This coming week, 12 years after The Ring movie franchise last haunted cinemas, the vengeful ghost Samara and her cursed video are back in search of new victims. Like any savvy supervillain with staying power, she's learned to adapt: In Rings , Samara's third go-round , she's upgraded from frightening curious souls to death through that worn-out VHS tape to killing them via handy, easy-to-transfer digital files.