The Ritual

An unemployed New York doctor with a suspended license and few prospects for the future travels to Jamaica to care for the ailing brother of a wealthy landowner, only to make a horrifying discovery regarding the ailing man in director Avi Nesher's contemporary re-imagining of Jacques Tourneur's I ...more

Produced shortly after Tales From the Crypt's less-successful entry Bordello of Blood, this would-be sequel sat on the shelf for almost five years, only to make its official premiere on DVD as an afterthought -- which considering it's subpar quality, might have been a good idea after all. While this voodoo tale has the feel of the Crypt series written all over it, Ritual suffers from an overinflated plot and a general disregard for the gruesome fun inherent in these stories. Save for one ...more