Ashley Greene, Patricia Heaton and Abigail Cowen also appear in David Midell's entry in the overdone subgenre.

Al Pacino and Dan Stevens star in "The Ritual," a horror film based on the account of a 1928 American exorcism.

Al Pacino was too freaked out to see "The Exorcist," but stars with Dan Stevens in "The Ritual," a horror movie based on a ...

Dan Stevens also stars in David Midell’s earnest but tepid dramatization of a purported demonic possession case in 1928 Iowa.

Al Pacino speaks in an exaggerated accent and Dan Stevens looks overly concerned in this movie directed by David Midell.

Despite a solid cast including Al Pacino and Dan Stevens, the conventional possession antics of The Ritual aren't especially ...

So begins “ The Ritual ,” David Middel’s excruciatingly generic horror effort that forces us to wonder whether the exorcism ...

Al Pacino reveals he's never seen The Exorcist despite playing one in his new movie, The Ritual. The classic 1973 horror film ...

The Ritual's earnest attempt at a serious horror-drama that’s undermined by some distracting stylistic choices.

This middling approach seems to be the nature of The Ritual. There’s nothing about it that’s obtrusively bad, but there’s ...

THE RITUAL is a horror movie inspired by Father Joseph Steiger’s notes taken during an exorcism he helped perform in 1928.