{"id":43114,"date":"2024-03-12T00:14:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T04:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=43114"},"modified":"2024-03-12T00:25:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T04:25:38","slug":"the-ring-collection-4k-ultra-hd-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/the-ring-collection-4k-ultra-hd-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ring Collection [4K Ultra HD\/Blu-Ray]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Available March 19th from Scream Factory.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In the age of analog horror and ARG\u2019s, Hideo Nakata was so far ahead of his time, that it\u2019s horrifying. His 1998 horror film \u201cRing\u201d is a concept that, if realized today, would have probably been a hit series on Youtube. A cursed VHS tape featuring a dreaded short film with supernatural powers, a powerful demon sleeping within it, calling up those that view it, and giving them seven days to live. On the seventh day when the user fails to cut the curse or pass it on to someone else, they\u2019re visited by an unfathomable terror. It\u2019s the formula for a great horror film that sparked the huge J Horror boom of the early aughts that spawned a slew of Japanese Horror Films to either be imported to America, or remade in to hits in their own right.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Ring Collection\u201d features the trilogy that was inspired by Hideo Nakata\u2019s influential classic and will surely be a gem for fans.<\/p>\n

Among them, there was \u201cThe Ring\u201d which in 2002 was remade by talented filmmaker Gore Verbinski. 2002’s \u201cThe Ring<\/strong>\u201d is a re-imagining of \u201cRing\u201d starring Naomi Watts as Rachel, a work addicted mother who investigates the mysterious death of a young girl. After Rachel\u2019s son views what is said to be a cursed VHS tape the imbues a curse on the viewer promising their death in seven days, she races to uncover the mystery of the dreaded tape. \u201cThe Ring\u201d is an excellent remake, a bang up suspenseful and creepy retelling with ace direction and a marvelous finale.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>2005\u2019s \u201cThe Ring Two<\/strong>\u201d is a lesser sequel directed by \u201cRing\u201d master Hideo Nakata who delivers a less than stellar follow up. This time the demon from the tape has seemingly sought out Rachel\u2019s son with sinister motives that promises to destroy them both. It\u2019s not great, and features some silly moments intended as scares, but some like it. Years later, F. Javier Gutierrez tried a reboot with 2017\u2019s \u201cRings<\/strong>\u201d a pale effort that failed to muster a modicum of the terror present in the previous films. It\u2019s a sadly limp effort that stretches credulity to keep the plot moving and feels pointless.<\/p>\n

Bonus Features for this set<\/strong> will not disappoint, as fans will love what Scream Factory has to offer them, for their buck. There are a lot of archival extras carried from previous releases, but there are some brand new segments and whatnot that I loved. Among the new extras it the ninety minutes \u201cGhost Girl Gone Global\u201d an exhaustive documentary that covers the Japanese origins of the films, and their American versions along with a slew of interviews with actors, critics and film historians alike. For \u201cThe Ring Two\u201d there\u2019s a new audio commentary with critics Emily Higgins and Billy Dunham, which is a fun and lively back and forth.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>And there are the carry overs including the fifteen minutes \u201cDon\u2019t Watch This,\u201d the great \u201cRings\u201d short film which bridges parts one and two, the four minutes \u201cThe Origin of Terror,\u201d eight minutes of cast and crew interviews, the original theatrical trailer. Eighteen minutes of deleted scenes for \u201cThe Ring Two,\u201d the six minutes \u201cFear on Film: Special Effects,\u201d the six minutes \u201cSamara: From Eye to Icon,\u201d the five minutes \u201cThe Power of Symbols, the thirteen minutes \u201cThe Making of The Ring Two,\u201d and the theatrical trailer.<\/p>\n

Finally for \u201cRings,\u201d there are eighteen minutes of deleted and extended scenes, the twelve minutes \u201cTerror Comes Full Circle,\u201d the nine minutes \u201cResurrecting The Dead: Bringing Samara Back,\u201d and finally the six minutes \u201cScary Scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Available March 19th from Scream Factory. In the age of analog horror and ARG\u2019s, Hideo Nakata was so far ahead of his time, that it\u2019s horrifying. His 1998 horror film \u201cRing\u201d is a concept that, if realized today, would have probably been a hit series on Youtube. A cursed VHS tape featuring a dreaded short […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,477,703,835,922,1008,1087],"class_list":["post-43114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collectors-den","tag-adaptation","tag-horror","tag-mystery","tag-remake","tag-sequel","tag-supernatural","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43114"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43132,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43114\/revisions\/43132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}