Case File 028: Sadako/Samara (Ringu/The Ring)

January 27, 2021 / Christopher Schrader

In 2002, Gore Verbinski's The Ring had American audiences terrified of their VHS tapes - but Japanese audiences had been relishing in this terror since the original 1998 release of Ringu. While both films featured a psychokinetic girl climbing out of a well and into our living rooms, they each took a different approach to exploring that premise.

Topics include: the reluctant horror novelist that spawned the series, Sadako and Samara's abuse at the hands of their parents, the remake's viral marketing campaign and its featured character we never met, how chain letters and memes inspired Gore Verbinski, the role parenthood plays in both films, Hans Zimmer's soundtrack, the resulting resurgence of J-Horror, and much more!

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