10 Awesome Horror Movie Villains With One Stupid Weakness

In the Ring franchise, the weakness of Sadako is one that's totally in the hands of her potential victims. As in, she can't hurt you unless you watch the infamous video that's at the core of the franchise.

If you're dumb enough to watch that old VHS tape, you deserve what you get. But by simply not watching that ominously creepy footage, that negates any chance of her targeting you with the promise of imminent death in just seven days. Well, or one, two, or 13 days depending on which entry in the franchise you're watching.

Granted, later films such as Sadako vs. Kayako and the 2017 Rings changed things up a little by having the Sadako - or Samara, in the case of Rings - tapes uploaded and spread on the internet, but even then, it again boils down to just not watching these videos. If you don't watch them, no trouble will come your way.

Essentially, anyone has the ability to render Sadako/Samara powerless, all by not letting curiosity get the better of you. And there's no real excuse for stumbling across this video by accident, for the wider Ring franchise - which nowadays consists of 14 movies and a couple of TV series - has it well established that this video is known in-universe for what it brings with it should you foolishly give the vid a watch.