Rings Page #3

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


They found her body

years later.

And they brought her all the way

to this town?

Why?

I don't know.

That girl!

What girl?

Hello!

Hello!

- Can I help you?

- Hey.

There was no light outside.

Do you have any vacancies?

- Two rooms;

- One.

Cash only.

Check out at noon.

It's an old house.

Walls are thin.

Hope you don't mind the cats.

I'm just down the hall.

Excuse me!

Who is the girl in this photo?

The one in the middle there?

Well that's my niece.

Beautiful, isn't she?

People say we look just...

No, I'm sorry.

I mean the girl with the violin.

That's Evelyn.

I think I saw her.

Earlier today.

That's not possible.

She disappeared 30 years ago.

Does anyone know why?

No.

And I would rather not talk about it.

Ma'am, where's the church?

Well, it's not a church anymore.

It's the worst part of it for me was...

When I let down my kids.

let down my husband.

Raise your hand if life ever let you down.

Go ahead now,

raise your hand.

And then you found the Drug.

You thought "unlock the secret."

It was nothing.

But a reflection of the lie...

Jules?

We gotta go.

So, what do we do now?

Awful young to be here.

Don't let it kill you.

Excuse me, sir?

Could you tell me a little bit

more about the Church?

When did it close?

Been thirteen years.

After the flood.

The town used to have 5 times

this many people.

Ever since...

There are more dead

than alive around here.

Thank you.

- He said the Church...

- That's where they brought her.

The cemetery.

Look for her name.

Come on, pick up!

This is Holt, you know what to do.

Holt, It's Gabriel.

I don't know if you're

getting these messages, but...

I figured out the mark on Julia's hand.

It's braille (for the blind).

I'm gonna come find you guys.

"The water rose to carry them and

brought them back safely to God.

Holt!

Holt!

She's in there.

Someone moved her.

Jules?

What are you doing;

There is something written.

SHE:

I WILL:

TO FIND:

JULIA:

Holt?

Aid!

Holt!

Julia!

Hey..What happened?

What happened?

I saw something.

The WELL.

We were just looking for...

I know who you are looking for.

Let's go.

What did you find?

Two kids,

kind of breaking in to 2-94.

Breakin' in?

That's new.

You wanna take 'em down

to the sheriff's office?

No no...

Don't call this to sheriff.

I can take care of this.

I'm Gallen Berk.

I watch everything that's here.

So to speak.

Please come in.

It's not much...

but I wasn't expecting company.

I can, I can take...

No, no I'm fine.

I know every corner of this house.

So...

You are looking for the girl.

I find it interesting that you managed

to find her grave

even after the marker was removed.

I had a vision.

An image of that grave that led me here.

And inside the grave...

I saw a vision of a well.

A vision?

So...

You wanna know about Samara Morgan?

Our Priest, was...

very active with the community back then.

He heard that...

After all he looked right them through...

That she was being denied a resting place.

Who is to say that charity isn't

meant for the dead?

So why isn't she there now?

Because we paid vitally

for this active charity.

It was as if God...

and nature itself...

wanted us to get rid of her.

The flood?

Yes. But...

I had let myself...

believe...

Like you.

As she was trying to tell me something.

I was pulled to that grave.

She showed me things.

Things that...

No one should have to imagine.

And then I went blind.

- I'm so sorry.

- No, don't be!

It brought me peace.

The Priest requested...

That her body be moved.

He left the "Sacrament Valley".

She was buried in the "Pottersville."

Just north of town.

To be forgotten by all.

I think we should get out of here.

Listen to me.

There is nothing about this girl..

Worth being curious about.

- I need to see this through!

- Why?

Because you think you

were chosen for something?

Having a vision...

Doesn't mean you know what that

vision means.

Thank you.

What's this on your hand?

Why did you put this mark

on your hand?

What do you mean?

Be careful.

You hear me?

So what now?

We gotta find the body.

Hey! Stay right there.

The road is closed,

there has been an accident.

- Need you to turn her around.

- Okay sir.

- Julia!

- It's that the girl from the picture.

Where do you think you're going sir?

Excuse me!

Turn around.

Stop!

Evelyn!

Stop.

Gabriel?

Gabriel...

- Over here!

- Go around, right?

What is it...

Hey Sir, please!

Gabriel, tell me...

You can't be down there!

Julia!

He was coming for a reason.

He wanted to tell us something.

No, she wanted to tell us something.

This girl has something to do

with Samara.

We need to go back.

I can feel her pain.

Her suffering.

I'm sick with it

and it's getting worse.

I'm so tired.

You sleep.

I'm gonna get us something to eat.

Okay.

Look...

... We'll figure this out.

I was there.

There you go Caren.

Chicken fried Steak and coffee.

- Hey, menu?

- Yeah.

What is that?

Chicken or stake?

You are funny.

Okay, I don't mean to be rude,

but...

The girl...

friend with your niece,

the one who disappeared...

Can you tell me a little bit more

about what happened?

My niece and she...

Knew each other through

the Church music program.

But she was the most gifted.

People used to kid her

"You're too good for this place."

We are gonna wake up one day

and you'll be gone.

And that will be that.

I guess there are certain jokes

you shouldn't make.

Because it happened.

She disappeared.

No clothes gone, no note.

Just vanished.

The priest...

... He kept it down here.

34 weeks.

Eight and a half months.

You were pregnant.

You are Samara's mother.

The Police investigated

for six months and...

... then we stopped hearing from them.

Town never felt quite the same after that.

The priest..

Do you know what happened to him?

He still lives in town.

Although he isn't a priest anymore.

Not since he went blind.

I have to go. Ah, Excuse me.

Mr Burke!

It's Jules.

I have to talk to you.

The boy is not with you?

What's wrong?

I think I understand my visions.

The things she has been showing me...

I need to know about the priest.

I guess just like most people

in the town...

Be of that...

... is what took it out of him.

I just don't see why it matters.

There was a girl here 30 years ago.

Who disappeared.

I've seen her.

Evelyn Borten.

You knew her?

Everyone knew Evelyn.

She was kept under the Church.

I found a room.

It was like a prison.

There were days marked off

on the walls.

Nine months.

She's Samara's mother.

She suffered from the day she was born.

And she's still suffering now.

I think I understand it.

This curse. This..

It will never stop.

Until she's free.

What's that sound?

Cicadas.

Burke!

Jules!

Jules!

Jules.

I Know...

... What it's like to be guided

by visions.

To be certain.

I was certain that I would father...

A child that...

... gonna change the world.

And I was right.

You see, Julia...

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David Loucka

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

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