“I’ve had 3 hours of sleep because I can’t stop thinking about how damn haunting it was. My heart was racing, my eyes were wide open, my emotions wilding. And that’s something different about this film, it really delved into the emotional connections between the main characters which just added that much more to their terrifying stories.” Leo Letterboxd
“Based on a book of the same name, The Ritual offers very little new. Its brevity requires a brisk pace, and the forest is propah moody, some of the bantz fizzes briefly and the actor’s performances are good, breathing life into the cyphers they have to portray. But this is ultimately a movie that will suffice when you’ve exhausted all other options on Netflix.” Thumped
“The film manages to get properly creepy at times but ultimately, it’s pretty much exactly the kind of film you’d expect about a group of guys who get lost in the woods and there are no real game-changing elements to be found, just the expected supernatural creature lurking around, some unexplained symbols, nightmares, rituals and witchcraft.” Plain, Simple Tom Reviews
“Bruckner does a fine job with the film’s scare scenes simply by emphasizing rustling leaves, flashlight lens flares, and oh yeah, a giant monster that actually looks creepy. But Barton’s grating dialogue (actual line: “Your ritual begins tonight”), and thin characterizations, make The Ritual the most disappointing kind of bad horror movie: the kind that’s too smart to be this dumb.” RogerEbert.com
Main cast:
- Rafe Spall as Luke – Jurassic World 2; Shaun of the Dead
- Arsher Ali as Phil
- Robert James-Collier as Hutch
- Sam Troughton as Dom – Slumber; Spirit Trap; Alien vs. Predator
- Kerri McLean as Gayle
- Maria Erwolter as Sara
- Paul Reid as Robert
- Francesca Mula as Witch
- Jacob James Beswick as Fiend
Filming locations:
Romania
Buy novel: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk
Release:
The Ritual premiered in September 2017 at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The film was sold to Netflix in September of 2017, and released on the streaming platform on February 9, 2018.
