Effects
Tim Burby	Sound Effects
Mike Anderson	Sound Effects
Chris Barron	Sound Effects
Jodi Rothfield	Casting
Peter Miller	Sound/Sound Designer
Slamm Andrews	Sound Mixer

Editorial Reviews

A truly blood-chilling exercise in supernatural horror, this American remake of Hideo Nakata's 1998 Japanese cult classic depicts the inexplicable marriage of demonic malevolence and modern technology. The nightmarish tale gets underway as newspaper reporter Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) investigates the bizarre fates of teenagers who have died exactly seven days after watching a certain videotape. Rachel watches the tape and pooh-poohs the idea that it might be cursed -- until her young son (David Dorfman) starts making eerie drawings similar to those produced by the victims just days before they died. Despite the occasional plot hole -- suspension of disbelief is a given in horror, anyway -- screenwriter Ehren Kruger crafts a spine-tingling story that is visualized splendidly by director Gore Verbinski, who establishes a sinister, melancholy mood early on and sustains it through the excruciatingly tense final reel. This isn't really an actor's movie, but Watts handles herself surprisingly well, making believable that which is patently unbelievable. She gets able support from Brian Cox (playing a lonely old man whose past sins have a bearing on the present carnage) and Martin Henderson, who is extremely winning as the video geek who helps Rachel analyze the deadly tape. This ambitious little thriller isn't always logical, but it's relentlessly creepy, and that's a quality you always want in a horror movie.