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Ringu
No gore needed. Sadako climbing from the TV traumatized a generation.
Hideo Nakata's 1998 Japanese horror rewrote the rules of fear with no gore, monsters, or jump scares, relying on a cursed videotape and a seven-day countdown. Sadako's television climb traumatized an entire generation, earning $130 million globally. Nakata mastered the art of making stillness more horrifying than action.
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