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In 1998, director Hideo Nakata (Dark Water) unleashed a chilling tale of technological terror on unsuspecting audiences, which redefined the horror genre, launched the J-horror boom in the West and introducing a generation of moviegoers to a creepy, dark-haired girl called Sadako. The film's success spawned a slew of remakes, reimaginations and imitators, but none could 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 grotesquely contorted, their faces twisted in terror. Reiko (Nanako Matsushima, When Marnie Was There), a journalist and the aunt of one of the victims, sets out to investigate the shocking phenomenon, and in the process uncovers a creepy urban legend about a supposedly cursed videotape, the contents of which causes anyone who views it to die within a week – unless they can persuade someone else to watch it, and, in so doing, pass on the curse…

Special Features:

• 4K restoration from OCN
• Commentary by historian David Kalat
• The Ringu Legacy - Filmmakers and Critics share memories of the film's legacy
• A Vicious Circle - A new interview with author Kat Ellinger on the career of Hideo Nakata
• Circumnavigating Ringu a video essay by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Sadako's Video
• Theatrical Trailers