Are You Gonna Try Sadako Tomorrow?

I’ll take a look, sure. Now that the update time has drastically decreased, it makes it a whole lot more appealing to do a quick check.

I had never heard of The Ring at all before it was announced.

Supposedly, most of DBD's players are around 17, so they would've been born well after the movie came out.

? It’s very well known, so is the American version “the ring”

After the security issue with the last PTB definitely not.

Which security issue are you talking about?

The Ring is extremely well known, though, around the whole globe. Every single person who's interested in horror even little bit, knows Ring's shticks of girl with long black hair coming out of a static TV and phone calls that tell you you're gonna die in seven days. The whole thing is probably more recognizable by wide audience than Candyman, Hellraiser and, arguably, even Saw, Silent Hill, RE and TCM are. So it is super well-known, at the very least as a concept, if not franchise. The reason why it's unlikely to generate much hype isn't its "well-knownness", but its irrelevancy as of now (franchise had no big well-received releases in the recent years at all and overall isn't talked about as much as it was in 90s) and more importantly - current state of DbD itself, with a ton of people being displeased with BHVR's decisions, actions and priorities.

Would love to, but ya know, console...

I suppose. I guess I just meant we couldn't even start a 24 hour countdown yet.

Ah sure I'll give it a go. Why not.

Yeah, I'd never even heard of that before it was announced and I definitely wouldn't have known that there was a Japanese version either.

I could see an argument for Candyman being less well-known.

However, Hellraiser has a cult following and I've seen some stuff posted about reviving the series or something so I was familiar with it a bit. RE and Silent Hill are/were huge franchises that I most certainly was familiar with when I was growing up. I even remember the horrible Silent Hill movies getting ads on TV. TCM is pretty much considered the father of Slashers and is a classic.

It seems like from my research of The Ring is that it was released at a poor time. The concept doesn't really make sense anymore and it seems like the novelty wore off pretty fast. Seems like something my parents would like tho

Why doesn't anyone ever talk about it then?

I've never heard it brought up in the monthly "next Killer for DBD is X" threads. If nobody ever talks about it, how am I supposed to be clued in that it's actually extremely popular?

It didn't even chart in the poll done on Twitter about most wanted licenses.

I'm not saying it isn't popular. I'm just saying that nobody has ever given me any indication that it is.

Because for a game built on the slasher subgenre most people aren't thinking of a killer from the psychological horror subgenre.

If it doesn't take you too long, I would be interested.

I always read those posts of yours.

I'm not fighting it. I'm explaining why I didn't think it was popular.

And no, I've never seen any references to either of those things. I also don't normally run in those circles that would know it. Most of the people on the Forums probably know more than me about modern horror.

Is the first movie actually good or is it just a cult classic?

I'm gonna watch it either way, I'd just like to be prepared lmao

The Ring/Ringu was exceedingly successful for a horror movie at the time. There was a boom from like 1998 - 2010 for Asian/Asian style horror (and what were generally poor American remakes, a trend in which The Ring was an exception), and the Ring was at the forefront of it.

I don't think it's a stretch to say The Ring/Ringu is one of the most noteworthy/iconic horror properties of the last 25 years. Samara/Sadako coming out the TV is one of the creepiest and most enduring horror images of all time, imo.

I might agree that it is better known than Candyman, except the recent Candyman movie has pushed it back into the Meta, and you know, recency bias.

I am excited and nervous about this chapter, and I want so badly for it to live up to the source material as well as pioneer some new mechanics, but BHVR hasn't inspired confidence recently.

I also think Candyman has massive potential to be a really cool killer, but that's another discussion.

Im already Sadako main ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ

Well, afterall, you just never heard of it and that's fine. When I first got into DBD in May 2016, I had no knowledge of the horror genre. I didn't know who Myers was, Jason was, Freddy was etc. But in time I learnt a lot about the genre, and Ringu is definitely a big name.

And yes, it doesn't fit into DBD considering it's not a slasher movie. People literally die because Sadako puts such images in their head they die. It's not the traditional gore porn dbd licenses brought in.

Can't you watch a movie that came out a few years before you was born? Ringu/ TheRing is actually well known among horror fans.

Alright, I'll grab my friend who is terrified of the first Jurassic Park movie because it's "too scary".

Now those movies I do remember being around.

That's kind of exaggerating, I went to go see one of the last (2nd to last?) Harry Potter movies and there was a preview for Final Destination 5, I think?