Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars vs The Ring

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.7/10 for The Ring). Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars is the shorter watch at 1h 2m compared with 1h 55m. The Ring is the older of the two (2002 against 2009). Both are horror, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars posterDoctor Who: The Waters of Mars2009 VS The Ring posterThe Ring2002
Doctor Who: The Waters of MarsThe Ring
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 6.7/10
Year20092002
Length1h 2m1h 55m
GenresAdventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, TV MovieHorror, Mystery
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorGraeme HarperGore Verbinski
Main castLindsay Duncan, David Tennant, Gemma Chan, Michael Goldsmith, Sharon Duncan-BrewsterBrian Cox, Adam Brody, Martin Henderson, Sasha Barrese, David Dorfman

Synopsis

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars

In a Mars base, the inhabitants are being infected by a mysterious water creature which takes over its victims. The Doctor is thrust into the middle of this catastrophe, knowing a larger one is waiting around the corner.

The Ring

Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring so she can save herself and her son.

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