A journalist investigates teen deaths tied to a cursed videotape that kills anyone who watches it within seven days.
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A journalist investigates teen deaths tied to a cursed videotape that kills anyone who watches it within seven days.
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Stunning Japanese thriller with a chilling supernatural twist. The novel that inspired the cult Japanese movie and the Hollywood blockbuster of the same name. Asakawa is a hardworking journalist who has climbed his way up from local-news beat reporter to writer for his newspaper's weekly magazine. A chronic workaholic, he doesn't take much notice when his seventeen-year-old niece dies suddenly - until a chance conversation reveals that another healthy teenager died at exactly the same time, in c...
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What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Sexual assault in backstory; some objectifying sexual content
Violence & gore
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Supernatural deaths, blood, and murder; limited graphic gore
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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A central character is intersex; identity is key to the plot
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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Cursed videotape, vengeful ghost, and psychic powers are central
Political content
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Recurring sexism; prejudiced framing of an intersex character
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Rape and murder of a young woman; cruelty drives the origin
Other
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