Samara crawls out of the smartphone in this frightfully dull second sequel in a horror franchise better off dead.

Rings takes its premise from last years nauseating Sadako vs. Kayako (Ring vs. The Grudge), but instead of director F. Javier Gutierrez...

This sequel to 2002's The Ring sacrifices scares in favor of more unnecessary mythology.

Is the third entry in the Rings franchise worth a fright? Read Empire's verdict.

Rings: EW review

Producers skip the DVD revolution entirely in dragging their VHS-centric horror series (sort of) into the present for 'Rings.'

The latest entry in the "Ring" franchise falls short for more than one reason.

F Javier Gutiérrez’s murky sequel proves that some horror franchises are best left interred

Like a long-forgotten corpse that’s been quietly decomposing for 12 years, but then suddenly sits bolt upright and projectile-vomits in the direction of yo...

Director F. Javier Gutiérrez attempts to give the horror franchise a VHS-to-digital upgrade with muddled exposition and too-few scares.

If you were told you would die seven days after watching a new horror-movie sequel would you still watch it? Probably not. In fact, you won’t die after wat...

The latest in a horror franchise that began in Japan, this film fills in the back story of Samara, the girl who kills via VCR.

The latest in a horror franchise that began in Japan, this film fills in the back story of Samara, the girl who kills via VCR.

The ‘Rings’ first challenge challenge is, we’ve got this Japanese-rooted horror franchise predicated on an obsolete technology: videotape.

More wearying than frightening, Rings is a total non-starter.

Paramount has revived “The Ring” cycle with “Rings,” a middling update that has few of the chills and little of the suspense of the J-horror original...

"Someone texts 'Don't Watch It!' Sound advice." Read Peter Travers' zero-stars review of 'Rings,' the D.O.A. addition to Americanized J-horror series.

This strange film comes 15 years after the terrifying American remake of a Japanese horror classic.

F. Javier Gutierrez’s super-superfluous second sequel to The Ring is completely incoherent

Or: how to turn one terrifying movie into an increasingly dumb, incoherent franchise

A death-cult idea briefly animates this belated sequel to the Japanese-inspired horror franchise, before horror mundanity sets in

Have you heard about that movie that’s headed to video sooner rather than later? They say you start watching it, and after 100 minutes, you’re dead from ...

The cursed videotape returns in a warmed-over horror rehash.

Nearly 20 years after 'Ringu,' the latest American horror sequel of hex, flies, and videotape is as unscary as it is out of date.

Rings tries to turn Samara into a modern viral video, but it forgets to include the internet.

Categorizing Rings as "horror" would be a disservice to genre films, because at least the lowest of the low attempt a scare here or there.