Rings Page #2

Synopsis: Julia becomes worried about her boyfriend, Holt, when he explores the dark urban legend of a mysterious video said to kill the watcher seven days after viewing. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a "movie within the movie" that no one has ever seen before.
Genre: Drama, Horror
Production: Paramount Pictures
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
4.5
Metacritic:
25
Rotten Tomatoes:
7%
PG-13
Year:
2017
102 min
$27,766,716
Website
366 Views


- Calm down!

- I am telling you it's different.

Everyone say stuff. It's Okay.

- Where is your tail?

- I don't have one anymore!

- I told you not to call him.

- That a**hole hung up on me!

Oh I wonder why.

Okay, we will switch tails.

You talked to Holt?

No! I tried.

He isn't answering his phone.

Holt has his own problems.

You have to help me Gabriel!

It's your fault.

- You started it!

- Calm down!

Listen to me Gabe!

The video, the tales of these people

It's wrong and she's pissed.

You're being ridiculous.

I can feel her!

It's all changing.

You don't have much time.

You need to trust me.

How could I ever trust you?

Get to your studio, don't talk to

anyone along the way..

Get a copy of the video and wait.

I'm gonna send someone right now.

Everything's gonna be fine.

You understand;

Yes! I Understand!

You..you don't.

I don't seem to find the tape

to be that scary, but...

Hey, you aren't supposed to be here!

Hey, you called me the other night.

Hey, Look at me!

You are the girlfriend?

Where is Holt?

I can help you...

But I need to show you something first.

You live here?

Yeah, Fine Art, Grads Programme.

I need a clear head do to my work

and I like my privacy.

Is Holt been here?

Did I say he would be?

Be careful where you stem.

I just painted the ceiling.

Nothing is wrong.

He is not avoiding you.

He's just on a journey.

I want to watch something

and then you'll understand.

Is that my phone?

You are lying!

I need you to do this for me.

It's just a 2 minute video.

It won't hurt you.

Open the door!

Julia!

I need you to help me!

Holt watched it.

We've all watched it.

Open the door!

You're not real.

You're not real!

I win b*tch!

No!

What happened

What happened?

Tell me you didn't watch it!

- Tell me!

- She's dead...

Hello!

Uh..Gabriel sent me.

I'm supposed to watch you video.

Hello!

Gabriel..Gabriel...

Do you know about Sky?

I know, someone put a picture of her online.

Everyone's dropping out.

Wait...

Wait, Do I still have a tail?

Gabriel?

Is someone still watching for me?

I'm gonna find you

someone I promise.

Just stay where you are.

Who was that?

It was Gabriel.

Everything is gonna be fine.

That's what he told Sky.

Listen, Julia...

I'm really sorry that

you had to see that.

But I can't let you get

caught up in this.

I think it's a little too late for that.

I watched it.

12 hours after Sky.

We were supposed to help each other

through it.

Help each other?

Yeah.

- So you are in her?

- No!

Gabriel said

A few of us gonna be chosen

for this experiment.

If you just heard the way

he described it...

That we could prove the existence of a soul.

Of life after death.

I know, it sounds crazy, but...

I'm just confused...

The tape is the doorway to the other side.

Then why did she die?

You have 7 days

before you die.

You just have to watch the tape

and make a copy...

and show it to someone else,

and then you're fine.

Gabriel calls it, "A tail".

A "Tail" that didn't show.

So you're supposed to pass on a

death sentence to someone else?

How could you get involved in this?

Please...

Whatever you are...

Leave him alone.

7 days.

Jules, what did you do?

I saw something.

There was a room.

A door.

- Yeah?

- It's Gabriel.

Holt, listen, I've got a

tail for you.

It's not for me anymore.

You know why, I wasn't answering

your calls right?

It was to protect you from this.

Gabriel had a solution for me.

It would have been fine

I would be fine.

The I'll be fine too.

Jules!

What happened?

A bird...

It was a bird.

Julia!

see?

I told you there was a bird!

But I saw it.

So, you watched the tape?

I dismissed self-sacrifice

as popular myth.

Holt was running out of time.

It was the only way to save him.

Anyone would have done it.

You know I could show you some

research...

That would suggest you opposite.

She's marked already.

On day one.

And it's...it's different.

I wasn't marked until day five.

Gabriel, this has to mean something.

It's happening faster.

Maybe it is all changing.

I wanted to believe that

tape meant a lot of things.

Our souls are eternal.

And when we die...

... The spirit tries to find a new "home."

Then I saw the picture.

I saw Sky's face.

You saw it too.

You wanna survive, you make a copy and

you show it someone.

- No one is dying because of me!

- Oh. Tell them how it works.

And so what?

This cycle just continues?

What do you think survival is?

Just make a copy...

We'll decide what to do with

it later.

Please.

What did you do here?

Her version won't copy.

What do you mean it won't copy?

Your file's size is

larger than the original.

How can it be?

Script through her copy.

Whoa...whoa. What is that?

Go back.

Right there.

The bird!

I told you in the car.

I saw that bird.

What?

Shouldn't be there.

I need my equipment.

Okay, you see?

There's these weird gaps

in the digital code.

Glitches...

... where we get this ghost images

like your bird.

We are talking

One or two frames...

Still images...

But...

There's more.

There's video data condensed...

In the still frames.

A video within a video?

Well...

There is now.

I do not want you to watch it.

Jules, there is no way.

We are watching this together.

End of discussion!

Holt, whatever it is...

... I think it's intended for Julia alone.

Look at me.

I know you're upset

that I watched it.

But we can't let it be

for nothing.

So don't look back, okay?

Put it on.

Jules...

Baby, tell us what you see.

A clock.

A cross.

In a flood.

A girl.

Jules?

Jules?

I don't know.

A burning body.

Jules!

Sorry. I'm sorry...

What was it?

Only images, but...

I cant explain

how it felt.

Flood, fire, cremation...

Those are images that

have never been on the tape before.

You know, Primitive cultures

believed that the only way

to free a soul is to burn the body.

That is if you can find it...

Wait.

I saw this.

That's where they buried her.

I traced it to a town called

"Sacrament Valley"

... But four hours from here.

That's where we need to go.

Hello.

Thank you Jamal.

The police are on their way here.

And you are not even coming with us?

The police wanna ask me questions, Holt.

They think you killed Sky.

But he didn't!

I hope if you learned anything

from an education...

Is that more than one theory can be true.

I didn't kill Sky.

And I did.

But the cops don't deal on

such ambiguities.

My research.

Everything that's known about

the tape is there.

It will be more of a help to you,

than I can be.

A man never quite measures up to his work.

The images on the tape

They were her story.

She wanted it to be heard.

Samara was found abandoned

as a young child.

Nobody knew where she came from...

... or who her parents were.

She was adopted...

... And they realized that something

was unnatural with this girl.

Something evil.

They tried to kill her, but...

The Samara survived for 7 days...

at the bottom of the well.

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David Loucka

David Loucka is an American screenwriter, active in the comedy and horror genres. more…

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