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The Ranger (2018) on Netflix

NR20181h 20mHorror

After a police run-in at a punk show, Chelsea and her friends flee to an abandoned family cabin in the woods. A park ranger watches them, holding a secret from Chelsea's past.

  • Netflix3.2/5
  • IMDb5.1/102,946 votes
  • Rotten Tomatoes76%

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Plot summary

When a police confrontation at a punk show goes badly, Chelsea and her friends flee the city to hide out. They head to her late uncle's old, abandoned cabin deep in a national forest. Their plan is to take a hallucinogenic drug called Echo while they lay low. A disturbed park ranger notices their presence. He is obsessed with keeping the woods pure and considers the group an intrusion. The ranger watches them closely. He also carries a secret tied to Chelsea's earlier life. The friends must deal with this dangerous, obsessive authority figure who does not want them there.

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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Ranger (2018)

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  • Jenn Wexler's film was built on an old, reworked script by her college friend Giaco Furino, with whom she majored in screenwriting; she said the original screenplay was a straight body-count movie with the same punks-in-the-woods, ranger-picking-them-off structure.

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