{"id":5092,"date":"2012-12-01T07:34:19","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T15:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2021-05-31T22:42:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T05:42:03","slug":"review-ritual-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2012\/12\/review-ritual-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Ritual BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Ritual<\/i><\/b> is a second-rate supernatural thriller that features a decent performance from the lovely Jennifer Grey. Is she enough for one to sit through 90-minutes? Probably not, but I suppose if you\u2019ve enjoyed even below average \u201cTales from Crypt\u201d episodes, you might find this to be an adequate outing.<\/p>\n

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\nRitual (2002)<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nREVIEW NAVIGATION<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Movie<\/a> | Special Features<\/a> | Video Quality<\/a> | Audio Quality<\/a> | Overall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/b>Supernatural, Suspense\/Thriller
\nEcho Bridge | R \u2013 106 min. \u2013 $14.95 | December 4, 2012<\/p>\n

MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/span>Directed by: <\/b>Avi Nesher
\nWriter(s): <\/b>Curt Siddmak and Ardel Wray (\u201cI Walked with a Zombie\u201d Film Screenplay), Inez Wallace (\u201cI Walked with a Zombie\u201d Film Story); Rob Cohen and Avi Nesher (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/b>Jennifer Grey, Craig Sheffer, Daniel LaPaine, Kristen Wilson, Tim Curry<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:
\n<\/span>Features: <\/b>None
\nNumber of Discs: <\/b>1<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/b>English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/b>1080i\/Widescreen 1.78
\nSubtitles: <\/b>NA
\nDisc Size: <\/b>20.6 GB
\nCodec: <\/b>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/b>A<\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong>
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Plot Outline: <\/b>Jobless after having her medical license revoked, Dr. Alice Dodgson (JENNFER GREY) accepted an offer to travel to Jamaica and treat American Paul Claybourne\u2019s (CRAIG SHEFFER) mysteriously ailing brother. But immediately upon her arrival, Alice finds herself immersed in the exotic rhythm and harmony of this foreign civilization…and besieged by the locals with terrifying tales of zombies and demonic possession. As her long-held faith in science clashes with her new experiences in the supernatural, Alice must ultimately submit to the strange native culture to save her patient, while fighting to escape with her own life.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

No features were included.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Echo Bridge releases Ritual<\/i><\/b> on Blu-ray with a modest 1080i high-definition transfer. The movie is presented with a 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio and although it\u2019s no doubt a step above the DVD version, especially considering it\u2019s probably a low budget flick to begin with, the transfer is fairly dirty with plenty of dust marks (as seen over the opening sequence) and scratch marks.
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AUDIO \u2013 3.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The disc comes with an adequate 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio track. As you might imagine, the audio here isn\u2019t anything amazing where everything is pretty flat and doesn\u2019t offer much depth.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, Ritual<\/i><\/b> is a second-rate supernatural thriller that features a decent performance from the lovely Jennifer Grey. Is she enough for one to sit through 90-minutes? Probably not, but I suppose if you\u2019ve enjoyed even below average \u201cTales from Crypt\u201d episodes, you might find this to be an adequate outing. The Blu-ray itself is at a bargain base price so the video\/audio quality isn\u2019t going to be anything to write home about not to mention there are no features included.<\/p>\n

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Published: <\/b>12\/01\/2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ritual is a second-rate supernatural thriller that features a decent performance from the lovely Jennifer Grey. Is she enough for one to sit through 90-minutes? Probably not, but I suppose if you\u2019ve enjoyed even below average \u201cTales from Crypt\u201d episodes, you might find this to be an adequate outing.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[1797,1796,1795],"class_list":["post-5092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-craig-sheffer","tag-jennifer-grey","tag-ritual"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5092"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26309,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092\/revisions\/26309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}