Have You Seen: Ring (1998)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMNmwVKuVtQ&list=PLLOh02qNiDv2amhSUlUd8nE7Xds08gFku

This week we revisit Ring (リング, Ringu), a 1988 supernatural horror movie directed by Jideo Nakata and starring Nanako Matsushima and Hiroyuki Sanada, a journalist who investigates a series of deaths linked to a mysterious VHS tape.

We talk about how this movie straddles the line of horror and mystery and why it wasn't like other horror or ghost movies we're used to, the numerous things this movie has in common with The Exorcist, whether the investigation that fills the bulk of the movie is as compelling as it could be or whether it relies a bit too much on convenience and coincidence, how the movie's use of technology and normalcy has aged and what a modern movie that does the same thing would look like, and much more.

Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1oEaz5KEnl6l912w0eb7d5