Daisuke Ban, Junko Takahata, Kaoru Okunuki

The prequel to the horror film Ringu, this movie provides the background story of how Sadako later became the vengeful murdering spirit. The story starts with her as a shy, somewhat withdrawn, college...( read more  read more... ) student who nonetheless gets involved in a drama club. The director thinks she has talent, but some of the other performers start to get jealous of the attention he gives her. Meanwhile, a reporter investigating Sadako's spiritualist mother thinks there's something very suspicious about the young woman, and arrives on campus to confront Sadako just as a series of strange deaths start sweeping through the drama club.

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Unrated, 99 min.

Directed by: Norio Tsuruta

Release Date: January 1, 2000

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DVD Release Date: August 23, 2005

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  • September 5, 2008
    Ringu0 is haunting and beautiful. It's definatly the most seriously dramatic and passionate of the ring films. Saadako is represented as a person here with a dark side. But also a wanting side that wants to be forgiven and accepted and most importantly loved for her uncontrollabl...( read more)e actions. Their are strong performances and the a vivid and secret spouting storyline that makes you look at each film completely different. In an age of mindless sequels Ring 0 is a perfect film. It balances horror with beauty and love with hate. The film is as much a tear jerker as a screamer. And the true story of what happened will stay with you!
  • April 19, 2008
    I loved this film. It plays like a Greek tragedy that makes you really sympathize with Sadako. She wasn't always an unstoppable killing machine. Not only that, it has two scares that would surely go down in my top-ten best horror movie moments of all time.
  • December 25, 2006
    Incomprehensible.
  • November 26, 2006
    A very stylish horror film with some great imagery, but I was expecting more...the build up of tension and suspense is tangible but let down by an unsatisfying ending. Just seeing a bunch of people keeling over for no reason in a copse seemed hugely anti-climactic to me...
  • October 9, 2008
    Better than 2. Not as good as the first.
  • November 4, 2009
    The first and the second one is still the best, but this one terrified me and I like it too!
  • October 24, 2009
    Samara are more scary than Sadako... but the story of sadako are very touching than samara... the dramatic story of Sadako, I did not understand the whole story, it's Japanese, T_T
  • October 17, 2009
    I really tried to like this movie, but I just couldn't get into it or care at all about the characters. The movie is so slow and it really makes me not want to watch it. It doesn't get really interesting until the last half hour and than I just don't care. The story of Sadako cou...( read more)ld have been very interesting.
  • September 20, 2009
    Creepiest horror movie I've ever seen.
  • September 16, 2009
    A satisfying closing chapter in the trilogy.

    48/100

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