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Ringu (The Ring, 1998)
"She killed a man just by willing him dead. That's power of a different order from her mother."
"So that video..."
"It's not of this world. It's Sadako's rage. She's put a curse on us."
#ringu#the ring#horror imagery tw#japanese cinema#ringu 1998#hideo nakata#hiroshi takahashi#nanako matsushima#miki nakatani#yûko takeuchi#hitomi satô#rie ino'o#yutaka matsushigi#yôichi numata#rikiya ôtaka#katsumi muramatsu#daisuke ban#kôji suzuki#kenji kawai#hiroyuki sanada#1998#20 odd years late to the party ik. despite my love of horror films and japanese cinema‚ I've rarely strayed where the twain meet; certainly#I've never really dipped into so called J horror‚ that turn of the millennium boom in supernatural scares and spooky ghost girls‚ despite#having lived through it (and having strong memories of Ringu's uk release first time around: the poster‚ the word of mouth‚ the insistent#rumours that there was a real cursed video tape). actually that's probably what put me off: the idea terrified me as a kid (i was a wimp)#finally getting to it and.. yeah it's pretty brilliant. i get why it did so well. folk horror tradition but washed through with ideas about#and technology and media spread. it's also actually p scary‚ for a film with no real onscreen violence and very little body horror#Nakata's direction is a big part in why this film works like it does; not afraid to take his time‚ holding steady on long shots instead of#quick cutting and jumping all over the place. the sound design too is horribly effective. plus a great cast‚ some horrible details#unsettling images... big thumbs up. on board for the sequels. this was p great.
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Ring | Hideo Nakata | 1998
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Cinema Eclectica 196 - Bathtime for Udo
Cinema Eclectica 196 – Bathtime for Udo
Last week Rob and Graham received a mystery phone call asking them to review Hideo Nakata’s “Ring”. They’re not dead yet, and although the news that this is a twentieth anniversary reissue is making them feel incredibly old they still have to find out if the film still holds up.
After that it’s Off the Shelf, which sees Graham challenging Rob to watch the Victorian phallic lunacy of Walerian…
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Ringu 2 (The Ring 2, 1999)
"Sadako... take me... and kill me! Take me and put an end to all this!"
#ringu 2#the ring 2#1999#horror imagery tw#creepy face#japanese cinema#horror film#hideo nakata#kôji suzuki#hiroshi takahashi#miki nakatani#hitomi satô#rikiya ôtaka#yûrei yanagi#kenjirô ishimaru#fumiyo kohinata#masako#rie ino'o#daisuke ban#miwako kaji#katsumi muramatsu#so after the disappointment that greeted Rasen‚ the initial sequel to Ringu (more on that in the inevitable tags for that film when i get#to it) a second second Ring film was rushed into production with original director Nakata and much of the cast returning. seems to have a#mixed reputation on letterboxd but for me this was p much faultless horror sequel making; how rare to have a film follow on so directly#from its predecessor whilst also taking the time to explore smaller characters and how their own little stories are now being merged into#the Sadako tale. frequently very scary but much of that isn't in the obvious stuff (the well and the hand and the gloop) but in the subtler#uncanniness (the truly horrible way Shizuko turns around from the mirror‚ the way dr Kawajiri mimics her in his final moments)#more concerned with the insidious pressures of modern cityscape than the folklore and mythologising of the original; the bustling newsroom#the aggressive cops‚ the chaotic hospital‚ all of it mounting up and threatening to crush Miki Nakatani's increasingly out of her depth#protagonist. similar but different; a fascinating divergence from the ideas of the first film and a hugely satisfying experience
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Ring | Hideo Nakata | 1998
Rikiya Ôtaka, Hiroyuki Sanada
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Ring 2 | Hideo Nakata | 1999
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