Rituals (1977)

[bdc]

Fans of Rituals can finally chat about this film here....and....

The new Code Red dvd is being shipped!

Axel (PlanetAxel now): "1 x DVD / Rituals Completed and shipped" !

Rituals (DVD)

Year:1977
Director: Peter Carter
Running Time: 99 min
Release Date: April 19, 2011

Mitzi (Lawrence Dane, SCANNERS, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME) invites a fellow Doctor Harry (Award winning Hal Halbrook, INTO THE WILD, CAPRICORN ONE) and two other doctors to go on a camping trip in middle of nowhere in the Canadian mountain. They thought there were alone, but not knowing someone is watching them. A Harmless trip turns into a nightmare and murder as the psychopath plays a deadly psychological game of survival. Robin Gammell (LIPSTICK) co-stars. Special Make-up by Carl Fullerton (FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2 & 3). Un-cut and uncensored from a vault element from the producer!

DVD FEATURES:

- Brand New 16x9 master from the producers archival print
- Audio commentary with star/producer Lawrence Dane
- On camera interview with star/producer Lawrence Dane
- On camera interview with star Robin Gammell
- Theatrical trailer

TECHNICAL INFO:

Color
1.85:1
Dolby Digital Mono

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Fantastic news B!
You've made my day!

[Pete]

I was given the X-Rated Kult edition for free, haven't watched it yet, though.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Horrible transfer Pete,but for years all we had was this,an Italian disc and a DVDR from Synergy which was officially sold on Amazon!

Nice artwork as well!

[bdc]

Let's hope Code Red has done a great job on this one (materials are very rare it seems but they got their hands on an archival print).

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

I really urge anyone who hasn't seen this to give it a bash.
Hopefully this will do well for Code Red,encouraging them to go ahead with other relatively obscure releases.

[bdc]

[oaxaca]

Never heard of this film but Hal Holbrook is one of my fave actors. I bet this is great.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

It is mate.

If you like psychos in the woods flicks,then this'll go down a treat!

[bdc]

Yes,it's all true!

“RITUALS”… FINALLY (MOST LIKELY)



"IF YOU GO DOWN IN THE WOODS TODAY, YOU’RE IN FOR A BIG SURPRISE.

First up, a confession… I shamelessly neglected to mention this terrific flick in my “Great Red North” piece about Canadian slasher flicks a few months back. Truth is, it should have been front and centre in the piece.

"Rituals" is an entertaining 1977 Canuck horror flick directed by Peter Carter about a group of doctors lost in the Canadian wilderness who are stalked by a killer while on a camping trip. Bearing more than a passing resemblance to the great “Deliverance”, “Rituals” generates its own vibe by focusing on the stalking and killing aspects, generating a canoe-full of suspense in the process. Hal Holbrook stars as the, er… Final Doctor(!). Of the slasher films to come in its wake, “Rituals” most reminds me of “Just Before Dawn” (or vice versa since “Dawn” came a few years after “Rituals”).

“Rituals” has had a tragic history on video/DVD. Available on an OOP Astral VHS, on countless awful quality DVDs usually under its goofy alternative title “The Creeper”, and in a perfect and uncut presentation screened from time to time on Canada’s Scream Network, Code Red DVD is finally giving “Rituals” the release it deserves." (Dave Stewart)