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The Ritual (2017)

The Ritual poster
Directed by
David Bruckner
Genre
horror film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
R
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3,478 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Four old friends reunite for a hiking trip in a remote Swedish forest. After taking a shortcut, they realize something ancient and malevolent is stalking them.

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What happens

The Ritual is a 2017 British supernatural psychological folk horror film directed by David Bruckner and written by Joe Barton. Based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Adam Nevill, the film stars Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier, and Sam Troughton as four friends on a hiking trip through a Swedish old-growth forest, where they encounter an ancient evil presence. Following its world premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September, The Ritual was released by eOne in the United Kingdom on 13 October. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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