This Thursday, a horror thriller starring the legendary actor with Dan Stevens, Ashley Greene and Patricia Heaton, and directed by David Midell.
He horror movies It has a subgenre that is very popular, or at least has left great exponents, exorcism cinema. The exorcist (1973), is considered a classic and cornerstone of the subgenre, another case is Emily Rose’s exorcism (2005), which mixes judicial drama with supernatural terror, and the franchise The spellwhich has generated several successful deliveries in relation to demons possessing people.
This Thursday reaches theaters Exorcism: The ritual (The Ritual), A horror thriller starring the legendary To the Pacino next to Dan Stevens, Ashley Greene and Patricia Heatonand directed by David Midell.
The synopsis of exorcism: the ritual indicates: “Two priests must face their own internal demons while fighting for saving a young possessed. One of them, tormented by their past, and the other, with serious doubts about their faith, will be forced to join in a series of exorcisms that will test their resistance and conviction.”
Al Pacino and a failed debut in horror movies
The film is presented as “Based on the most documented exorcism in history”it is the exorcism of Emma Schmidt (Anna Ecklund in real life), a woman in the west medium who was supposedly a victim of demonic possession in the late 1920s. This story served as a basis for dozens of films, including the aforementioned the exorcist.
Pacino debuts in the genre (he does not count The devil’s lawyer) as a hooded, scruffy and ethnic as Theophilus Riesinger, a Catholic priest who reaches a parish of a small town in Iowa before the great depression to direct the “solemn sacrament” of taking “the demons” to Schmidt (Abigail Cowen). The second in command is the parish priest Joseph Steiger (Stevens), whose faith has faltered since the death of his brother.
Coguionist and director Danny Midell makes it clear from the first scene that It is a low budget productionat least demonstrates it with the use of camera in hand (too moved at times). The atmosphere at times feels a little more advanced over time than the 20s.
It is an abbreviated version of the real case that takes its licenses and that cannot avoid falling into tropes of the genre. For whom they are tanned in this type of films, It does not contribute anything too new And there is the feeling that great actors were wasted.
Exorcism: The ritual (The Ritual) arrives at theaters on Thursday, July 31. Dirge: David Midell. Cast: Al Pacino, Dan Stevens, Ashley Greene. Country of origin: United States. Distribute: BF Paris
Source: Ambito
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