Ring1995
“Accident, or strange death? The girl that steals four lives.”
Directed by Chisui Takigawa
The premise
In different parts of Tokyo, four young and seemingly healthy people suddenly die of heart failure at exactly the same moment. Reporter Kazuyuki Asakawa decides to investigate the deaths, and discovers that the four had stayed at a rural inn together just a week earlier. At the inn, he comes across a strange video that ends with a message saying that anyone who watches it will die exactly seven days later. Now the clock is ticking for Asakawa. Can he break the curse in time?
Horror Vault's take
When a Tokyo reporter traces a string of inexplicable simultaneous deaths to a remote inn, he uncovers a videotape carrying a deadly seven-day curse. The original Japanese TV adaptation of Koji Suzuki's landmark novel, this 1995 version distills the story to its most chilling essentials: a ticking clock, a malevolent mystery, and a threat that spreads like a virus through those who dare to watch. Equal parts mystery procedural and supernatural nightmare, it lays the groundwork for one of horror's most enduring modern myths.
Content: Sudden Death Imagery, Disturbing And Unsettling Visuals, Supernatural Horror Sequences
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