Movie connections for
The Ring (2002) More at IMDbPro »

Followed by

Rings (2005) (V)
The Ring Two (2005)
The Ring Three (2011)

Version of

Ringu (1998)
"Ringu: Saishûshô" (1999)
The Ring Virus (1999)

Remake of

Ringu (1998)

Edited into

The Ring Two (2005)
 -  Several shots from the first film are interlaced into the sequel

References

Un chien andalou (1929)
Rear Window (1954)
Vertigo (1958)
Psycho (1960)
Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
Marnie (1964)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Looking Glass War (1969)
The Exorcist (1973)
Family Plot (1976)
The Omen (1976)
Carrie (1976)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
The Changeling (1980)
Ghost Story (1981)
The Man from Snowy River (1982)
Poltergeist (1982)
Videodrome (1983)
Il mondo di Yor (1983)
Back to the Future (1985)
Dèmoni 2: L'incubo ritorna (1986)
Spontaneous Combustion (1990)
Shocker (1989)
Steel Magnolias (1989)
Jacob's Ladder (1990/I)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Shattered (1991)
Candyman (1992)
School Ties (1992)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Visions of a New World (1995) (V)
"Pokémon" (1998)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Tunnel (2001/I)

Referenced in

"Saturday Night Live: Eric McCormack/Jay-Z (#28.4)" (2002)
 -  Referenced during Weekend Update
"Law & Order: The Ring (#13.5)" (2002)
 -  title reference
"Goedemorgen Nederland: (2003-02-20)" (2003)
 -  Bunskoek and De Klerk talk about this film.
"Will & Grace: Dolls and Dolls (#5.21)" (2003)
 -  Jack: "First we see the ring and then we die."
Sideline Secrets (2004) (V)
 -  DVD on shelf in Brian's house
"The O.C.: The Rivals (#1.17)" (2004)
 -  Adam Brody's character, Seth, remarks that the letter Ryan stole is like "The Ring" and that anyone who reads it is going to die. The joke is that Adam Brody had a small part in that movie.
The Suffering (2004) (VG)
 -  When Torque is abandoned in the World War II bunker, he will encounter a desk with three phones. Two of them are are green and the other is red. Pick up the red phone first and you will hear the a girl's voice say "You will die in seven days". Also, in Chapter 15 (An Eye For An Eye Makes The World Blind), as you come from a staircase with two small Slayers and one large Slayer, you will find yourself in a small room with white walls and a few dead COs on the walls. There will be a phone next to the door you need to go through. Pick it up, and one of the Inferna Girls (the small girls in the pink nightgowns) will say, "You will die, in seven days."
"High Chaparall: (#2.5)" (2004)
 -  Mentioned by name
Zapped (2004)
 -  Persons coming out of the TV
Dead by Dawn (2004) (V)
 -  A few shots with intentional homage to The Ring.
13:de mars 1941 (2004)
 -  The kind of same story involving a well with a dark secret.
"South Park: Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes (#8.9)" (2004)
 -  The Ring DVDs are on sale at Wall-Mart
Film Geek (2005)
 -  on shelf in video store
Timesplitters: Future Perfect (2005) (VG)
 -  TV's in the mansion level are all static and if you walk up to them you hear "demonic" voices
Boo (2005)
 -  spooky ghosts moving ultra-fast
"Masters of Horror: John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns (#1.8)" (2005)
 -  The concept of a killer film that brings supernatural death to anyone who watches it. The 'cigarette burn' round flashes of fire that appear are a visual reference to the 'ring of light' in the American version.
Atmospheric Pressure: The Style and Palette (2006) (V)
 -  mentioned once
"The Sopranos: Mayham (#6.3)" (2006)
 -  mentioned during Chris' movie pitch
The Grudge 2 (2006)
 -  When Rachel finds Samaras body in the well, her hand grips Rachels wrist, and there is a sudden flashback. When Aubrey visits Kayakos mother, she grabs Aubreys wrist, and there is a sudden flashback to her earlier days as an exorcist
ProSieben FunnyMovie - H3: Halloween Horror Hostel (2008) (TV)
 -  Harry warns Acki not to watch his video. Acki says "What, if I watch this I'll get a call that tells me I'll die in 7 days?"

Features

Carrotblanca (1995)
 -  Quick snippet seen during killer tape.
"I Am Weasel" (1997)
"Toonsylvania" (1998)
 -  Seen when character is looking through channels.
"Hollywood Squares" (1998)
Crash Team Racing (1999) (VG)
 -  The little boy played this game.

Featured in

"Goedemorgen Nederland: (2003-02-20)" (2003)
 -  A fragment of this film is shown in this episode
"I Love the New Millennium: (#1.3)" (2008)
 -  Shown on the 2002 episode

Spoofs

Candyman (1992)

Spoofed in

The Hole (2003) (V)
"South Park: Toilet Paper (#7.3)" (2003)
 -  In the nightmare Kyle is having about toilet-papering the house, the tree in the end is a spoof of a simmilar tree seen in visions in "The Ring"
1st Annual Spaceys (2003) (TV)
 -  "The Ring" wins Best Horror Film. The award is "presented" to the ghost girl down the well after the host wanders through landscape reminiscent of the film.
Scary Movie 3 (2003)
Volta (2004)
 -  the main character did the samara thing.
Shark Tale (2004)
 -  There is an ad in the paper for The Hook, whose poster is a spoof of the poster of The Ring.
"Grim & Evil: Duck/Aren't You Chupacabra to See Me? (#4.9)" (2005)
 -  In "Aren't You Chupacabra To See Me?", Daisy emerges from the TV the same way as the ghost haunting the videotape in the movie
"Robot Chicken: Operation Rich in Spirit (#1.17)" (2005)
 -  evil tape watched at video dating place
Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre (2005) (V)
 -  Creepy girl comes out of a well in obvious parody
Keloglan kara prens'e karsi (2006)
 -  girl with black hair over her face crawls out of well and is accidently knocked out several times
"Family Guy: Mother Tucker (#5.2)" (2006)
 -  Peter watches video that could kill him.
Pretty Cool Too (2007)
 -  Walter calls a goth's cell phone and says "Seven days. In seven days, you will smile."
Stan Helsing (2009)
 -  pile of bodies next to the return area for the movie The Ring ("When you see The Ring, you die")

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