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{{Short description|2002 American supernatural psychological horror film by Gore Verbinski}} {{Use American English|date = November 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox film | name = The Ring | image = theringpostere.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Gore Verbinski]] | producer = {{Plainlist| * [[Walter F. Parkes]] * [[Laurie MacDonald]] }} | screenplay = [[Ehren Kruger]] | based_on = {{Plainlist| * {{based on|''[[Ring (film)|Ring]]''|Hiroshi Takahashi}} * {{based on|''[[Ring (Suzuki novel)|Ring]]''|[[Koji Suzuki]]}} }} | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Naomi Watts]] * [[Martin Henderson]] * [[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]] }} | music = [[Hans Zimmer]] | cinematography = [[Bojan Bazelli]] | editing = [[Craig Wood (film editor)|Craig Wood]] | production_companies = {{Plainlist| * [[Walter F. Parkes|Parkes]]/[[Laurie MacDonald|MacDonald Productions]] * BenderSpink, Inc. * [[Vertigo Entertainment]] }} | distributor = {{Plainlist| * [[DreamWorks Pictures]] (International) * [[Asmik Ace]] (Japan) }} | released = {{Film date|2002|10|18}} | runtime = 115 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 115:19--><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/ring-film|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113171246/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/ring-film|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 13, 2017|title=''The Ring'' (15)|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=October 21, 2002|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> | country = [[United States]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/62536|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|title=The Ring|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> | language = [[English language|English]] | budget = $48 million<ref name=mojo>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ring.htm|title=The Ring (2002)|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref> | gross = $249.3 million<ref name=mojo/> }} '''''The Ring''''' is a 2002 American [[Supernatural horror film|supernatural]] [[psychological horror]] film directed by [[Gore Verbinski]] and written by [[Ehren Kruger]]. Starring [[Naomi Watts]], [[Martin Henderson]], [[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]] and [[David Dorfman]], the film follows [[Rachel Keller]], a journalist who discovers a cursed videotape that causes its viewers to die seven days later. It is a [[remake]] of [[Hideo Nakata]]'s 1998 film ''[[Ring (film)|Ring]]'', based on the [[Ring (Suzuki novel)|1991 novel]] by [[Koji Suzuki]]. ''The Ring'' was theatrically released in the United States on October 18, 2002, by [[DreamWorks Pictures]]. It was a box office success, grossing $249 million internationally, becoming one of the highest-grossing horror remakes of all time. The film received positive reviews, with critics in particular praising the atmosphere and visuals, [[Bojan Bazelli]]'s cinematography, Verbinski's direction and the performances of the cast (particularly Watts). At the [[29th Saturn Awards]], ''The Ring'' won in two categories: [[Saturn Award for Best Horror Film|Best Horror Film]] and [[Saturn Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] (for Watts). The film is the first installment of the [[The Ring (franchise)#American films|American ''Ring'' series]], and is followed by ''[[The Ring Two]]'' (2005) and ''[[Rings (2017 film)|Rings]]'' (2017). The success of ''The Ring'' inspired American remakes of several other Asian and [[Japanese horror]] films, including ''[[The Grudge]]'' (2004) and ''[[Dark Water (2005 film)|Dark Water]]'' (2005). == Plot == Teenage girls Katie and Becca discuss an urban legend about a cursed videotape that causes whoever views it to die in one week. That night, Katie, who viewed it one week ago with her friends, is killed by an unseen force. At Katie's funeral, her mother asks her sister Rachel, a Seattle-based journalist, to investigate her daughter's death. Rachel discovers that Katie's friends all died in bizarre accidents at the same time as Katie's death. Rachel visits Shelter Mountain Inn, where Katie and her friends saw the tape. She finds and views the tape; it contains strange and frightening imagery. She then receives a phone call from an unknown caller who whispers, "Seven days". Though initially skeptical, Rachel quickly begins to experience supernatural occurrences linked to the tape. Rachel recruits the help of her video analyst ex-husband Noah. He views the tape and Rachel makes him a copy. She identifies a woman on the tape: horse breeder Anna Morgan, who committed suicide after some of her horses drowned themselves off Moesko Island. Rachel and Noah's 8-year-old son Aidan watches the tape. Aidan also possesses supernatural abilities, which he uses to help with Rachel's investigation. Rachel heads for Moesko Island to speak to Anna's widower Richard, while Noah travels to Gale Psychiatric Hospital to view Anna's medical files. Rachel discovers that Anna, after four consecutive [[Miscarriage|miscarriages]], had adopted a girl named Samara, who possessed the ability to [[Thoughtography|psychically etch images]] onto objects and into people's minds, tormenting her parents and their horses. Noah finds a psychiatric file on Samara, which contains a missing video last seen by Richard. Returning to the Morgan home, Rachel finds a fake birth certificate proving that Samara is not the biological child of Richard and Anna. She also discovers the missing video, where Samara apologizes for her actions but explains that "they won't stop". Richard insists that Samara is evil and commits suicide by electrocuting himself. Noah and Rachel find a loft in the barn, which the Morgans used to isolate Samara from themselves and the outside world. There is an image of a tree behind the wallpaper; Rachel recognizes it as a tree at the Shelter Mountain Inn. They return to Shelter Mountain Inn, led to a well beneath the floorboards. Rachel falls inside and experiences a vision of Anna dumping Samara into the well, where she survived for one week. Samara's body surfaces from the water. After Rachel is rescued, they arrange a proper burial for Samara. Back home, Aidan warns Rachel that it was a mistake to help Samara. Rachel realizes that Noah's week is up; Samara's ghost crawls out of his TV screen and kills him. Rachel realizes that Samara’s apology was actually a confession and that she was only spared since she made a copy of the cursed video and passed it to Noah, fulfilling Samara's goal of killing endlessly. She helps Aidan make a copy of the tape and refuses to answer his question on what would happen to the person that watches it. == Cast == {{Cast listing| * [[Naomi Watts]] as [[Rachel Keller]] * [[Martin Henderson]] as Noah Clay * [[David Dorfman]] as Aidan Keller * [[Daveigh Chase]] as [[Samara Morgan]] * [[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]] as Richard Morgan * [[Shannon Cochran]] as Anna Morgan * [[Jane Alexander]] as Dr. Grasnik * [[Lindsay Frost]] as Ruth Embry * [[Amber Tamblyn]] as Katherine "Katie" Embry * [[Rachael Bella]] as Rebecca "Becca" Kotler * [[Richard Lineback]] as Innkeeper * [[Pauley Perrette]] as Beth * [[Sara Rue]] as Babysitter * [[Sasha Barrese]] as Girl Teen #1 * Tess Hall as Girl Teen #2 * [[Adam Brody]] as Kellen * [[Michael Spound]] as Dave Embry * [[Chris Cooper]] as a child murderer (cut from film)<ref name="MFloss" /> * [[Joe Chrest]] as Dr. Scott (uncredited) * [[Maury Ginsberg]] as a Video store clerk (DVD deleted scenes) (uncredited) }} == Production == === Development and casting === ''The Ring'' went into production without a completed [[Screenplay|script]].<ref name=iwgv>{{cite web|url=http://www.curseofthering.com/gore.php|title=Interview with Gore Verbinski|date=2002|publisher=curseofthering.com|access-date=March 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302113145/http://www.curseofthering.com/gore.php|archive-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref> [[Ehren Kruger]] wrote three drafts of the screenplay before [[Scott Frank]] came on to do an uncredited re-write. [[Gore Verbinski]] was initially inspired to do a [[remake]] of ''[[Ring (film)|Ring]]'' after [[Walter F. Parkes]] sent him a VHS copy of the [[Japanese horror|Japanese film]], which he described as "intriguing", "pulp" and "[[avant-garde]]". The original WGA-approved credits listed Hiroshi Takahashi (writer of the original 1998 screenplay for ''Ring'') but his name is absent from the final print. Several high-profile actresses were offered the [[lead role]], including [[Gwyneth Paltrow]], [[Jennifer Connelly]] and [[Kate Beckinsale]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ascher-Walsh |first=Rebecca |date=2002-11-01 |title=How Naomi Watts became the ''Ring'' leader |url=https://ew.com/article/2002/11/01/how-naomi-watts-became-ring-leader/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en |archive-date=August 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825234837/https://ew.com/article/2002/11/01/how-naomi-watts-became-ring-leader/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Verbinski admitted to not wanting to cast "[[Movie star|big stars]]" as he wanted his film to be "discovered" and described the wave of harsh criticism from hardcore fans of the original Japanese film as "inevitable", although he expressed desire for them to find the remake equally compelling. He also sought to retain the minimalism prevalent throughout ''Ring'' and set it in Seattle, due to its "wet and isolated" atmosphere.<ref name=iwgv/> === Filming === [[File:Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area (9314505885).jpg|thumb|The [[Yaquina Head Light]]house on the [[Oregon Coast]] was used as the setting for the "Moesko Island Lighthouse".]] ''The Ring'' was [[Principal photography|filmed]] in 2001, primarily in the [[Washington (state)|State of Washington]] in numerous locations, including Seattle, [[Port Townsend, Washington|Port Townsend]], [[Whidbey Island]], [[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham]], [[Monroe, Washington|Monroe]] and [[Stanwood, Washington|Stanwood]].<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Curbed]]|url=https://seattle.curbed.com/maps/the-ring-horror-filming-locations-seattle|title=Relive 'The Ring' in these spooky Seattle-area locations|last=Lloyd|first=Sarah Anne|date=October 14, 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=May 24, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220524014608/https://seattle.curbed.com/maps/the-ring-horror-filming-locations-seattle|access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref> The [[Yaquina Head Light]]house in [[Newport, Oregon|Newport]], [[Oregon]], was also used as a filming location,<ref>{{cite web|work=[[/Film]]|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/718535/the-haunted-history-of-the-lighthouse-from-the-ring/|title=The Haunted History Of The Lighthouse From The Ring|date=December 28, 2021|last=Seibold|first=Witney|url-status=live|archive-date=May 24, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220524014215/https://www.slashfilm.com/617104/the-best-japanese-horror-movies-of-all-time/|access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref> as well as Oregon's [[Columbia River Gorge]]. [[Chris Cooper]] played a murderer in two scenes meant to bookend the film, but was ultimately cut.<ref name="MFloss">{{Cite web |last=Cormier |first=Roger |date=2017-10-18 |title=15 Must-Watch Facts About The Ring |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/70025/15-must-watch-facts-about-ring |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=[[Mental Floss]] |archive-date=August 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808103257/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/70025/15-must-watch-facts-about-ring |url-status=live }}</ref> The film's cinematography by [[Bojan Bazelli]] is noted for its soft lighting and grey blue-green color. Shot on [[film stock|film]], the production is unusual for achieving its [[color correction]] in-camera using 81EF and one of two green filters,{{efn|The source writes '85EFs' here, which do not exist; a likely typo. The green filters are specified as +14 and +7 points of green printer lights}}<ref name="AmCine">{{cite web |author=Holben, Jay (November 2002) |title=Death Watch |url=https://theasc.com/american-cinematographer/current-issue?minYear=2002&maxYear=2002&minMonth=11&maxMonth=11#archive |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213014107/https://theasc.com/american-cinematographer/current-issue?minYear=2002&maxYear=2002&minMonth=11&maxMonth=11#archive |archive-date=February 13, 2024 |access-date=12 February 2024 |publisher=American Cinematographer Vol. 83 No. 11 P. 50-59}}{{subscription required}}</ref> thereby committing to the film's visual style early, rather than relying on digital [[colour grading|grading]] during post-production. The soft lighting was achieved by "diffusing the fill sources enough to match [the natural lighting]"<ref name="AmCine" /> through the use of up to three layers of shades, [[Hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide lamp|HMIs]] and CTB,{{efn|"C.T.B. stands for Color Temperature Blue. This is an abbreviation for the color correction gels used in lighting to convert the color temperature from tungsten to daylight. They come in gradients: Quarter Blue, Half Blue, Full Blue."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.filmconnection.com/glossary-film-terms/c-t-b/ |title=Film School for Filmmakers, Producers, and Screenwriters |date=February 24, 2023 |access-date=February 12, 2024 |archive-date=February 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212223547/https://www.filmconnection.com/glossary-film-terms/c-t-b/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}} and set up to create as little shadow as possible to "subconsciously alter the viewer's sense of perception and add a heightened sense of ambiguity."<ref name="pn">{{cite web |title=Ring, The: Production Notes |url=https://www.cinema.com/articles/1437/ring-the-production-notes.phtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212223547/https://www.cinema.com/articles/1437/ring-the-production-notes.phtml |archive-date=February 12, 2024 |access-date=12 February 2024 |publisher=www.cinema.com |quote=Bazelli expounds, "In lighting the sets and the actors, we tried to eliminate all the shadows cast by the actors, which is meant to subconsciously alter the viewer's sense of perception and add a heightened sense of ambiguity."}}</ref> === Title === As with the original Japanese film ''Ring'', the title of ''The Ring'' can be interpreted as referring to the [[telephone]] call which warns those who watched the cursed tape that they will die in seven days,<ref>{{cite book|last=Sherman|first=Dale|date=2013|title=Armageddon Films FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Zombies, Contagions, Aliens and the End of the World as We Know It!|publisher=[[Applause Books]]|isbn=978-1617131196|quote=The story goes that seven days after viewing the tape, those who watch will receive a phone call (hence the first interpretation of 'the ring') [...]}}</ref> as well as to the view of the ring of light seen from the bottom of the well where Samara was left to die.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Silverblatt|first1=Art|last2=Zlobin|first2=Nikolai|date=2004|title=International Communications: A Media Literacy Approach|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-0765609748}}</ref> ==Score== The film features an original [[Film score|score]] composed and arranged by [[Hans Zimmer]] (who would later collaborate on Verbinski's other works). The [[Soundtrack album|soundtrack]] release did not coincide with the film's original 2002 theatrical run. It was released in 2005, accompanying ''The Ring''{{'}}s [[The Ring Two|2005 sequel]] in an album that combined music from both the [[The Ring (franchise)#American films|first and second film]]. The soundtrack contains a few [[Leitmotif|themes]] associated with the characters, moods and locations, including multiple uses of the [[Dies irae]] theme. The score makes use of [[string instrument]]s, [[piano]]s and [[synthesizer]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hasan |first=Mark |date=2006 |title=CD/LP Review: The Ring |url=https://www.kqek.com/cd_lp_reviews/p2r/CD_0012_Ring1_2.htm |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=KQEK |archive-date=February 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219212511/https://www.kqek.com/cd_lp_reviews/p2r/CD_0012_Ring1_2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> {{Infobox album | name = The Ring / The Ring Two (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | type = film | artist = [[Hans Zimmer]], [[Henning Lohner]] and [[Martin Tillman]] | released = {{Start date|2005|03|15}} | recorded = 2002‒2005 | genre = | length = 63:50 | label = [[Decca Records|Decca]] }} {{Track listing |total_length = 63:50 |all_music = Hans Zimmer, [[Henning Lohner]] and [[Martin Tillman]] |headline = ''The Ring / The Ring Two (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' |extra_column = Performer(s) |title1 = The Well |writer1 = Hans Zimmer, Henning Lohner |length1 = 11:24 |title2 = Before You Die You See the Ring |writer2 = Zimmer |length2 = 7:09 |title3 = This Is Going to Hurt |writer3 = Zimmer, [[Martin Tillman]] |length3 = 2:48 |title4 = Burning Tree |writer4 = Zimmer, Lohner, Tillman, [[Trevor Morris (musician)|Trevor Morris]] |length4 = 10:13 |title5 = Not Your Mommy |writer5 = Zimmer, Lohner, [[Clay Duncan]] |length5 = 3:59 |title6 = Shelter Mountain |writer6 = Zimmer, Tillman, Morris |length6 = 4:10 |title7 = The Ferry |writer7 = Zimmer, Lohner, Tillman, Morris, Bart Hendrickson |length7 = 3:15 |title8 = I'll Follow Your Voice |writer8 = Zimmer, Lohner |length8 = 6:28 |title9 = She Never Sleeps (Remix) |length9 = 2:17 |title10 = Let the Dead Get In (Remix) |length10 = 3:59 |title11 = Seven Days (Remix) |length11 = 3:24 |title12 = Television (Remix) |length12 = 4:00 }} == Release and reception == === Marketing === To advertise ''The Ring'', many promotional [[website]]s were formed featuring characters and places in the film. The video from the cursed videotape was played in [[Late night television|late-night programming]] over the summer of 2002 without any reference to the film. Physical [[VHS]] copies were also randomly distributed outside of [[movie theater]]s by placing the tapes on the [[windshield]]s of people's cars.<ref name="MFloss" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Caister |first=Victoria Rose |date=2021-04-14 |title=This Horror Film Basically Created The Idea Of Viral Marketing |url=https://gamerant.com/blair-witch-project-viral-marketing/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=Game Rant |archive-date=August 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808103257/https://gamerant.com/blair-witch-project-viral-marketing/ |url-status=live }}</ref> === Box office === ''The Ring'' opened theatrically on October 18, 2002 in the United States, on 1,981 screens, and grossed $15,015,393 during its opening weekend.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-ring-reigns-at-the-box-office/article25423660/|title=The Ring reigns at the box office|website=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=October 21, 2002|access-date=May 20, 2023|archive-date=May 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520224439/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-ring-reigns-at-the-box-office/article25423660/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=mojo/> The film went on to become a [[sleeper hit]],<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|title=The Ring review|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/ring-3-review/|date=2003|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220524015528/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/ring-3-review/|archive-date=May 24, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref> leading [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]] to expand its release to 700 additional theaters.<ref name=mojo/> It ultimately grossed $129,128,133 in the United States.<ref name=mojo/> In Japan, the film earned $8.3 million in the first two weeks of its release.<ref name="remakeman">{{Cite magazine |last=Friend |first=Tad |date=May 25, 2003 |title=Remake Man |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/06/02/remake-man |access-date=2022-11-04 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307102259/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/06/02/remake-man |url-status=live }}</ref> Worldwide, ''The Ring'' grossed a total of $249,348,933.<ref name=mojo/> === Critical response === On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 71% based on 209 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "With little [[Splatter film|gore]] and a lot of creepy visuals, ''The Ring'' gets under your skin, thanks to director Gore Verbinski's haunting sense of atmosphere and an impassioned performance from Naomi Watts".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ring/|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|title=The Ring|access-date=March 6, 2025|archive-date=February 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220104848/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ring|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] assigned the film a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web|website=[[Metacritic]]|title=The Ring|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-ring|access-date=March 1, 2019|archive-date=February 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220103908/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-ring/|url-status=live}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave ''The Ring'' an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com/|title=Find CinemaScore|format=Type "Ring" in the search box|publisher=[[CinemaScore]]|access-date=October 16, 2021}}</ref> On ''[[At the Movies (1986 TV program)|Ebert & Roeper]]'', [[Richard Roeper]] gave the film "Thumbs Up" and said it was very gripping and scary despite some minor unanswered questions. [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film "Thumbs Down" and felt it was boring and "borderline ridiculous"; he also disliked the extended, detailed ending.<ref name=RogerEbert>{{cite web|url=https://rogerebert.com/reviews/the-ring-2002|title=The Ring Movie Review & Film Summary (2002)|author=Ebert, Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|date=October 18, 2002|publisher=RogerEbert|access-date=March 1, 2019|archive-date=December 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230180234/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-ring-2002|url-status=live}}</ref> Jeremy Conrad from ''[[IGN]]'' praised ''The Ring'' for its atmospheric set up and [[cinematography]], and said that "there are disturbing images ... but the film doesn't really rely on gore to deliver the scares".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/02/28/the-ring|author=Conrad, Jeremy|website=[[IGN]]|title=The Ring|date=February 28, 2003|access-date=March 1, 2019|archive-date=June 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624150708/https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/02/28/the-ring|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Film Threat]]''{{'}}s Jim Agnew called it dark, disturbing and original.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmspot.com/movie/279209/the-ring/reviews/critic.html?tag=scorecard;more|publisher=FilmSpot|title=The Ring|access-date=July 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927234725/http://www.filmspot.com/movie/279209/the-ring/reviews/critic.html?tag=scorecard;more|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> Despite the praise given to the direction, some criticized the lack of character development. [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]] from the ''[[Chicago Reader]]'' said that the film was "an utter waste of Watts ... perhaps because the script didn't bother to give her a character",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.filmspot.com/movie/279209/the-ring/reviews/critic.html?tag=scorecard;more|newspaper=The Chicago Reader|title=The Ring|access-date=July 19, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927234725/http://www.filmspot.com/movie/279209/the-ring/reviews/critic.html?tag=scorecard;more|archive-date=September 27, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> whereas William Arnold from the ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'' disagreed, claiming that she projects intelligence, determination and resourcefulness in the film.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.seattlepi.com/ae/movies/article/The-Ring-is-plenty-scary-but-the-plot-is-a-bit-1098673.php|author=Arnold, William|title='The Ring' is plenty scary but the plot is a bit hairy|work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|date=October 12, 2002|access-date=March 1, 2019|archive-date=March 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302090858/https://www.seattlepi.com/ae/movies/article/The-Ring-is-plenty-scary-but-the-plot-is-a-bit-1098673.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Several critics, like ''[[Miami Herald]]''{{'}}s Rene Rodriguez and ''[[USA Today]]''{{'}}s Claudia Puig,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Puig |first=Claudia |date=2002-10-17 |title='Ring' has hang-up or two |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2002-10-17-the-ring_x.htm |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=[[USA Today]] |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307033317/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2002-10-17-the-ring_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> found themselves confused and thought "for all the time [the film] spends explaining, it still doesn't make much sense".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Rene |date=October 18, 2002 |title=Movie: The Ring (2002) |url=http://ae.miami.com/entertainment/ui/miami/movie.html?id=76950&reviewId=10055 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030621002822/http://ae.miami.com/entertainment/ui/miami/movie.html?id=76950&reviewId=10055 |archive-date=2003-06-21 |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=[[The Miami Herald]]}}</ref> === Accolades === {| class=wikitable |- style="background:#96c; text-align:center;" !style="text-align:center;"|Year !Award !Category !Nomination(s) !Results |- |rowspan=2|2002 |rowspan=2|[[Saturn Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.saturnawards.org/saturn_rings/saturn_rings_04.pdf |title=''Minority Report'' & ''Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' Win Big At The 29th Annual Saturn Awards |access-date=May 4, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402174643/http://www.saturnawards.org/saturn_rings/saturn_rings_04.pdf |archive-date=April 2, 2012}}</ref> |colspan=2|Best Movie – Horror |{{Won}} |- |Best Actress |Naomi Watts |{{Won}} |- |rowspan=3|2003 |rowspan=2|[[MTV Movie Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2003/ |title=2003 MTV Movie Awards |work=[[MTV]] |access-date=June 23, 2011 |archive-date=June 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630105648/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2003/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> |colspan=2|Best Movie |{{Nom}} |- |Best Villain |Daveigh Chase |{{Won}} |- |[[Teen Choice Awards]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/70551/2003-teen-choice-awards-nominees|title=2003 Teen Choice Awards Nominees|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=June 18, 2003|access-date=May 20, 2015|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232202/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/70551/2003-teen-choice-awards-nominees|url-status=live}}</ref> |colspan=2|Best Movie – Horror |{{Won}} |} == Legacy == The success of ''The Ring'' paved the way for American remakes of several other Asian and Japanese horror films, including ''[[The Grudge]]'' (2004), ''[[Dark Water (2005 film)|Dark Water]]'' (2005), ''[[Shutter (2008 film)|Shutter]]'' and ''[[The Eye (2008 film)|The Eye]]'' (both 2008).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kurland |first=Daniel |date=2019-12-31 |title=The Ring Is The Best Japanese Horror Remake |url=https://screenrant.com/ring-movie-best-japanese-horror-remake-reason/ |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |archive-date=October 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008041054/https://screenrant.com/ring-movie-best-japanese-horror-remake-reason/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Polino |first=Joey |date=Feb 6, 2008 |title='The Eye' is not your standard horror remake |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/the-eye-is-not-your-standard-horror-remake/article_33f63b9b-c762-5bf8-bc51-2c443027740b.html |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=[[The Buffalo News]] |archive-date=October 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008041054/https://buffalonews.com/news/the-eye-is-not-your-standard-horror-remake/article_33f63b9b-c762-5bf8-bc51-2c443027740b.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Ring'' ranked number 20 on the [[cable channel]] [[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]]'s list of ''[[The 100 Scariest Movie Moments]]''. [[Bloody Disgusting]] ranked it sixth in their list of the "Top 20 Horror Films of the Decade", with the article saying that "''The Ring'' was not only the first American 'J-horror' remake out of the gate; it also still stands as the best".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/18425/00s-retrospect-bloody-disgustings-top-20-films-of-the-decade-part-3/|title=00's Retrospect: Bloody Disgusting's Top 20 Films of the Decade...Part 3|publisher=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|date=December 17, 2009|access-date=March 1, 2019|archive-date=June 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615102515/http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/18425|url-status=live}}</ref> == Sequels == A sequel, titled ''[[The Ring Two]]'', was released on March 18, 2005. A [[short film]], titled ''[[Rings (2005 film)|Rings]]'', was also released in 2005, and is set between ''The Ring'' and ''The Ring Two''. A third installment, also titled ''[[Rings (2017 film)|Rings]]'', was released on February 3, 2017. == See also == * [[Chain letter]] * [[List of ghost films]] * [[List of Ring characters|List of ''Ring'' characters]] ==Notes== {{notelist}} == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Wikiquote|The Ring}} * {{IMDb title|0298130|The Ring}} * {{Mojo title|ring|The Ring}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|ring|The Ring}} {{The Ring}} {{Gore Verbinski}} {{Ehren Kruger}} {{Saturn Award for Best Horror Film 1991–2010}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ring The}} [[Category:2000s American films]] [[Category:2000s English-language films]] [[Category:2000s ghost films]] [[Category:2000s Japanese films]] [[Category:2000s serial killer films]] [[Category:2002 films]] [[Category:2002 horror films]] [[Category:American ghost films]] [[Category:American horror thriller films]] [[Category:American mystery films]] [[Category:American remakes of Japanese films]] [[Category:American serial killer films]] [[Category:American supernatural drama films]] [[Category:American supernatural horror films]] [[Category:Asian-American horror films]] [[Category:Fiction about well-related accidents]] [[Category:DreamWorks Pictures films]] [[Category:Films about filicide]] [[Category:Films about curses]] [[Category:Films about death]] [[Category:Films about families]] [[Category:Films about journalists]] [[Category:Films about mother–son relationships]] [[Category:Films about television]] [[Category:Films based on adaptations]] [[Category:Films based on horror novels]] [[Category:Films based on Japanese novels]] [[Category:Films directed by Gore Verbinski]] [[Category:Films produced by Walter F. 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