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The Ritual

6.3/ 10

TMDB Rating

3,363

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2017

Release Year

94 min

Runtime

Horror
Mystery

Overview

A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.

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Keywords

robbery
monster
based on novel or book
nightmare
sweden
hiking
scandinavia
forest
friends
grief
murder
cabin
guilt
survival horror
pagan
norse mythology
guilty conscience
folk horror
lost in the woods
amused

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Reviews(5)

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Gimly

Gimly

@Ruuz

February 14, 2018

7
7/10

I'm sorry, but who the fuck, with no promotional material, and with a name as generic as _The_ fuckin' _Ritual_, told this movie, it was allowed to be so good? _Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time._

Wuchak

Wuchak

February 14, 2018

7
7/10

RELEASED IN 2017 and directed by David Bruckner, "The Ritual" is a psychological adventure/horror about four British dudes in their 30s who embark on a hike in remote northern Sweden wherein it slowly becomes evident that some THING is stalking them in the dark woods. Will any of them make it out al

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Walruse

Walruse

@EmkEyen

February 23, 2018

4
4/10

The Ritual is a monster movie with psychological ambitions and seemingly a decent budget. The jötunn monster is actually quite good and so are the cyclic re-enactments of the early on liquor store trauma. Unfortunately the rest of the movie is as bland as the title and relies too much on exotism of

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RalphRahal

December 14, 2024

7
7/10

David Bruckner's The Ritual is an atmospheric horror film that effectively combines psychological tension with a touch of the supernatural. The story follows four friends on a hiking trip in the Scandinavian wilderness, where they encounter not only the haunting landscape but also their own fears an

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hand2a

January 22, 2025

6
6/10

Has a great first half but really lets itself down after the monster makes its first appearance. Still a solid horror, definitely worth a watch but nothing to cry about. The first house sequence was really well done and genuinely scary 3/5

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