2017 · horror · mystery · heist
The Ritual
Directed by David Bruckner1h 34m2017
A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
Our read: The Ritual (2017) reads as a heavy, kinetic, surreal horror · mystery · heist entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / mystery, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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How The Ritual feels to watch.
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“You want slow-burn forest dread that turns into primal folk horror.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if woodland isolation or body-horror dread will keep you awake.
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