Editing Ring (film) (section)

==Reception==
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The [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film an approval rating of 98% based on 43 reviews, with a weighted average of 7.5 out of 10. The site's critical consensus reads: "''Ringu'' combines supernatural elements with anxieties about modern technology in a truly frightening and unnerving way".<ref name="rottentomatoesrating">{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ringu/ |title=Ringu (Ring) (1998) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=31 January 1998 |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=8 April 2019}}</ref>

''[[Sight & Sound]]'' critic [[Mark Kermode]] praised the film's "timeless terror", with its "combination of old folk devils and contemporary [[moral panics]]" which appeal to both teen and adult audiences alike.<ref name="sightandsound" /> While Adam Smith of ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' Online finds the film "throttled by its over complexity, duff plotting and a distinct lack of actual action",<ref>Smith, Adam (n.d.), [https://empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=6075 'Review of Ring'], ''Empire Online''.</ref> Kermode emphasizes that "one is inclined to conclude that it is the telling, rather than the content of the tale, that is all-important".<ref name="sightandsound" /> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' agrees that the slow pace, with "its gradual evocation of evil lying await beneath the surface of normality", is one of the film's biggest strengths.<ref name="varietymag">{{cite web |date=August 2, 1999 |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/the-ring-3-1200458829/ |title=Review: The Ring |publisher=Variety Magazine}}</ref> ''Ring'' was listed as the twelfth best horror film of all time by ''[[The Guardian]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/22/ring-nakata-ringu-horror |title=Ring: No 12 best horror film of all time |last=Heritage |first=Stuart |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=October 22, 2010 |access-date=September 12, 2016}}</ref> and also picked by Stuart Heritage in the same paper as the film that frightened him most.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/oct/21/ring-ringu-the-film-that-frightened-me-most-halloween Ring: the film that frightened me most], The Guardian, Tuesday 21 October 2014</ref>

''Ring'' was ranked No. 69 in [[Empire (film magazine)|''Empire'' magazine]]'s "The 100 Best Films of World Cinema" in 2010.<ref>[https://empireonline.com/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/default.asp?film=69 'The 100 Best Films of World Cinema - 69. Ringu'], ''Empire Magazine''.</ref> In the early 2010s, ''[[Time Out London|Time Out]]'' conducted a poll with several authors, directors, actors and critics who have worked within the horror genre to vote for their top horror films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/film/best-horror-films|work=[[Time Out London|Time Out]]|access-date=April 13, 2014|title=The 100 best horror films}}</ref> ''Ring'' placed at number 61 on their top 100 list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-100-best-horror-films-the-list?pageNumber=4|work=[[Time Out London|Time Out]]|access-date=April 13, 2014|title=The 100 best horror films: the list|author=NF}}</ref>