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The Ring's tape becomes a viral dare — how long can YOU survive?
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IMDb
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Rotten Tomatoes
61
Audience Score
60
Google
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Rings (2005)

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Overview

HorrorThriller

Some time after the events of The Ring, a subculture of people voluntarily watch Samara Morgan's video and wait to see how close to the seven-day deadline they can get before showing it to the next person. They record everything they see and share their experiences on a secret website dedicated to the videotape. No one has ever recorded a day seven.

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Content warning
short filmhigh schoolfeardvd extrarace against timeladdervideotape
desensitization to horrorgenerational trauma as spectaclecommunal fear as social currency

Standout Aspects

Direction

Liebesman squeezes maximum dread into 16 minutes

Best for:Binge: Watch before The Ring Two for full context·Solo: Late-night YouTube spiral energy
Heads up:Jump Scares: Samara's TV emergence hits harder compressed
Jonathan Liebesman

Director

Jonathan Liebesman

ReleasedMar 8, 2005
Runtime16m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feelmedium
Catchlight Films

Top Cast

Ryan Merriman

Ryan Merriman

Jake

Emily VanCamp

Emily VanCamp

Emily

Kelly Stables

Kelly Stables

Samara

Alexandra Breckenridge

Alexandra Breckenridge

Vanessa

Josh Wise

Josh Wise

Timothy

Dusty Sorg

Dusty Sorg

Frantic Caller (voice)

Ask about Rings

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Rings predicted modern 'cursed media' internet phenomena like Momo and Slender Man by nearly a decade.

Trivia

This short was created specifically to bridge The Ring and its sequel, with test audiences demanding more Samara mythology.

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Rings 2005

Rings 2005

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