It doesn’t help when the true events contain well-worn genre elements, as is the case with “The Ritual,” an exorcism story directed by David Midell.

For now, The Ritual will only be available to watch in a movie theater, when it opens in theaters wide in the U.S. on Friday, June 6.You can find a showing near you via Fandango. The Ritual is not ...

Al Pacino was too freaked out to see "The Exorcist," but stars with Dan Stevens in "The Ritual," a horror movie based on a true exorcism account.

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XYZ Films’ new release, The Ritual, proves that point: The supernatural horror story is a faithful report on the most infamous exorcism in U.S. history, the exorcism of Emma Schmidt.

Pacino leaves no piece of scenery left unchewed in “The Ritual,” which regurgitates pretty much everything you’ve already seen in dozens of other “The Exorcist” copycats.

‘The Ritual’ Review: Exorcisms Happen, Excitement Not So Much in Drab Horror Opus With Al Pacino Reviewed online, May 31, 2025. Running time: 98 MIN. Production: (U.S.) An XYZ ...

“The Ritual” leans into its status as a “true story” of one of the most documented exorcisms in American history, using title cards to note that Father Theophilus Riesinger was eventually ...

Despite a solid cast including Al Pacino and Dan Stevens, the conventional possession antics of The Ritual aren't especially compelling.

Al Pacino and Dan Stevens appear in 'The Ritual,' David Midell's entry in the overdone exorcism genre.

The Ritual presents itself as a historical document, opening with onscreen text touting its real-life inspiration, the alleged demonic possession of Emma Schmidt (a.k.a. Anna Ecklund), as the ...