Rings is a 2005 American horror short film. It was initially released as an extra disc with a re-release of The Ring on DVD. The events in Rings lead up to the sequel The Ring Two, on whose DVD Rings is also included as a bonus feature. Some time after the events of The Ring, Samara Morgan's videotape has spread, as each person who sees the video makes a copy and shows it to someone else. A subculture has grown surrounding the video: people wait to see how close to the seven-day deadline they can get. When they grow too afraid to go on any longer, they show the tape to the next assigned... person. During the interval, some create videos documenting their experiences to be posted to websites devoted to the videotape phenomenon. Groups that have watched the video are called "rings". The movie is focused on Jake, the latest member of one such ring. The ring has also recruited its next member, Timmy, who will watch the tape when Jake cracks. Eddie, a member, says that no one has ever been able to make it to day seven before cracking, and everyone who did has died. He tells Jake to make sure to record everything he sees.
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| Release date: | March 8, 2005 |
| Directed by: | Jonathan Liebesman, Gore Verbinski |
| Runtime: | 16 Minutes |
| Producer: | Arnon Manor, Jeanette Brill |
| Cinematography: | Lukas Ettlin |
| Screenplay by: | Jonathan Liebesman, Ehren Kruger |
| Genre: | Short Film |