Samara basically uses “Nensha,” also known as thoughtography or projected thermography, to literally “burn” the images in her head onto physical surfaces or instill them in the minds of others.Īfter watching the tape, when Rachel first begins her investigation, her first cue turns out to be the lighthouse that she spots in the tape itself. The viewer of the tape sets off a chain of horrifying events that later leads to his/her death within seven days.
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The entire narrative of the movie revolves around a videotape. Samara’s “Nensha” and the TapeĪlthough the first movie keeps Samara’s origins a mystery, through mild foreshadowing, it reveals a lot about her abilities. All of this proves that she, too, is somewhat of a vengeful spirit like onryō. As you already know, her biological mother was brutally tortured even before she was born and even after being adopted, her adoptive father had kept her confined in a barn before she was killed by her own mother. All of her victims are found with shriveled up pale faces as if life was just sucked right out of them. An “onryō” is basically a vengeful spirit that harms people only to rectify all the pain that it received from them when it was alive and also takes away their spirits when they’re dying. Just like an onryō, she has long string-like black hair, wears a white dress, and has a terrifying pale face. Going by her appearance, Samara represents an “onryō” which refers to a ghost in Japanese traditional beliefs and literature. When Evelyn tried to drown her, Samara was taken away from her and put up for adoption, and that’s how she later ended up with Anna and her husband.
After Samara was born, from the very beginning, Evelyn knew that there’s something seriously wrong with her as she never cried. Evelyn was held captive by a psychotic priest who repeatedly raped her and only let her go after he found out that she’s pregnant. In the third installment, ‘Rings’, it is revealed that Samara was born in 1970 and her biological mother was a woman named Evelyn. The first movie does not reveal anything else about Samara’s origins but the other two movies in the series, although they’re not half as good as the first one, drop some hints on how she came into existence. This raises the possibility that Samara was adopted by the two. When Rachel visits Samara’s old doctor, she gets to know that Anna was previously having trouble conceiving a child.Īfter she and her husband went for a vacation, they were back with Samara. Anna had suffocated her using a plastic bag and had later dumped her into a well. It only reveals that Samara was once the daughter of Anna and Richard Morgan, and was later killed by her own mother. The first installment of ‘The Ring’ franchise does not really shed much light on Samara’s origins. With this, she finds herself spiraling down into a terrifying reality that forces her to race against time before she and her son meet the same fate as everyone affected by the curse. But her own skepticism leads her into watching it and she regrets it instantly. When her own niece ends up dying after watching it, she decides to further investigate the case and manages to get her hands on this cursed tape. SPOILERS AHEAD!Īn urban legend about a mysterious videotape that kills people begins to grip a town but no one seems to take it too seriously, especially news reporter Rachel ( Naomi Watts). So further down in this article, we’ll be explaining everything from its hidden messages to its mysterious ending. Moreover, it also leaves quite a lot of aspects of its plot to the viewer’s imagination. Although its mise-en-scène is enough to scare the hell out of you, the film is also surprisingly very deep and subtly foreshadows several key elements of its storyline.
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