The Ring franchise features over a dozen movies, but only one is notable for its terrible reviews and it's the one that soon ...

Rasen sticks to the more pseudo-scientific style of the books, meaning that the "cursed" videotape is here a catalyst for infecting people with a smallpox virus that contains Sadako’s DNA.

After "Rasen" bombed, the studio decided to pretend it didn't exist. Nakata came back to direct "Ringu 2" the next year, which effectively became the Japanese franchise's first official sequel.

More recently, however, two Sadako 3D movies were made as direct sequels to Rasen, and last year Sadako vs. Kayako crossed over with the Ju-On: The Grudge franchise to the tune of a respectable $8 ...

8. The Ring 2 (Rasen) This one is an interesting curio. It may seem like an odd entry at first, as there was a Ring 2; both a direct sequel to the Japanese original, as well as to the American remake.

Oh my! Samara is coming out of flat screen TVs now. It all began with the 1991 Japanese novel titled "Ring". Written by Koji Suzuki, the novel about a cursed videotape had since inspired many mediums ...

This month, 12 years after “The Ring” movie franchise last haunted North American theaters, the vengeful ghost Samara and her cursed video are back in search of new victims.