Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- eerie
- foreboding
- melancholic
- late night horror viewing
- japanese horror marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the prequel as a contrived and comparatively mild expansion of Sadako's mythology, with Yukie Nakama's performance standing out amid clichéd backstage melodrama.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The story follows Sadako as a withdrawn college student and charts the events preceding her emergence as the vengeful spirit of Ringu.
Jealous performers, a demanding director, and strange deaths turn Sadako's drama club into the film's primary pressure chamber.
The reporter investigates Sadako's spiritualist mother while Sadako's own unusual abilities become central to the drama club deaths.
The film combines rehearsal-room rivalries and theatrical performance with a spreading pattern of uncanny deaths.
Films like Ring 0, and why
Ringu
supernatural curse mythology, investigative suspense, and escalating ghostly dread
Carrie
jealousy, psychic trauma, and young women targeted by frightening supernatural forces
Ju-On: The Grudge
japanese ghost-horror atmosphere, female-centered supernatural terror, and psychological unease
Movie Details
- Director
- Norio Tsuruta
- Release Date
- 2000-01-22
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (296)
Cast
- Yukie Nakama
- Seiichi Tanabe
- Kumiko Aso
- Yoshiko Tanaka
- Takeshi Wakamatsu
- Ryushi Mizukami
- Kaoru Okunuki
- Yasushi Kimura
- Mami Hashimoto
- Daisuke Ban
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, Fandor, AsianCrush, ARROW
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Ring 0 about?
- A withdrawn drama student becomes the focus of jealousy, psychic suspicion, and a deadly supernatural crisis inside her college theater group.
- What is Ring 0 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ring 0 as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Ring 0 violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Ring 0 as moderate.
- What did critics think of Ring 0?
- Critics broadly regarded the prequel as a contrived and comparatively mild expansion of Sadako's mythology, with Yukie Nakama's performance standing out amid clichéd backstage melodrama.
- Which films are like Ring 0?
- Films with a similar feel include Ringu, Carrie, and Ju-On: The Grudge.
- How long is Ring 0?
- Ring 0 runs 99 minutes.
- Where can I watch Ring 0?
- In United States, Ring 0 streams on Philo, Fandor, AsianCrush, ARROW.
