The Ritual is a chore

David Bruckner offers up a satisfying blend of visceral and psychological terror

Read the Empire Movie review of The Ritual. Straightforward, unpretentious and well-acted, this is a solid if unsurprising genre piece. It may...

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Linda Marric reviews The Ritual - starring Rafe Spall and Robert James-Collier, showing at the Toronto Film Festival 2017.

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Never go into the woods. If horror movies have taught me nothing else, it's NEVER go into the woods. Sure, you might think you and your college bros are prop...

Barton's grating dialogue, and thin characterizations, make The Ritual the most disappointing kind of bad horror movie: the kind that's too smart to be this...

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David Bruckner’s feature directorial debut is a supernatural backwoods fright-fest well worth your time. It hits the streaming service on Friday.

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Hiking abroad once again proves very bad for one's health in this atmospheric horror thriller.

The Ritual may start on familiar footing, but trust in David Bruckner's ability to summon some nasty tension and a third act that horror fans will be talking...