In this episode of… what was it? The ‘The Curse’ Podcast or something? We talk about the epic battle between Sadako vs. Kayako… on the baseball field! And who knows, maybe they will end up in a sort of Yuri situation?

Links:

• The original Sadako basesball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_pVBKCNSAQ

• Another promotional pitch for Sadako 3D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih5vNd4mzBQ

• Promotion for Sadako 3D 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWJ2XP7Rlh8

• Promotion for Sadako vs. Kayako: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZo1MhI1R7U

• Promotion for Sadako 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqIcF2HaQLM

• Taiwanese promotional baseball pitch for Sadako 3D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRhu5VJqpvI

• Taiwanese promotion for Sadako vs. Kayako: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D7t6PJ6LNM

• The Chart: https://oakreef.ie/ring/2025-04-15-sadako-vs-kayako/ring-028-chart.png

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetheringpod.bsky.social

In this episode of The THE GRUDGE Podcast Jen and Caoimhe go back over the story of Ju-On: The Curse, Ju-On: The Curse 2 and Ju-On: The Grudge in this novelisation by Kei Ohishi.

We also finally cover Haunted House Simulator which we had been excited to get to but it turns out to not even be bad in a way that is interesting.

(This is an April Fool’s episode)

Links:

• The promotional Flash game for The Grudge 2: https://web.archive.org/web/20060707165812/http://www.grudge-two.com/game/grudgegame.swf

• LGR Oddware - Novint Falcon Haptic Controller from 2007 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhGeq_yQYyg

• The Chart: https://oakreef.ie/ring/2025-04-01-ju-on-novel/grudge-chart.png

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetheringpod.bsky.social

We finally get some answers about Aihara’s obviously evil boss and also shit-talk Saturday Night Live.

Links:

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetheringpod.bsky.social

This episode is a mess but so is the movie so it’s fine probably.

Links:

• An article about the Tuam mother and baby home: https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2023/06/04/every-little-bone-the-difficult-exhumation-ahead-at-tuams-former-mother-and-baby-home/

• The Chart: https://oakreef.ie/ring/2025-03-01-the-ring-two/ring-025-chart.png

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetheringpod.bsky.social

Caoimhe and Jen discuss the Ring trans lesbian polycule, how Samara has influenced Sadako, a short film that is Caoimhe’s favourite Ring sequel and in the main topic of the episode the Spiral show goes off on a tangent for two episodes.

Links:

• Cover art by Pictsel: https://twitter.com/pictsel/status/1765562571732779378

• The Chart: https://oakreef.ie/ring/2025-02-15-spiral-e4e5/ring-024-chart.png

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetheringpod.bsky.social

We did it. We have finally covered every official version of Ring. And then have some fun picking our favourite versions of it and all the characters before we regrettably talk about a famous parody.

Links:

• Caoimhe’s chart of the different Dracula translations: https://oakreef.ie/gallery/dracula-international

• The The Ring Winamp skin: https://oakreef.ie/ring/The_Ring.wal

• The Flashpoint Archive: https://flashpointarchive.org

• Crouton.net: https://crouton.net

• The Chart: https://oakreef.ie/ring/2025-02-01-the-ring/ring-023-chart.png

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetheringpod.bsky.social

Caoimhe and Jen enjoy some 15Hz blinking and also another radio adaptation that’s actually really good.

Links:

• Check out Caoimhe’s game jam game, Tablet V: https://oakreef.ie/bog/tablet-v

• Fright Night: Ring on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/koji-suzuki-fright-night-ring

• The Chart: https://oakreef.ie/ring/2025-01-15-spiral-e2e3/ring-022-chart.png

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetheringpod.bsky.social

Finally we talk about the famous remake of Ring!

Links:

• Check out Caoimhe’s game jam game: https://oakreef.ie/bog/tablet-v

• The Chart: https://oakreef.ie/ring/2024-12-15-the-ring-virus/ring-021-chart.png

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/

• The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetheringpod.bsky.social