![]() ![]() Ehren Kruger’s screenplay comes from what’s seen on screen in Ringu - an interesting approach with Suzuki’s novel on the table. The filmmaker was handed a VHS of Ringu, and only a short time later, the determined Verbinski was securing remake rights. Verbinski set out to remake Nakata’s Ringu more than adapt Suzuki’s literature anew. From Saturday Night Live sketches to the most intricately planned and well-oiled cosplays, Verbinski brought a new face of terror to stateside audiences who’ve yet to escape Samara’s curse - somewhat overshadowing the Japanese original. The Ring is still frequently heralded as a top-tier horror heavyweight in a post-Y2K world, exemplified by soggy-haired Samara’s inescapable pop-culture relevance. That could be because The Ring is based on Hideo Nakata’s Japanese adaptation Ringu (aka Ring), an international ghost story less popular with domestic audiences whose first introduction to Koji Suzuki’s 1991 novel was Verbinski’s Americanization. It’s curious though, because 2003’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and others get referenced when conversations think back to what started The Great 2000s Remake Avalanche - The Ring somewhat forgotten in these terms. Production companies like Platinum Dunes and Dark Castle Entertainment fixated on updating horror favorites from iconic slashers to Vincent Price oldies, banking on nostalgia as an added profitability measure (less so for Dark Castle, unfortunately). ![]() Granted, remakes have always been a foundational pillar that keeps horror reinventing itself decade after decade - but the 2000s were different. Gore Verbinski’s The Ring led the first wave of early 2000s horror remakes that partially defined the era’s landscape alongside Saw torture-porners and other reactionary post-9/11 subgenres. ![]()
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