The body of a young girl is discovered at her home in Yokohama, twisted in fear, yet the cause of her death remains a mystery. Shortly thereafter, the bodies of three additional teenagers are found, having died under chillingly similar circumstances. Sensing a story, journalist Asakawa becomes obsessed with uncovering the cause of this bizarre sudden-death syndrome. He discovers that the four victims had spent one night together in a log cabin, exactly seven days prior to their deaths. Inside the cabin, Asakawa uncovers a nightmarish secret: a peculiar videotape that does not play a movie, but rather a strange collection of abstract, subliminal images, ending with a portentous message: 'Those who have viewed these images are fated to die at this exact hour one week from now. If you do not wish to die, you must follow these instructions exactly...' Then the tape cuts to static. This slickly plotted page-turner resonates with a terrifying supernatural twist. It inspired the cult Japanese movie and the US remake of the same name.