Ringu 1998

Critics score:
97 / 100

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Scott Tobias, AV Club: Ringu has a minimalist intensity that can stop the heart with a simple flash-cut or a well-timed fillip in the musical score. Read more

Daniel Fierman, Entertainment Weekly: If you don't mind, I'm off to the corner of my office to curl into a fetal position and rock slowly. Read more

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: As good as The Ring is, it can't top the original for sheer, shivering terror. Read more

David Jenkins, Time Out: The finale, too, still feels as twisted, bizarre and down-right nightmarish as it did all those years ago. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Classically shot, with effective use of stereo sound effects, the movie is almost entirely free of visual horror and the usual Eastern ghost cliches, managing to suspend auds' disbelief in the hokey story through pure atmosphere. Read more

Edward Crouse, Village Voice: Eschewing blood for a sinuous tone of Videodromic dread, Ring forces fear into every cut as a psychic telejournalist counts down the hours till a fatal visitation, while making a gung ho attempt to save her brood. Read more