A cursed videotape unravels a journalist's world, bringing chilling dread and a race against time.
Suspenseful and tense. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix, Paramount+, Peacock and Kanopy (free).
Of what we could confirm, nothing runs past a PG-13: intense fear and several jump scares.
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Journalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring in order to save herself and her son.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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