The Ring Two is the second in a series of movies of horrifying events that occur in connection with an unmarked two-minute videotape. Newspaper reporter Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) and her son Aidan (David Dorfman) have moved to a small town, Astoria, Oregon, to get away from the terrifying events that happened to them in Seattle. Rachel now works for the local newspaper, The Astoria Gazette, when she hears on the police scanner that the police are investigating the mysterious death of a teenager. Rachel goes to the crime scene and discovers that Samara Morgan is back, starting a new cycle of death by taking her revenge on the people of Astoria. Aidan begins to lose body temperature, so Rachel takes him to the hospital. Hospital doctors find bruises on Aidan, and they believe Rachel has been abusing him. Rachel is barred from seeing Aidan until an investigation is completed. To stop what is happening to Aidan, Rachel goes back to the home of Samara Morgan in Seattle to find the truth. Douglas Young (the-movie-guy).

Six months after encountering Samara and her killer video tape, Rachel Keller and her son Aiden leave the city to live in a small rural town where they think they'll be safe. Soon after they arrive, however, Rachel hears about a college student who died nearby in circumstances similar to Samara's past victims. Now it appears that Aiden's life is in danger from Samara once more, and Rachel must investigate the little girl's past if she wants to save her son.