Movie connections for
Ringu (1998) More at IMDbPro »

Followed by

Rasen (1998)
Ringu 2 (1999)
Ringu 0: Bâsudei (2000)

Version of

"Ringu: Saishûshô" (1999)
The Ring Virus (1999)
The Ring (2002)

Remade as

"Ringu: Saishûshô" (1999)
The Ring Virus (1999)
The Ring (2002)

References

Straw Dogs (1971)
The Omen (1976)
 -  Supernaturally tampered photographs of the people who have been "marked for death".
The Changeling (1980)
 -  Same as 'The ring'. Where the boy bones are found...
Videodrome (1983)
 -  The TV scene at the end was heavily inspired by and references similar scenes in Videodrome.
Joyû-rei (1996)

Referenced in

Honogurai mizu no soko kara (2002)
Tomie: Saishuu-shô - kindan no kajitsu (2002)
 -  The tough girls compare Tomie to Sadako.
Pon (2002)
Gei wo yi zhi mao (2003)
 -  The female lead mentions the film.
Silent Hill 3 (2003) (VG)
 -  quoted by designer as an inspiration for the style of the game.
Yeogo goedam 3: Yeowoo gyedan (2003)
 -  Many of the "scary" scenes are obvious rip-offs (or references if you like). Such as: Long black hair covering girl's face in scary manner. Girl with long black hair moving exactly as Ringu-girl (coming out of TV).
Jason vs. Sadako (2003)
 -  Character
17 sui de tian kong (2004)
 -  Three guys prepare to kidnap a gay playboy and punish him by showing him three horror movies - RINGU, BRIDE OF CHUCKY and FREDDY VS. JASON.
"High Chaparall: (#2.5)" (2004)
 -  Mentioned by name
The Fall (2004)
 -  they sort of copied the character Sadako who was from Ringu
Survive Style 5+ (2004)
 -  The Scene in the Bedroom
The Grudge (2004)
 -  The final shot before the closing credits is taken directly from a famous camera shot during the climax of 'Ringu'.
Film Geek (2005)
 -  on shelf in video store
In 3 Tagen bist du tot (2006)
 -  They get a message that in certain days they will die
Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku' (2006) (V)
 -  Miyagawa says that Yoichi Numata was hired for Ring because the producers liked him in Jigoku.
Sl8n8 (2006)
 -  TV suddenly turns on and shows only distortion.
The Messengers (2007)
 -  ghost leaves red bruise on skin after attacking someone
One Minutes (2009)
 -  References super natrual elements of The Ring

Features

"Poketto monsutâ" (1997)
 -  Kid seen watching it.

Featured in

Chin wong ji wong 2000 (1999)
The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003) (TV)
 -  Clips are shown.

Spoofed in

Du xia da zhan Lasi Weijiasi (1999)
 -  Spoofs an entire scene from the movie.
Chin wong ji wong 2000 (1999)
Katakuri-ke no kôfuku (2001)
Zhu ba da lian meng (2002)
 -  Confronting with a rapist, a schoolgirl shakes her head and transforms into an ugly woman - resembling a trademarked posture of the ghost in Ringu.
The Hole (2003) (V)
 -  It's a movie that takes "Ring"'s storyline and changes the consequence from death to becoming gay.
Scary Movie 3 (2003)
Utang ng ama (2003)
 -  the Sadako ghost was spoofed.
Zebraman (2004)
 -  Sadako appears, complete with well, in comedic fight sequences.
Eodiseonga nugungae museunili saengkimyeon teulrimeobshi natananda Hong Ban-jang (2004)
 -  They spoof "Ringu"s famous TV ghost scene twice.
D' Anothers (2005)
 -  Sadako scene was spoofed.
Hari ng sablay: Isang tama, sampung mali (2005)
 -  A girl, like Sadako, came out from a wishing well.
Jugeodo haepi ending (2007)
 -  A character crawls out of a big TV with a long black wig over his head in the same way that the ghost from Ringu does.

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