In the movie "The Ring", Samara crawls out of a television set located in the living room of a cabin at Shelter Mountain Inn. After watching the cursed videotape, the viewer receives a phone call with a countdown and a message warning them that they will die in seven days.

Tabitha is the main antagonist of the 2003 horror parody comedy film Scary Movie 3. She is actually the parody of Samara Morgan from The Ring and Sadako Yamamura from Ringu. She was portrayed by Marny Eng.