# The Ring Virus (1999)

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**Original title**: *링*
**Runtime**: 110 min
**Genres**: Horror, Thriller
**Directed by**: Kim Dong-bin
**Written by**: Kim Dong-bin
**Starring**: Shin Eun-kyung, Jung Jin-young, Bae Doona, Kim Chang-wan, Yun Ju-sang, Kwon Nam-hee

> *Even now, the curse of video continues.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Rainy Seoul streets at dusk a payphone rings 
A reporter investigates simultaneous deaths 
A classic Korean horror trope emerges.

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

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