| Ritual | |
| Director: | Mickey Keating |
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| Music: | Giona Ostinelli |
| Cinematography: | Mac Fisken |
| Editing: | Valerie Krulfeifer |
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| Distributor: | Lionsgate Home Entertainment |
| Runtime: | 85 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Ritual is a 2013 American horror film written and directed by Mickey Keating. It stars Lisa Summerscales and Dean Cates as a married couple who must deal with a murderous cult. It was released in the United States on December 31, 2013.
Tom Moses' estranged wife, Lovely, kills a man who tried to kidnap her and calls him for help. Finding a video of a cult sacrifice in the dead man's car, Tom realizes he and his wife are in danger.
Lionsgate Home Entertainment released it in the United States on December 31, 2013.[1]
Samuel Zimmerman of Fangoria rated it 3/4 stars and wrote, "Being a brisk film, Ritual is one half intimate, indie motel dilemma/one half violent pursuit, punctuated by stark oddities in aesthetic and sound design throughout."[2] Patrick Cooper of Bloody Disgusting rated it 2/5 stars and, though he complimented the score and acting, said the film comes off as "an uninspired attempt at tapping into David Lynch's style".[3] In comparing it negatively to Vacancy, Rohit Rao of DVD Talk rated it 2/5 stars and called it "an odd little thriller that hardly ever thrills".[4]