# The Ring (2002)

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**Runtime**: 115 min
**Genres**: Horror, Mystery
**Directed by**: Gore Verbinski
**Written by**: Ehren Kruger, Hiroshi Takahashi
**Starring**: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Brian Cox, Jane Alexander, Lindsay Frost

> *Before you die, you see*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Rainy Seattle streets at dusk a TV plays static. 
A cursed videotape and four dead teenagers. 
Gore Verbinski helms this horror revival.

**Mood tags**: dread, slow-burn

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.1/10 (400067 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 72% · Metacritic 57/100

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