The Ring (2002)

We're finishing out the Halloween season with a look at the romance of Gore Verbinski's 2002 horror classic The Ring!

Join in as we discuss our introductions to Verbinski, comparisons to the Japanese original, Chris Cooper's cut role, and the horror of recommending movies.

Plus: Is Rachel (Naomi Watts) good at her newspaper job? Why does Noah (Martin Henderson) own a copy of Shrek? Who edited the cursed tape? And did the events of this movie just make Samara more powerful?

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Next week: The Kids Are All Right (2010)

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Key sources and links for this episode:

• The Men Who Would Be King: An Almost Epic Tale of Moguls, Movies, and a Company Called DreamWorks by Nicole LaPorte (2010)
• Martin Scorsese's 2021 Harper's essay on the gift of curation
• Gore Verbinski's 1995 Budweiser frogs commercial
• 2002 Entertainment Weekly piece on the casting of Naomi Watts in The Ring