Question 1

Is The Ritual (2017) scary?

Accepted Answer

Moderately so — The Ritual (2017) mixes scares with other modes. As a creature feature film, it scored 6.0/10 for fear, 8.0/10 for atmosphere, and 7.2/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

Question 2

What is The Ritual (2017)'s release date, and is it streaming?

Accepted Answer

The Ritual (2017)'s first home release date is February 9, 2018.

Question 3

How many jump scares are in The Ritual (2017)?

Accepted Answer

The Ritual (2017) has 15 jump scares, based on its logged jump-scare count.

Question 4

What age is The Ritual (2017) appropriate for?

Accepted Answer

The Ritual (2017) is rated R. Watch Darkly does not assign its own age rating, so here is what the film actually contains. On Watch Darkly's curator scale it scored 6.0/10 for fear, 2.0/10 for gore, and 5.0/10 for intensity, where 10 is the most extreme in the catalog. It has 15 jump scares. Content warnings on file: animal death and religious themes.

Question 5

Who is in the cast of The Ritual (2017)?

Accepted Answer

Rafe Spall plays Luke, Arsher Ali plays Phil, Robert James-Collier plays Hutch, Sam Troughton plays Dom, Paul Reid plays Robert, Matthew Needham plays Junkie, Jacob James Beswick plays Fiend, Maria Erwolter plays The Host.

Question 6

Does The Ritual (2017) have a happy ending?

Accepted Answer

The Ritual (2017) has a downer ending on Watch Darkly's spoiler-gated ending scale.

Question 7

What are some films like The Ritual (2017)?

Accepted Answer

Films similar to The Ritual (2017) on Watch Darkly include The Blair Witch Project (1999), The Dark and the Wicked (2020), Hokum (2026), selected by shared themes and tags plus the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, intensity, and overall quality.

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