Friends conjure spirits with an embalmed hand, unleashing chilling forces with bleak and gritty consequences.
Suspenseful. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Max, Kanopy (free), Hoopla (free), The Roku Channel (free), Fandango at Home (free), Plex (free) and 1 more.
Of what we could confirm, nothing runs past an R: intense fear and several jump scares.
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When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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