Relevant research from the book: Asia Shock by Patrick Galloway
(Page 76) Technology is used as a warning, like in other Asian films such as Phone. In The Ring, the technology featured is the cursed videotape which allows the spirit inside to haunt the viewer.
(Page 78 and 79) 'Sadako [Samara] grabs Reiko's [Rachel's] forearm...black, burn-like finger marks where the ghost had touched her'. The character of Samara is made to look like a 'more traditional vengeful Japanese ghost'. The fear is created through a 'mixture of biology and the supernatural'.
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