We’re in the back-country, minus a backstory. At least with respect to what’s lurking in the woods. The Ritual is both a solid effort, as well as wasted opportunity, burning out like a booster rocket after such a strong, claustrophobic, and very disquieting start. The setup ain’t exactly reinventing the wheel, it’s that shop-worn introContinue reading “The Ritual”
Category Archives: Horror
Hell Night
The “spend a night in a creepy house at your own peril” conceit is so done to death, the DNA’s been degraded. And Hell Night won’t provide any exculpatory evidence. Tom DeSimone’s 1981 feature is very close to Night of the Demons in structure. There, it was dumb students and Hull House, here it’s dumbContinue reading “Hell Night”
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