Rings Trailer Released

Back in 2002, Gore Verbinski's The Ring took audiences by surprise with a horror film that relied on solid tension throughout as opposed to simply jump scares, though it had those as well.

While the film did receive a sequel in 2005 (Directed by Hideo Nakata), it isn't nearly as highly regarded as the original film. That hasn't stopped the studio from going back to the girl in the well for the third time though in the upcoming Rings.

This new entry will not star Naomi Watts, who was the star of the first two films, and will be directed by F. Javier Gutierrez. Gutierrez has said that this is indeed a sequel to the first two, so those events did transpire. The debut trailer features new protagonist Julia (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz) and her boyfriend Holt (Alex Roe). After she intervenes on his behalf and watches the film, Samara marks her new prey, but this time, she seems to have larger goals in mind.

Rings opens in theaters on October 28th. You can read the official description below.

A new chapter in the beloved RING horror franchise. A young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after he has viewed it. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a "movie within the movie" that no one has ever seen before…