Is The Ring (2002) scary?

Moderately so — The Ring (2002) mixes scares with other modes. As a supernatural film, it scored 7.0/10 for fear, 8.0/10 for atmosphere, and 6.6/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in The Ring (2002)?

The Ring (2002) has 9 jump scares, based on its logged jump-scare count.

What age is The Ring (2002) appropriate for?

The Ring (2002) is rated PG-13. Watch Darkly does not assign its own age rating, so here is what the film actually contains. On Watch Darkly's curator scale it scored 7.0/10 for fear and 0.5/10 for gore, where 10 is the most extreme in the catalog. It has 9 jump scares. Content warnings on file: animal death, child endangerment, and self harm.

What are some films like The Ring (2002)?

Films similar to The Ring (2002) on Watch Darkly include The Invisible Man (2020), The Blair Witch Project (1999), Dead Silence (2007), selected by shared themes and tags plus the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, intensity, and overall quality.

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supernatural

The Ring

2002 · PG-13 · 1h 55m

Before you die, you see

Journalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring in order to save herself and her son.

Plot summary via TMDB

Release

In theaters: October 18, 2002

Curator Score

6.6

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating · How we score

Built on atmosphere, light on gore.

Jump scares

The Ring has 9 jump scares. Compare counts

Age suitability

The Ring is rated PG-13. Watch Darkly does not assign its own age rating. It scored 7.0/10 for fear and 0.5/10 for gore, and carries 3 content warnings: animal death, child endangerment, and self harm.

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6.6Overall

Fear7.0

Gore0.5

Atmosphere8.0

Genres

mysteryhorrorthriller

Details

Budget$48M

Box office$249.3M

Directed by

Gore Verbinski

Written by

Ehren Kruger, Hiroshi Takahashi

Cinematography

Bojan Bazelli

Music

Hans Zimmer

Starring

Naomi Watts as Rachel Keller · Martin Henderson as Noah Clay · David Dorfman as Aidan Keller · Brian Cox as Richard Morgan · Jane Alexander as Dr. Grasnik · Lindsay Frost as Ruth Embry · Amber Tamblyn as Katie Embry · Rachael Bella as Rebecca Kotler