THE RITUAL (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Rafe Spall (Life of Pi), Robert James-Collier (Mercenaries), Arsher Ali (All in Good Time), Sam Troughton (Alien vs Predator), Paul Reid (Boy Eats Girl), Maria Erwolter (My Sister’s Kids in Jutland), Kerri McLean (film debut), Jacob James Beswick (Unhallowed Ground), Francesca Mula (Tender Eyes)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

David Bruckner (The Signal), director; Joe Barton (iBoy), writer; Jonathan Cavendish (Bridget Jones’s Diary), Richard Holmes (Eden Lake) and Andy Serkis (Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll), producers; Ben Lovett (Black Rock), composer; Andrew Shulkind (Shapeshifter), cinematographer; Mark Towns (Gnaw), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

A group of old college friends get together after one of them is killed, for a hiking trip through the Swedish forests. However, during their trek in these unnerving Scandinavian woodlands, they come across a series of disturbing sights, and it soon becomes apparent that someone – or something – is refusing to let them leave…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Based on the acclaimed horror bestseller by Adam Nevill, The Ritual is a dark and dangerous odyssey into the heart of the Scandinavian woods, and let’s just say that like the unwilling victims you’re not going to like what you find.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 13TH OCTOBER 2017

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