system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[The Ring]How little of the video needs to be seen?

Let's say I saw the first five seconds of the video but immediately closed my eyes after. Would I still be killed?
gpt
I think the video mesmerizes you so that, once you start, you want to watch it all the way through.

If something external stopped you, though, you might be okay.  It seems like the video is some kind of spell and it needs to play all the way through in order for the curse to take effect.