A young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape 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. Her discovery leads her into a terrifying realm where anyone who watches this video is marked for death by a sinister curse.

Determined to break the curse, she delves deeper into the mystery of the tape, uncovering a series of secrets that link back to a young girl's tragic fate. Her journey takes her to a small town where the origins of the haunting video emerge, revealing there is more to the story than just a simple curse. As she pieces together the puzzle, she realizes that the threat posed by the video is far more dangerous and complex than she ever imagined, putting her own life at gravely at risk in the process.