FILM FACT SHEETS

THE RING

Year: 2002Country: United States, JapanDirected by: Gore Verbinski

Production Company: DreamWorks SKGDistributed Company: DreamWorks Pictures

Budget: $48 MillionBox Office: $249,348,933

Sub-genres: Psychological, Thriller, Supernatural

Plot: After hearing an urban legend that once you watch a certain tape, you die within seven days, the protagonist Rachel Keller begins to investigate. She thinks the tape may have killed four teenagers, making links between their deaths. She watches the tape and answers the phone to hear “seven days.” She experiences nose bleeds, nightmares and other strange occurrences in the following days. She decides to track the whereabouts and story of the tape.

NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

Year: 2010Country: United StatesDirected by: Samuel Bayer

Production Company: New Line CinemaDistributed Company: New Line Cinema

Budget: $35 MillionBox Office: $115,664,037

Sub-genres: Slasher

Plot: Freddy Krueger, a killer with a hat and bladed hand, appears in a group of teenagers dreams in Springwood, attempting to kill them every time they fall asleep and dream. Some of them are killed off and the remaining protagonists find out that Krueger was infact a gardener at their kindergarten and he had abused the children. They fight to stay awake and then tactically dream in order to try and be able to kill Krueger.

THE WOMAN IN BLACKYear: 2012

Country: United Kingdom, Canada, SwedenDirected by: James Watkins

Production Company: Hammer Film ProductionsDistributed Company: Momentum Pictures

Budget: $15 MillionBox Office: $127,730,736

Sub-genres: Supernatural, Thriller

Plot: In London, lawyer Arthur Kipps still grieves the death of his beloved wife Stella on the delivery of their son Joseph four years ago. His employer gives him a last chance to keep his job, and he is assigned to travel to the remote village of Cryphin Gifford to examine the documentation of the Eel Marsh House. Arthur has a cold reception and the owner of the inn tells that there is no available room. The next morning, Arthur meets solicitor Jerome who advises him to return to London Arthur goes to the isolated manor and soon he finds that Eel Marsh House is haunted by the vengeful ghost of a woman dressed in black. He also learns that the woman lost her son drowned in the marsh and she seeks revenge, taking the children of the scared locals.