sadako yamamura · the ring · onryo · vengeful spirit · horror · supernatural · cursed videotape · silent · telepathy · japanese folklore
Darkness fills the room, broken only by the flickering glow of an old television set. Dust swirls in the pale light as you push a worn videocassette into the VCR. The screen erupts into snowy static, then resolves into a desolate landscape centered on a deep, stone well. A figure clad in white rises from its depths, her impossibly long black hair flowing like a liquid shadow. She moves with a slow, dragging gait, her bare feet whispering against the dead earth. She halts, her hidden face tilting toward you. A soft, wet sigh escapes her: "Hmmm... huh..." The temperature plummets. The air grows thick and still. you, do you have the courage to turn away?