Réalisation:
Peter CarterScénario:
Ian SutherlandPhotographie:
René VerzierMusique:
Hagood HardyActeurs·trices:
Hal Holbrook, Lawrence Dane, Robin Gammell, Gary Reineke, Ken James, Murray Westgate, Jack CreleyRésumés(1)
Adventure-seeker Mitzi (Lawrence Dane) invites fellow doctor (Hal Holbrook) and three other physician friends to go on their annual camping trip in the middle of the unexplored Canadian mountains. The five of them thought that they were alone in the middle of nowhere on their ritual camping trip, but this time someone was watching them. A crazed psychopath wants to play a psychological game of survival with the five campers and it soon becomes a horrifying game of kill or be killed. (Code Red)
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Un film de survie testostéronisé de bonne facture en droite ligne des années 70. L’expédition de pêche à laquelle participe un groupe de médecins se voit perturbée par des différends entre ces derniers ainsi que par un saboteur indésirable. Il n’est pas fou de voir un parallèle avec le film à succès Délivrance, Rituals faisant plus dans le genre horrifique. Le terrain isolé et multiforme éloigné de toute civilisation crée une solide ambiance de séquestration et de désespoir grandissant, les protagonistes allant à l’épuisement de minute en minute de façon très réaliste. Les clichés ne sont pas épargnés, mais ça reste un bon cru dont le suspense a de quoi bien vous crisper. Et Hal Holbrook est une sacrée locomotive !
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Respectfully weak for Boorman standards. It doesn't have the right kind of kick to it like Deliverance, nor does it have the unique sound that you can tell your mates about over a beer. But not to be pejorative, the actors are great, they really had to suffer during the shooting, and it's a fine survival drama for most of the runtime. Unfortunately at the very end it turns into an trite horror movie with ridiculous make-up effects, not to mention the twist, which not even a collage of X-ray image can save.
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Once again, I allowed myself to get very excited only to cry over the results. It’s true that Rituals has a lot in common with Deliverance, it’s also true that the atmosphere is reminiscent of other forest horror pieces like The Blair Witch Project, and the remarks about its very slow pace are also accurate. But it didn’t shock or affect me in any way, quite the opposite, in fact, the film left me feeling perfectly cool. The only emotion it aroused was disenchantment at the boring and amateur looking stuff I was watching. In short: a rightfully forgotten “gem”… :-(
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