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Rings

"First you watch it. Then you die."

2017

1h 42m

5.0(2636 votes)

Horror

Overview

Julia becomes worried about her boyfriend Holt when he explores the dark urban legend of a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after viewing. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a "movie within the movie" that no one has ever seen before.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Matilda Lutz

Matilda Lutz

Julia

Alex Roe

Alex Roe

Holt Anthony

Johnny Galecki

Johnny Galecki

Gabriel Brown

Vincent D'Onofrio

Vincent D'Onofrio

Galen Burke

Zach Roerig

Zach Roerig

Carter

Aimee Teegarden

Aimee Teegarden

Skye Johnston

Bonnie Morgan

Bonnie Morgan

Samara Morgan

Chuck David Willis

Chuck David Willis

Blue

Patrick Walker

Patrick Walker

Jamal

Laura Slade Wiggins

Laura Slade Wiggins

Faith

Creative team

Directed by: F. Javier Gutiérrez
Written by: Akiva Goldsman
David Loucka
Produced by: Laurie MacDonald
Walter F. Parkes

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