FIRST TIME WATCHING * The Ring (2002) * MOVIE REACTION 

Surprised that I didn’t hear Ash say symbolisms like 900 times in this reaction since there’s so much symbolism in this movie 😆✨

Samara has the ability to implant images into someone's mind, ones which are implied by others to have not been good. This led to her parents keeping her in the barn. However, Samara began burning images into the horses' minds as well, causing them to throw themselves into the water. It's also where the picture of the tree on her bedroom wall in the barn came from, Samara burned that image into the wood. When the cabin was built above the well, Samara's spirit was able to imprint images onto the video tape. The video plays like flashes of her life, perhaps her last thoughts as she died. The faces of those who watch the tape being blurred in photos seem to represent how someone would look if being viewed from under water. The scratched out faces in the magazines look like Samara with her long hair covering her face. She then leaves her victims with horrified expressions, their skin looking like someone who was decomposed in water.

Rachel was only spared because she had made a copy of the tape, helping Samara circulate her evil. She forces Aidan to make a copy so he, too, may be spared.

YES!! Poor Hannah is going to have nightmares. The scene where Samara climbs out of the TV was on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.

"Why are you tryna cast a spell" I love Ash and Hannah so much 💀🤣🤣

No joke. Watched this opening weekend in theater. And the freaking movie melted and split when Samara is being interviewed. Talked about the absolute worst timing. Freaked the entire theater out.

Here's some answers for some of your questions at the end. It's implied that Samara had psychic powers and was already evil before she died, using her powers to cause suffering around her. This is made more clear in the original Japanese movie, but I like the subtlety of this version. Also, the scratch marks in the well were her trying to get out of the well, not her being actively tortured. The way the curse works is that you have to make a copy _and_ show it to someone else to survive. The idea behind the twist at the end was that Samara's desire to be released from the well was actually unrelated to the curse itself. It's unclear what being set free actually did for Samara, but she was basically tricking them into helping her out. The movie isn't really supposed to be confusing or unclear, but it's written like a murder mystery, so I can see why that might happen anyway.

I read somewhere that part of what made Samara’s walk coming out of the well so creepy is that they filmed her walking backwards and climbing into the well, so when you play it in reverse it looks like she’s walking forward in a very disjointed manner.

Ash making Hannah feel bad and telling her she was bullying that girl at the beginning was hilarious 😭🤣

An absolute classic! We all have that one horror movie that traumatized us as a kid, this one was mine.

Funny story: After seeing this movie when it came out I called up my sister and perfectly nailed the "Seven Days" voice, you should've heard her reaction, she was SO pissed off! 😂

The Grudge is also suuuuuper scary and fun! I would recommend the Japanese version but I’ve also heard that they are ridiculously difficult to get through in regards to copyright issues so you might be better off reacting to the American remake from 2004

No other horror movie stuck with me like this one ever. Sure, there's other horror movies with more junp scares. But the tone and imagery always stayed in my head

It's fun to see that the scene where Samara comes out of the TV still holds up today. Back in the day, Samara was a very popular Halloween costume. I once saw a person who had a set-up on a flat cart with the TV and everything. For years after, whenever I would see a blank, unmarked tape at a thrift store, I would think of this movie :)

I had the original DVD of this and if you press down on the menu when you're at the bottom option and then press enter it plays the video and returns you to the menu...then after a couple of beats it plays the sound of a ringing telephone loud enough so it sounds like it's in the room, especially if you have stereo speakers hooked up which we did. I nearly pissed myself. 😅

I’m just gonna come out and say it - Hannah’s singing voice is gorgeous!

So back when this came out, we had an old tv in the living room that would turn itself on and off randomly. Not often, but just sometimes. It would also always show static when you first turned it on because you had to put it in the right channel or something to get it hooked to the cable box. I had just finished rewatching this movie at like 2 am and I got up and went to the bathroom. I walked back in the living room and the damn tv chose that moment to turn on to static. I didn’t even scream. Just froze and seriously saw gray. Then I realized what happened. I went back to the bathroom. 😂

I was a junior in high school when I saw this movie in theater, opening night. It was a packed theater and I was on a first date. That moment early in, 10:33, "I saw her face." The whole audience lost their minds, literally screaming in terror. Me being an avid horror fan my whole life was just un-phased. Everyone else lost their minds, including my date. She was outside her mind. Bottom line, this movie was the reason I lost my virginity that night. I dropped her off at her home and 15 minutes later she called me and snuck me into her house because she didn't feel safe alone. I arrived, her sneaking me in and she jumped on me on site. I have fond memories of The Ring.

Fun fact the little girl played Samara was also the voice of Lilo from Lilo & Stitch. You have to admit that Samara is one of the most polite ghost I have ever seen she at least gives you 7 days notice before she comes for you. That way you have time to say goodbye to your loved ones😅😂

Not just make a copy, you have to make a copy and show it to someone. Rachel showed the copy to Noah, now the Kid made a copy and they'll show it to someone else.

I think that kid was also in another scary movie called "Darkness Falls". This also came out in early 2000s when it was popular to just have "scary" looking kids cast in scary movies. It's so much fun to watch horror movies from this era because they have a unique vibe to them.

32:14 - I audibly gasped when Ash said that lol, just the absolute most worst possible thing to do at that time. Hilarious as always to see Hannah attempt to keep calm and then proceed to immediately start jumping and moving around during the tense parts, you two make a perfect react pair!

You guys actually asked the right questions and really got most of it right. Samara was a “gifted” child…but in a way that affected everything around her negatively. So yes,she was no ordinary child. The mother didn’t torture her. She was taken to see the doctor who I think was a psychiatrist, so the parents did their best to try to help her. But instead everything around her died or went crazy. The scratches on the walls of the well were Samara trying to get out of the well after the mother shoved her in it. Rachel managed to stave off the curse when she copied the tape and showed it to her ex boyfriend/ dude. That’s how the tape works. You pass it on to other people to get them to watch (remember the tape was in the office of the cabin to watch for free = for anybody to watch, thus extending the life of the person that copied that tape). This is shown when Rachel made the kid make a copy. Rachel figured this out when most people didn’t. They all died, the viewers of the tape. And she saved the son. Messed up that this kid would have this on his poor conscience for however long he lives. I agree, Rachel sucked as a mother. She loved him but still. She sucked as a human being in all honesty. Loved the reaction…you guys are cute! 👍🏻👍🏻✌🏼✌🏼

The Closet shot traumatised me for months, I always avoided going into my own closet to get my clothes 😂 that girls face fcked me up

My favorite story tied to the Ring is that back in the early 2000’s my folks watched this movie late at night when I had gone to bed. They rented it from Blockbuster. They were terrified and the movie ended at 1 in the morning. As they were getting up off the sofa, the phone rang…at one in the morning. My mom told my dad, “You’re getting that. Not me.” Lol so he answered it and it was freaking Red Lobster.

I watched this movie overseas at my aunt's house with my cousin. We were both 13. It scared the crap out of me. When it was done I walked to their kitchen to get some water. My uncle jump scared me and I screamed so loud lol

“Do you think he’s the static?!” 😂😂😂You two are so ridiculous that you’re awesome and hilarious. You make a great couple and a great comedic duo

Samara was evil. Totally. Her main ability has to do with images. She showed the mom and dad scary shit all the time , and drove the mom nuts, So they put her in the barn hoping that there was a distance limitation on her ability. So she showed the horses scary shit and they all offed themselves. The image ability is also how Samara made the pictures in the sanitarium , and how she made the tape. She projected her memories straight onto the tape. And no, it really is because she made a copy.

Rachel did a copy and the copy was seen by her son. It is implied that the son is making a copy to show it to someone.

when I first watched this movie, I must be in my early teens or under it. I was in my dark room when this scene (10:34) came up. I was watching it on my portable DVD Player...... dang even though I got scared after watching her face, I kept on replaying to get over the fear.

I'm not lying when I tell you that this movie was the last scary movie I watched. My brother and I saw it in a theater and I drove home with my dome light on. I did call him in the middle of the night to say "Seven Days"...made me feel better.

The jump scare after the mom says "I saw her face" is the greatest one in movie history along with the scene in Signs at the kids birthday party when the alien walks across the screen.

Ash's idea of watching Ring explained is actually really good because there was so many cool things that go over peoples head

OMG Hannah got me Jumping in every scene with her shouts hahaha... I had a terrible day guys, Thanks for making it AMAZING ang lighter with your reactions... LOVE U🥰

I actually like watching Hannah when she’s reacting to action venture thrillers. She gets so into the bad guys getting caught and that’s how I am when I watch those movies! 💜💜

I was so terrified of this film when I was 12 years old. I’m 33 now and I still refuse to watch it cos ive gotten so used to being scared of it🤣

I always assumed that Samara's "parents" went away and made some sort of demonic deal with an evil entity in order to be given a child (after so many failed pregnancies). They were gifted a baby, but the baby was always something other than human, something evil - and eventually Samara become too destructive, and they had to get rid of her.

Loved this movie, but I love the original "Ringu" even more. There's this quasi-film school feel to the original movie that makes it even creepier, like it's just a tad closer to being a homemade movie which lends well to the aesthetic and atmosphere of the experience. Plus if you know a bit about Japanese ghost stories, you can really feel the movie's cultural roots and it really enriches the film significantly.

Still waiting for you guys to watch The Others! Brilliant horror movie 👍🏼

SILENT HILL is an underrated horror movie with similar themes. I highly recommend it.

Can we please take a moment and appreciate Hannah's singing voice. Bootiful my girl, do it up more please.

I love it so much, Ash joking around and tickling the already 100% energy Hannah :D

I watched this movie with my family on VHS, when it first came out. As soon as the movie ended, the phone ring, no lie... None of us answered it.

I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH IM OBSESSED WITH THIS MOVIE!!!!! PRETTY PLEASE WATCH NUMBER 2, NO OTHER REACTORS HAVE DONE IT AND ITS MY FAVOURITE!!!!!

I haven't seen the ring, but I have seen the original Japanese version called Ringu. It's fantastic, anyway it's always a treat watching you and Hannah react and give your thoughts on movies. I'm looking forward to this, by the way if you're interested might I recommend Ghostbusters (1984)? It's a fantastic movie and I think you'll enjoy it. Anyway take care you two.

You'll need to see the original Japanese version. Japanese horror is on another level.

First time I am watching this live - you guys are so funny and relatable!! I LOVE HANNAH!! And you guys are just perfect for each other. Subscribed forever!!!

This movie scared the shit out of me! It haunted me for weeks! I saw The Grudge in the theater shortly after, so I was a mess!

Background about me: I've been a since-childhood horror movie fanatic, seen the original Exorcist at around age 14 (AND appreciated it)... and saw The Ring AFTER that, but that scene with Samara climbing out of the TV still freaked me out! Addendum: I had FORGOTTEN about certain other freaky aspects, such as yes that tape itself was just so disturbing. When it wasn't obviously disturbing, it was random. Which was disturbing in itself lol.

I love this movie! Definitely check out the original. It's great! Samara made her adopted mother, Anna Morgan, go insane by showing her horrible images in Anna's head. Remember the scene when Noah goes to the psychiatric hospital and he sees the x-rays of weird and morbid images? Samara made those with her mind. Anna went to get psychiatric help for herself and Samara, but Samara didn't stop torturing Anna with her powers; in Samara's own words, "(hurting people) But I do and I'm sorry. It won't stop." Samara was put in the barn by her adopted father, Richard, to help his wife, so then Samara started to torture the horses by putting images in their minds, hence the horses drowning themselves. Because Samara didn't stop putting images in Anna's head, driving her insane, Anna killed Samara. The tape was created by Samara using her powers. She burned them into the tape. The images are what she's seen and experienced, there's even a moment on the tape when we see Samara's point of view when the black trash bag is over her head. There are a lot of great details in the video tape. She made it because she wanted to hurt and kill people. I love how in order to safe yourself, you have to make a copy and pass it on to someone else, "spread it like sickness". This is such a clever concept/ ending by the author of the book, Koji Suzuki. You are saving yourself, by harming others. It's a full circle of harm and death. I know people die from their heart stopping, I think they die from fright. I know I would. The original version is Japanese, and Japanese history and culture is embedded with mysticism and the supernatural, so the whole Samara/ Sadako, her powers, etc. goes a little more smoothly in the original version. A lot of people wonder why after watching the tape, your image is messed up. I think it's because when you are under water and you look up, everything is refracted, some your view is distorted. It's a nice touch from the original film maker, Hideo Nakata; I don't know if that was specified in the book. The Ring movies are quite different from the original source material written by Koji Suzuki.

I can just imagine the message on that voicemail. "Umm hi, this is Samara? Just wanted to let you know you had like 7 days? Okay, cya soon!"

"Rosie? My phone's cryin'" I'm fkn weak 🤣🤣

You pass on the curse by making a copy, and showing it to someone else to pass it on to them. Also Samara has the power of Nensha, which is how she made the tape without a camera(like you said you couldn’t see a camera in the mirror). All her abilities are possible through her mind. Great reaction as always, I’ve been waiting for this one!

Hannah....chill, sis! LMFAO The reason that the woman did not die IS because she made a copy of the tape. The girls was ALWAYS coming out of the TV....she killed the 1st girl then folded her @$$ up and stuffed her into her closet. lol

There was a TV and VHS player above the well in the camp. Samara imprinted the video with her mind on the tape in that player from the bottom of the well.

I love your reactions, I only discovered you recently but I have to say that you are totally authentic and you have a great power of observation

I would recommend you guys watch the Others, The Babadook, and Skeleton Key. All very good films with really well done scares.

The Grudge next please!

I found your channel 2 days ago and I already binge watched whole harry potter franchise and bunch of other movies and I can say for sure that you are the best reaction channel I've come across so far. Your reactions are so hilarious and you two are perfect together, I can't stop laughing and you always make my day after a stressed day at work so thank you for that, I hope you never stop doin' these reactions. Love from Croatia!!!

The part w/the tv at the end surprised the hell out of everyone who watched this movie...terrifying is a good word to describe that moment! This is one of my fave horror films of all time, good story and yea, the mom...bad mom...agree, she dumb dumb.

I was a huge horror movie fan in high school , I had watched so many movies by the time this one came out. I saw this movie in theaters when it came out and the scene of her daughter in the closet legit made me scream. No movie ever made me scream 😂

Once you've seen Scream, The Ring, Signs, and I Know What You Did Last Summer, you'll be ready to watch the Scary Movie series.

16:04 Best couple ever "Babe, can you stfu and listen?" My man doesnt even say yes, go a head, im sorry, sure.... my man, like a champ, says nothing: and the queen makes a great point. Wisdom bruv. Thats a man who loves his woman.

23:22 when hannah is gagging and ash is all "OH WOW" i legit almost died replayed it like 5 times LOL

This is one of my favorite horror movies. It's so good. You guys should check out The Skeleton Key. It's another good movie that was written by the same guy who wrote The Ring.

This is one of the few remakes from Japanese cinema I think does a great job of capturing the tension of the original. Very pleasantly surprised when I first saw this and to this day static still freaks me out 😂

This movie is AWESOME! I really enjoyed y'alls reaction. You guys are so entertaining and genuine. I will always a fan, as long as you're on RU-vid. You two play off each other very well! 😂❤

14:52 Legend says that this burning tree is a maple tree. The fruits of maple trees are called Samaras.

Hands down THE best reaction Duo. So real and funny!!! Keep it up guys and keep being yourselves 👊🏼

I saw this when I was 12 and for a whole week I thought I was gunna die cause I watched the tape in the movie lol

the only channel that i watch the intro of the video and not just skip to the reaction 😅 , love for u guys from egypt ❤️

"I couldn't find a single case of a 16 year olds heart just stopping" Been happening a lot in just the last year.

If you love The Green Mile so much, you guys should watch Life is Beautiful (La Vita e Bella). YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. It's a must watch movie before you die.

I swear, Aiden is creepier than Samara.

One of my favorites 💕I remember flying through the ceiling as a kid when that Katie jump scare happened ("My phone is crying." 🤣)

Thanks for the reaction, this is one of my fav movies, i was obsessed with this when it first came out, it's such a creepy and well directed movie.

many parts of this movie were inspired by "the changeling" from 1982 with george c scott. great classic horror mystery.

The Ring was my first Horror Movie EVER. What a great way to start. I was 6 or 7, my uncle had rented it and asked if I wanted to watch it with him, like a responsible adult would, of course. It was absolutely traumatizing, but it was also when my love for the genre was born!

I've been binge watching y'all videos when I have time... Absolutely love yall reactions... I watched this movie as a teen in 2003..The phone rang during one of the scenes... Was scared as f*** 🤣🤣😂

Solid and funny reaction, Ash and Hannah. Saw this as a child and I was enthralled and interested by the story and Samara did scare me as a kid as well. And this is for Hannah, there is actually a sequel to the 2002 American remake, released in 2005.

daddy chill lol !!..t rex pose ahahahaha... u guys r the best ....love this movie btw i remember watch it and was so creepy movie. such an epic movie the ring. love samara character

Can't wait for this! Love this movie! A great American Remake.

The Japanese Version basically alludes that Sadako/Samara is an Eldritch Horror that can never die. Kinda like Jean Grey with the Phoenix Force but in a horror setting.

"If you don't forward this to all your friends you will die in 7 days." Classic

The Moth Man Prophecy would also give Hannah nightmares

"You silly woman! You know about that tape yet you put it on!" 🤣....you two crack me up

Fantastic job as always! Ash, you always pick up on things that other Reactors don’t!!This movie & “M. Night Shalaman’s (misspelled) Devil, are two of the best horror movies going.

Back when you used to have to rent these on VHS, they got special permission from the industry to start instead of with the FBI warning that was standard at the time, with a copy of the evil video from the film so that you were part of the curse. Which really messed up my brain, but also was really interesting to watch beforehand because then you got to watch through the whole movie and pick up when the certain scenes were replicating what was happening in the evil video. I still wish they kept it like that on the dvd. It was an awesome experience. I firmly stand by this being one of the scariest movies I've ever seen.

I love both your reactions. Can I suggest “Stir Of Echoes” from 1999 it stars Kevin Bacon

3min into your reaction and I'm already crying laughing!! 😂 Don't get me wrong, I reacted the exact same way when I 1st watched it!

Pretty good movie. Reminds me of a movie called, "The Grudge." Congrats on all the success of your channel and Hannah's channel as well. I think you two deserve your success and it's nice to see hard working people succeed!

My understandings (Ignoring any lores added in subsequent movies 'cause they just made things unnecessarily convoluted): Imagine if Jack Jack didn't live with the Incredibles, but was instead adopted by an ordinary family. The baby's probably not gonna live. Samara is such a child with superpowers who got adopted overseas. Her telepathic powers had manifested but she was still too young to control them, especially when she's asleep, hence people around her were getting nightmares. This caused her father to lock her away in the barn, but the horses were noisy and kept her awake at night, so she (probably intentionally) used her powers to drive the horses away. She overdid it, of course, and the horses all wanted to get as far away as they could. Because they were on an island, the horses had nowhere to run except into water. This destroyed her family's horse farm business, and Samara's mother was heartbroken as a horse racer. The non-super parents couldn't handle it anymore and killed Samara. But Samara's powers included persisting after death, so she materialized her memories & experiences into a tape that's right next to the well (this ability was demonstrated earlier when she materialized x-ray images for the psychiatrist). She didn't care about being freed - She just wanted people to hear her story. Her technique was that if you watched the video and didn't like and share, she'd kill you. She has cyberkinetic powers that let her manipulate electronic equipments, hence her ability to turn on / teleport via TV, or giving phone calls to warn her viewers that they should share her video (except as a child, she only gave the cryptic instruction of "seven days"). It's like a marvel superhero's origin story as an orphaned child getting into trouble due to their uncontrolled powers, except in this case, Samara never grew up to become a superhero.

I have had trouble not laughing throughout this movie ever since I watched Scary Movie 3 xD

you guys should do The Grudge and The Audition as well 😀

Friends of mine live in the barn from the film, I've been in there numerous times. The room up top with the ladder is still there, they built it for the movie. Still has all the original set pieces, including the peeling off wallpaper and the burned tree image. I've only gone up there once lol

Our girl hannah with a beautiful voice 😭😭

I am glad this premieres at 7pm cape town time, its not the kind of movie i want to be watching later in the evening. #Factos 👍 👀

Oh God I can't wait for her to shart her trousers 😂 the jump scares will be epic.

Well in Rachel's defense Noah brought his death sentence upon himself. He really insisted on watching the tape even though Rachel clearly resisted. I agree that Rachel was careless leaving that copy for Aiden to watch later. In order to save Aiden he had make a copy. Who knows how many more potential victims watched it after Aiden made his copy.

Yo!! Hannah has a great singing voice!!! That was beautiful!!