10 Most Terrifying Horror Movie Curses
2. The Ring - The Cursed Videotape
At the highest tier of curses and cursed objects is the tape from The Ring.
You know the schtick: you watch the tape and you die 7 days later. Classic, right?
The Ring is the go-to for most people if you bring up any of the classic curse tropes: pass it on to survive, a 3-5 business day delivery time on death, an angry demon versus a generally well-meaning protagonist.
However what needs to be applauded about the curse in The Ring is quite how malicious it is. In both the Japanese original (Ring) and the remake, digging up and giving a burial to the originator of the curse is not enough.
Samara (if we’re going by the remake) is angry and vicious enough that to give her a proper send-off is just not going to cut it, she instead wants to infect everyone she can with the fear and suffering the tape causes. An unliftable, unavoidable curse is definitely the worst kind.