35 - The Ring

Released 30/01/2017

This classic episode is in the Diminishing Returns vault. Sign up to our Patreon for as little as £1 to access our back-catalogue episodes!

This week, the Diminishing Returns gang dig up a time-capsule in the form of this episode of the show that was recorded in October 2016 to coincide with the release of the new entry in the The Ring franchise: Rings. When Rings was delayed to 2017, so, too, was this episode which covers every film in the franchise to date, as well as all of the Japanese The Grudge (or as they're known in their native language, Ju-On) movies.

Films covered in this episode:

Ringu
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 67%

Rasen
Allen: n/s
Calvin: n/s
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰
Overall score: 60%

Ring 2 (1999)
Allen: n/s
Calvin: ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ✰
Overall score: 35%

Ring 0: Birthday
Allen: n/s
Calvin: ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰
Overall score: 30%

Sadako 3D
Allen: n/s
Calvin: n/s
Sol: ✰ ✰
Overall score: 40%

Sadako 2 3D
Allen: n/s
Calvin: n/s
Sol: ✰ ✰
Overall score: 40%

The Ring (2002)
Allen: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Calvin: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Sol: ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Overall score: 80%

The Ring 2 (2005)
Allen: ✰ ✰
Calvin: ✰ ½
Sol: ✰ ½
Overall score: 35%

We review Rings in:
"Review of the Year 2017: Part 1"

If you enjoyed this episode, you might also be interested in:
"It Follows"