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Samara Morgan costume

Samara Morgan

The Ring (2002)

The lore

A girl with a terrifying psychic gift who was thrown down a well. Anyone who watches her cursed videotape dies in seven days.

The look

  • White nightgown
  • Long wet black hair over face
  • Pale makeup

Behind the screams

The Ring earned about $249M worldwide and kicked off Hollywood’s remakes of J-horror. Samara crawling out of the TV is one of the most imitated scares ever.

Credits

Created by
Kōji Suzuki (novel)
Gore Verbinski (director)
Brought to life by
Daveigh Chase