The Ritual
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- Directed by
- David Bruckner
- Written by
- Joe Barton, Adam Nevill
- Produced by
- Patricia Poienaru, Andy Serkis, Richard Holmes, Jonathan Cavendish, Stephen Nixon, Xavier Marchand, Will Tennant, Phil Robertson, Ron Ames
Why it’s HorroRated
The Ritual is a folk horror film that earns its creature reveal by building real dread through landscape and grief first. The four men's friendship and their guilt about their friend's death give the supernatural elements emotional grounding. The creature design in the final act is the film's most talked-about element and it genuinely delivers.
Synopsis
David Bruckner's folk horror builds its dread through landscape and the relationships between the grieving men before the supernatural element becomes explicit. The creature design in the final act is the film's most talked-about element and it delivers. One of the more impressive folk horror films of the decade.
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Where to watch The Ritual
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- Netflix
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Quick facts
- Release date
- October 11, 2017
- Runtime
- 1 hour 34 mins
- Country
- Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language
- English, Swedish
- Content rating
- R
- Entry type
- Movie
Content notes
- Violence and peril
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