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The Ritual

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The Ritual
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R,1hr 46min
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2001
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Dimension Home Video
Synopsis: An unemployed New York doctor with a suspended license and few prospects for the future travels to Jamaica to care for the ailing brother of a wealthy landowner, only to make a horrifying discovery regarding the ailing man in director Avi Nesher's contemporary re-imagining of Jacques Tourneur's I Walked with a Zombie. Dr. Alice Dodgson (Jennifer Grey) is an open-minded oncologist whose experiments with an unapproved drug have just cost her patient his life and found her license to practice medicine ... Full Synopsis
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Produced shortly after Tales From the Crypt's less-successful entry Bordello of Blood, this would-be sequel sat on the shelf for almost five years, only to make its official premiere on DVD as an afterthought -- which considering it's subpar quality, might have been a good idea after all. While this voodoo tale has the feel of the Crypt series written all over it, Ritual suffers from an overinflated ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Alice Dodgson
Paul Claybourne
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