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The Ritual
Description
Four old college friends – Luke (Rafe Spall), Hutch (Robert James-Collier), Phil (Arsher Ali) and Dom (Sam Troughton) – decide to take a hiking trip deep in the Swedish wilderness in order to bond and reminisce about old times. However, the inexperienced hikers soon find themselves hopelessly lost, and as their fragile friendships begin to crack and old resentments surface they become increasingly desperate to escape the woods. But they are not alone. Someone, or something, malevolent is watching them, intent on making them face their deepest fears and ensuring they never leave. They should have gone to Vegas…
Four old college friends – Luke (Rafe Spall), Hutch (Robert James-Collier), Phil (Arsher Ali) and Dom (Sam Troughton) – decide to take a hiking trip deep in the Swedish wilderness in order to bond and reminisce about old times. However, the inexperienced hikers soon find themselves hopelessly lost, and as their fragile friendships begin to crack and old resentments surface they become increasingly desperate to escape the woods. But they are not alone. Someone, or something, malevolent is watching them, intent on making them face their deepest fears and ensuring they never leave. They should have gone to Vegas…
Actors:
Zane Jarcu,
Phil Hulford,
Constantin Codrea,
Francesca Mula,
Maria Erwolter,
Robert James-Collier,
Kerri McLean
Zane Jarcu
12 May 1971, Bralia, Romania
Phil Hulford
Constantin Codrea
Francesca Mula
Maria Erwolter
Robert James-Collier
23 September 1976, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Kerri McLean
Genre:
Horror
Director:
David Bruckner
David Bruckner
Country:
United Kingdom, Canada
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mxgurn (CouchTuner user)
Dec 14, 2025
18:12
It was quite good in the begining but then just morphed into every other "monster in the woods" movies
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November 08, 2017
The actors uphold it with all their strength, but that sadly doesn't prove to be enough to overcome the familiar and clichéd storytelling.
February 04, 2018
Eventually, the filmmakers reveal the secrets they'd previously withheld, spoiling the film's sustained mystique.
October 11, 2017
If it lacks the originality and sheer muscle of the best horror fare, this does offer an astute take on fragile thirtysomething machismo.
November 06, 2017
A wonderful allegory of the power of good horror cinema. [Full Review in Spanish]
September 22, 2017
Starts with an effective inciting incident but devolves into something that feels overly familiar.
February 05, 2018
The Ritual will feel like a trip to comfortably uncomfortable environs. And yet Bruckner's film has more meat on its bones than most, its mayhem splattered with not only blood but issues of guilt, regret and redemption.
February 07, 2018
Attempts to put a twist on the Blair Witch formula but demonstrates surprisingly little imagination.
January 19, 2018
The core cast all play a part in making the viewer care. There's panic, terror, confusion and even the odd dry joke to bring some levity to the tension. Everyone (bar Dom) is likeable to various degrees.
September 11, 2017
Directed by David Bruckner, the film's horror is engaging; its look, handsome. While thoughtfully done, the entertainment value of this sombre scare fiesta isn't high.
December 06, 2017
... a seductively disorienting saga...
October 16, 2017
A superior B-movie shocker set in the hinterlands of northern Sweden.
September 11, 2017
Surely the best Yank-directed horror movie about English blokes terrorized by monsters in Romania-posing-as-Sweden that you'll see this year.