Ritual (2002 film)

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Ritual
Walter Hill
Ted Hartley
StarringJennifer Grey
Craig Sheffer
Daniel Lapaine
Kristen Wilson
Gabriel Casseus
Tim Curry
CinematographyDavid A. Armstrong
Douglas Milsome
Edited byRobert A. Ferretti
Michael Schweitzer
Music byShirley Walker
Production
companies
Distributed byRKO Pictures
Release dates
  • September 18, 2002 (2002-09-18) (Philippines)
  • May 2, 2006 (2006-05-02) (United States)
Running time
99 minutes
106 minutes (DVD/Blu-ray)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Ritual is a 2002 American

the Crypt Keeper from Tales from the Crypt, though it was not produced as a Tales from the Crypt film.[1]

Plot

Crypt Keeper intro

The Crypt Keeper is in

deadlocks" as he states that one of his favorite things about Jamaica are the "eye-popping honeys" as it shows different bikini
-clad women that are nearby. He then talks about how he just finished wrapping up his new movie in Jamaica. He introduces the movie and tells them "Don't worry, the beast is yet to come".

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 (

paralyze Alice and turn her into a zombie
, but Alice is only partially paralyzed. Alice causes Caro's plan to backfire, and Caro is turned into a zombie instead.

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

bloopers
of the Crypt Keeper's intro as the credits are shown.

Cast

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

  1. ^ "Tales from the Crypt - Ritual". Avrev.com. 2006-05-02. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-24.

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