Far from a knock-off, 'The Ritual' aims to document history. 'The Exorcist,' on the other hand, was pure entertainment.

Director David Middel's new film seems to suggest that spirits and demons are not only real, but they only continue to exist ...

One thing seems certain about the exorcism-themed movie "The Ritual" (XYZ); it is not intended as the first installment in a franchise. "It really was a one-off," director David Midell, who co-wrote ...

Al Pacino reveals he's never seen The Exorcist despite playing one in his new movie, The Ritual. The classic 1973 horror film ...

David Midell’s The Ritual is a horror film that feels like it’s trying to exorcise any semblance of quality from its own frame. Based on the true story of F ...

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

The new movie The Ritual is based on a 1928 exorcism in Iowa. Catholic priest Theophilus Riesinger performed the ritual on Emma Schmidt, a 40-something woman who had been suffering from possible ...

The Ritual's earnest attempt at a serious horror-drama that’s undermined by some distracting stylistic choices.

Dan Stevens also stars in David Midell’s earnest but tepid dramatization of a purported demonic possession case in 1928 Iowa.

Ashley Greene, Patricia Heaton and Abigail Cowen also appear in David Midell's entry in the overdone subgenre.

THE RITUAL is a horror movie inspired by Father Joseph Steiger’s notes taken during an exorcism he helped perform in 1928.