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The Ring

1927 · Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · United Kingdom

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United Kingdom · 1927

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Ringu 1998 · Hideo Nakata PopMatters review reporting on The Ring (2002) The Criterion Channel

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Verbinski took on the project to make a genuinely scary film, noting that 'Ringu' had already proven it was possible to scare people without resorting to gore. He felt it was important to maintain the psychological nature of the original film, influencing his directorial approach for the remake.

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