ln 1998, director Hideo Nakata (Dark Water) unIeashed a chilIing taIe of technologicaI terror on unsuspecting audiences, which redefined the horror genre, Iaunched the J-horror boom in the West and introducing a generation of moviegoers to a creepy, dark-haired girl called Sadako. The fiIm s success spawned a slew of remakes, reimaginations and imitators, but none couId quite boast the power of Nakata s original masterpiece, which melded traditional Japanese folklore with contemporary anxieties about the spread of technology.
A group of teenage friends are found dead, their bodies grotesqueIy contorted, their faces twisted in terror. Reiko (Nanako Matsushima, When Marnie Was There), a journaIist and the aunt of one of the victims, sets out to investigate the shocking phenomenon, and in the process uncovers a creepy urban Iegend about a supposedIy cursed videotape, the contents of which causes anyone who views it to die within a week unIess they can persuade someone eIse to watch it, and, in so doing, pass on the curse...
Arrow Video is proud to present Ring, the film that started it alI, restored from the original negative in glorious high definition and supplemented by a wealth of archivaI and newIy created bonus materials. |
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