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EverythingsTemporary

You guys should check out 'The Ritual' on Netflix.

I'd make this post in r/movies but I figured fans of YMS also seem more likely to overlap as fans of the horror genre.

I watch a lot of horror movies, and I've found a lot of modern horror films just generally kinda suck - so I'm always overjoyed when I find one with an actual plot, some valid scary themes, and some intelligent characters.

Without giving any of the movie experience away, The Ritual is about a group of hikers from the UK in a very remote Nordic region. If you like British movies, Nordic culture, beautiful scenery, good production value and innawoods horror I recommend you check it out.

Posted Feb 10, 2018, 8:29 AM UTC

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robturner45•

Stag did it better imo (3 part uk tv series) If you can find it online I highly suggest you watch it

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EverythingsTemporaryOP•

I'll look into this, thanks!

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mecbirdhouse•

I suspect Adum will watch it, given that he's specifically asked "Why hasn't this guy directed a full movie yet?" when recommending David Bruckner's segments in anthology films.

I enjoyed it, it's far from perfect but the score is fucking awesome and it has some really unsettling scenes.

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EverythingsTemporaryOP•

As far as creature horror goes, this was probably one of my favorite designs. Also I think they did a good job of making it feel like a tangible entity instead of a white ball on a stick that everyone has to act afraid of.

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mecbirdhouse•

The design of the creature was excellent once you see it, and they did a great job of making sure you feel his presence long before you see it (via good sound design, little visual teases, and great reaction shots from characters facing the things we don't yet see). There's a lot of smart directing/editing decisions, actually.

Now, writing-wise there's a lot that feels like it doesn't quite work, and I think in the hands of a shitty director this could've been a total trainwreck, but in the version that we got I think there's scenes that I'll be remembering for a long time.

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mecbirdhouse•

Oh hey, he already did https://www.reddit.com/r/YMS/comments/7wky2y/anyone_else_saddened_by_david_bruckners/du159ag/

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Gumbiman315•

I like how they had to change the really dumb tagline because of the Vegas shooting.

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