Friends relive the same night of terror, stalked by a masked killer in a relentless, chilling mystery.
Suspenseful and pulpy. A full-attention watch at full speed. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix.
Intense fear and lots of jump scares, about what an R should carry.
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One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one...only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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