A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friend's wife and son, which is haunted by the curse of Sadako, a relentless spirit.

Præcis en uge efter at du har set Videobåndet, udviskes dine ansigtstræk og du dør skrigende af navnløs rædsel! Sådan lyder rygtet, som tv-journalisten Reiko hører efter hendes nieces og andre teenageres helt uforklarlige død.

Reiko er naturligt skeptisk, men researcher sagen. Hun finder frem til det famøse bånd, sætter det i videomaskinen og trykker på "play". Det er som at trykke på en aftrækker, for rygterne skulle tages alvorligt. Den eneste måde at stoppe dødsurets nedtælling, er at lokke en anden til af se filmen...

Et par uger efter afslutningen af Ringu er Reiko, der tidligere søgte sandheden om det forbandede videobånd, forsvundet sporløst. Hendes kollega Okazaki fortsætter i hendes fodspor. Samtidig er et af forbandelsens ofres assistent på jagt efter Reiko for selv at finde ud af mere. De to mødes, og deres efterforskning fyldes med mere skræk og rædsel, end de nogensinde kunne have forventet. Ringu 2 er den direkte efterfølger til den succes, der har sat en skræk i livet på tilskuere i hele verden.

Sadako er en ung japansk kvinde med overnaturlige evner. Kort efter, at hun bliver ansat i et lille teater, dør indehaveren af den kvindelige hovedrolle under mystiske omstændigheder. Sadoka får derefter hovedrollen, men uhygge og død fortsætter på teateret. De andre er bange for Sadoka og frygter, at hun er besat af onde kræfter.

Akane is a high school teacher who hears a rumor from her students that there is actual footage on the Internet of someone's suicide. The footage is said to drive anyone who sees it to also commit suicide. Akane does not believe the rumor at first, but when one of her female students dies after viewing the footage, she and her boyfriend Takanori are fatefully drawn into the horror that has been created by the man who appears in the suicide footage, Kashiwada. Kashiwada's intention is to create chaos in the world by bringing back Sadako and the power of her curse. Now Akane has to fight against Sadako and Kashiwada to save the lives of herself and Takanori.

Five years have passed since the events of Sadako 3D. Akane is pregnant with a child with her boyfriend Takenori. However, Akane dies after giving birth to her daughter. When Takenori's sister Fuko takes up the task of caring for Akane's daughter, the infamous cursed video resurfaces. During her investigation, Fuko learns about the legend of Sadako's daughter...

A girl, Yūri Kurahashi, after watching a cursed videotape together with her friend in a haunted house, becomes trapped in a conflict between the two murderous ghosts: Sadako Yamamura and Kayako Saeki

A psychologist connects her missing brother to the strange case of a mysterious little girl believed to be Sadako reincarnated.

Ayaka Ichijo is a graduate student with an IQ of 200 who tries to investigate the strange deaths happening nationwide after people supposedly watched a cursed video and her younger sister also did the same out of curiosity.