Synopsis
Your Darkest Dream Awaits You
A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
2017 Directed by David Bruckner
A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
Peter Burgis Steve Neal Dominic Gibbs Glen Gathard Ben Meechan Marius Emil Stanescu Zoe Freed Luke Gentry Jemma Riley-Tolch
더 리투얼, O Ritual, El Ritual, Η Ιεροτελεστία, הטקס, Ритуалът, El ritual, Le rituel, Le Rituel, הריטואל, A rítus, Il rituale, ザ・リチュアル いけにえの儀式, 리추얼: 숲속에 있다, Ritualas, Rytuał, Ритуал, สัมผัสอาฆาต วิญญาณสยอง, Ritüel, Nghi Lễ Tế Thần, 黑森灵, 林祭, 黑森靈
Horror, the undead and monster classics Monsters, aliens, sci-fi and the apocalypse scary, horror, creepy, supernatural or frighten horror, gory, scary, killing or gruesome horror, creepy, eerie, blood or gothic horror, creepy, eerie, frighten or chilling horror, scientist, monster, doctor or experiment Show All…
fellas, it is gay to wander into a scary ritual forest with other men? i mean you're basically looking at wood with a bunch of dudes idk it seems kinda spicy to me /:
this deserves a spot on the "films that force me to tell men apart for 2 hours" list
As much as I admit to liking cheesy jump scares and sometimes dumb teenager based horror, David Bruckner’s The Ritual is exactly the kind of adult dread jam I was looking for: an unsettling, moody picture that’s beautifully shot, well acted, and drenched in a specific atmosphere that I love.
Utilizing the incredible landscape for some truly beautiful images, Bruckner’s film (based on novel of the same name) mixes elements of things we’ve seen before, executed maturely, confidently, and most importantly—effectively, as vibes reminiscent of (but not riffing on) The Blair Witch Project & The Descent covered in a rural folk-horror blanket of The Witch & The Wicker Man, all framed with a theme of guilt. The Ritual ignores jump scare tactics as our bickering group of men become more toxic as time goes on. This more than satisfied my lurking Deer Monster needs quite nicely and I’ll be revisiting this again soon.
I want to see one of these movies where regular people stumble upon the existence of ancient demigods where they get away from the thing in the first or second act. How do you go back to your normal-ass life knowing that things like that are real and exist in the world? Seems like a much more interesting subject that the umpteenth iteration of 'dudes stumbling through the forest.' Very good Foley work, though. Great tree branch snapping action.