https://vo.rs/tags/hideo-nakata/Latest from the Hideo Nakata desk at vo.rs.Hugo -- gohugo.ioenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Wed, 22 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0000https://vo.rs/screen/ringu-the-well-the-tape-and-the-slowest-dread-in-horror/<p>Watch a lot of horror and you develop a tolerance to speed — to the cut, the sting, the sudden face in the mirror. What breaks the tolerance is patience, and <em>Ringu</em> is the most patient horror film that ever became a global phenomenon. Hideo Nakata&rsquo;s 1998 picture moves at the pace of an investigation, quiet and procedural, a journalist chasing a rumour about a videotape that kills its viewers seven days after they watch it. For most of its length nothing leaps at you. The dread accumulates like cold water rising in a well, and by the time it reaches your throat you have forgotten you were ever safe.</p>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0000