Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Ring easy watching?

Barely. Less comforting than 86% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Ring end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More violent than 68% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Ring

Name: The Ring
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Released: 2002
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Brian Cox, Jane Alexander

Before you die, you see

Directed by Gore Verbinski

Produced by DreamWorks Pictures, BenderSpink

2002115 min6.7 / 10

A taut supernatural thriller built on paranoia and a ticking-clock curse, where a journalist's investigation into a deadly videotape becomes a desperate race against her own death.

Journalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring in order to save herself and her son.

Where to watch

StreamParamount+, MGM+, fuboTV, Philo
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Questions people ask

Is The Ring scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.
Is The Ring easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.
Does The Ring end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is The Ring violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.
Is The Ring sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.