Králi videa (2020)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 0分
演出 : Lukáš Bulava
脚本 : Lukáš Bulava, Petr Svoboda
シノプシス
Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.
トム(チャーリー・シーン)の農場にミステリアス・サークルが出現。そのニュースを追うのはキャスターのシンディ(アンナ・ファリス)。彼女は友人の通夜で、1本のビデオを手にする。それは呪いのビデオだった。
「必ず7日後に死ぬ」と言われる呪いのビデオを見てしまったジュリア。迫り来る運命から逃れ、呪いの連鎖を断ち切るべく、恋人のホルトとともに、呪いのルーツを辿り、謎を解き明かそうとする。やがて辿り着いたのは一人の少女の存在。しかしそれは更なる恐怖の幕開けだった…。
1本のビデオテープを盗み出す仕事を依頼された若者たち。忍び込んだ家には大量のテープと死体があった。目的のビデオを探すため1本1本再生していくと、そこに映っていたのは──
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