Ritual (2002 film)
Ritual | |
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Walter Hill Ted Hartley | |
Starring | Jennifer Grey Craig Sheffer Daniel Lapaine Kristen Wilson Gabriel Casseus Tim Curry |
Cinematography | David A. Armstrong Douglas Milsome |
Edited by | Robert A. Ferretti Michael Schweitzer |
Music by | Shirley Walker |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 99 minutes 106 minutes (DVD/Blu-ray) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Ritual is a 2002 American
Plot
Crypt Keeper intro
The Crypt Keeper is in
Story
Dr. Alice Dodgson (Jennifer Grey) is fired from a hospital due to her involvement in the death of a patient. With few options, she decides to take a job as a nurse in Jamaica caring for Wesley Claybourne (Daniel Lapaine), a young man apparently suffering from encephalitis. Alice falls in love with Wesley, but she fears that she and Wesley are the targets of a voodoo cult.
She befriends Caro (Kristen Wilson), a local girl. Caro advises Alice that any recrimination from the Voodoo community will only come as a result of her interference with their practices. Tension mounts as Alice suffers additional unexplained phenomena.
Caro is revealed as the cause of the strange goings-on; she is seeking revenge against Wesley because their father Paul (
Alice and Wesley abandon Jamaica and move back to the United States. The local Police Chief takes Caro into his home and puts her in his bed.
In the post-credits, there are
Cast
- Jennifer Grey as Dr. Alice Dodgson
- Craig Sheffer as Paul Claybourne
- Daniel Lapaine as Wesley Claybourne
- Kristen Wilson as Caro Lamb
- Gabriel Casseus as J.B.
- Tim Curry as Matthew Hope
- Ron Taylor as Superintendent Archibald
- Erick Avari as Dr. Peter Winsford
- Dorothy Cunningham as Violette
- Kathy Owen as Dr. Shaba
- Jessica Collins as Jackie
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Dr. Javitz
- Natasha Budhi as Dori
- The Crypt Keeper
Release
Ritual was originally released for foreign countries in 2002. The film saw release in the Philippines on September 18, 2002, and was also released in Japan on January 25, 2006. It was not released in the United States until May 2, 2006 on DVD. It was later released on Blu-ray in the United States on December 4, 2012.
References
- ^ "Tales from the Crypt - Ritual". Avrev.com. 2006-05-02. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
External links
- Ritual at IMDb