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Ring (1995)

Ring poster
Original title
リング
Directed by
Chisui Takigawa
Genre
horror film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 54 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A journalist investigates a cursed videotape that kills viewers seven days after they watch it. She races against time to uncover the tape's origin and break the curse.

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What happens

Ring (Japanese: リング, Hepburn: Ringu) is a 1995 Japanese horror television film based on the novel of the same title by Koji Suzuki. In comparison to the subsequent theatrical films and television series based on the novel, it is the most accurate in relation to the original text. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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