Welcome to Dead Ringers, a website dedicated to The Tape(s). No, not "The Ring", the movie. The Tape. You might be scratching your head right now...I'll explain briefly. The Ring and Ring movies were based on a book which was based on various true stories and legends that all come together as the true stories of Sadako and Samara (these may not be their real names, and they may or may not be the same person...) and the real, very dangerous, very thrilling video and curse.