The Ring / The Ring 2 (DVD)

The Ring (Dir. Gore Verbinski, 2002): It begins as just another urban legend - the whispered tale of nightmarish videotape that causes anyone who watches it to die seven days later. But when four teenagers all meet with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape, investigative reporter Rachel Keller tracks down the video...and watches it. Now, the legend is coming true, the clock is ticking and Rachel has just seven days to unravel the mystery of The Ring. The Ring 2 (Dir. Hideo Nakata, 2005): Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) and her son Aidan (David Dorfman) have relocated to the quaint mountain town of Asheville, where Rachel has found a new job at the local Asheville Gazette, working alongside reporter Max Rourke (Simon Baker). The discovery of a local teenage homicide whilst scanning the electronic Asheville Police archives prompts Rachel to uncover the truth behind it. Before long, Rachel has linked the homicide to the mysterious video tape. Just when Rachel is within reach of uncovering the secret, she discovers that Aidan has been hospitalized - unconcious, perilously cold, and bruised. Rachel suspects this is the act of Samara Morgan, but Dr Emma Temple suspects otherwise. Having being blamed for child abuse and looking guilty as sin, Rachel returns to Seattle, to dig deeper into the past of the ghostly Samara. Will the secrets she uncovers solve problems, or will they end more lives?

The Ring:
'Making Of' featurette
'Don't Watch This' featurette
Theatrical trailers
The Ring 2:
Deleted and alternative scenes
'Rings' short film
'The Haunting Of The Ring Two' featurette
'HBO First Look: The Making Of The Ring Two' featurette
'Samara: From Eye To Icon' featurette
'Imagination In Focus' featurette