The Ring movie took a lot of liberties with the source material. Spiral is quite faithful, which makes it a terrible sequel to Ring. The two were released on the same day, making the mismatch even more obvious. It was retconned by Ring 2 within a year.
Links:
The Ring: Terror’s Realm unused music section on The Cutting Room Floor wiki: https://tcrf.net/The_Ring:_Terror's_Realm#Unused_Music
Caoimhe’s Sonic Robo Blast 2 Katamari mod: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/katamari-mode.6909/
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
