History Film / TheRitual

* HellIsThatNoise: The unearthly sounds Luke hears in the woods before entering the cabin. [[spoiler:They were made by the creature, which is a bastard child of Loki.]]

* AllThereInTheManual: [[WordOfGod According to director David Bruckner]], [[spoiler:the creature is said to be named Moder in the book. But in the film, the pagans dare not speak his name.]]
* AnimalisticAbomination: The thing that lives in the woods [[spoiler: possesses a shape not unlike a gigantic elk. However, it also has a barren goat {{skull for a head}} with human arms coming from where its cheeks would be, and vaguely human-like head hidden in the shadows within the larger skull. When it rises on its hindlegs, it also reveals a second pair of human-like hands near its hips.]]

** It's mentioned early on that the group has no idea of the locals' religious practices, and they might very well be pagan. [[spoiler: It later turns out that an entire village worships the monster, which is a bastard child of [[Myth/NorseMythology Loki]], and they sacrifice people to it.]]

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:This is the creature's primary way of killing its victims, by impaling them onto tree branches.]]
* ItCanThink: [[spoiler: The creature is clearly intelligent, as it uses hallucinations to disorient and weaken its prey.]]
* JoinOrDie: [[spoiler: After Dom is killed, the villagers tell Luke that he will begin a ritual where he must join them by kneeling before the monster, or else be sacrificed to it.]]

* NighInvulnerability: Played with. [[spoiler: The creature ''can'' be harmed, as seen when Luke attacks it with an axe at the end of the movie, although the wound doesn't slow it down too much. It also shrugged off a shotgun wound.]]

* TheTrickster: [[spoiler: The creature is this, being able to induce hallucinations of anything that people want (or don't want) to see, which lends some credence to the claim that it really is a child of Loki.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: The original tagline "They Should Have Gone to Vegas" was altered to "They Should Have Gone to Ibiza" in light of the October 1st 2017 Los Vegas shooting.

* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:Inverted with Luke, who survives to the end.]]

* AllThereInTheManual: According to director David Bruckner, [[spoiler:the creature is said to be named Moder in the book. But in the film, the pagans dare not speak his name.]]

* DownerBeginning: Robert is killed within the first few minutes.

* DwindlingParty: One by one, each member of the group dies, until [[spoiler:only Luke is left as the only survivor.]]

** The impaled elk in the tree that the group runs into soon after entering the woods is [[spoiler: the first victim of the creature we see.]]

* TheTrickster: [[spoiler: The creature is this, being able to induce hallucinations of anything people want (or don't want) to see, which lends some credence to the claim that it really is a child of Loki.]]

* EldritchAbomination: The thing that lives in the woods [[spoiler: possesses a shape not unlike a gigantic elk. However, it also has a barren goat {{skull for a head}} with human arms coming from where its cheeks would be. Not to mention that it’s utterly massive on all fours and can raise itself on two legs at will…]]

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The movie is set in Lapland,[[spoiler: which wasn't part of Sweden until centuries after paganism died out, so what the child of a Norse god is doing there is anybody's guess.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's mentioned early on that the group has no idea of the locals' religious practices, and they might very well be pagan. [[spoiler: It later turns out that an entire village worships the monster, which is a bastard child of [[Myth/NorseMythology Loki]], and they sacrifice people to it.]]

* NighInvulnerability: Played with. [[spoiler: The creature ''can'' be harmed, as seen when Luke attacks it with an axe at the end of the movie, although the wound doesn't slow it down too much. It also shrugged off a shotgun wound.]]

* EldritchAbomination: The thing that lives in the woods [[spoiler: possesses a shape not unlike a gigantic elk. However, it also has a barren goat skull for a head with human arms coming from where its cheeks would be. Not to mention that it’s utterly massive on all fours and can raise itself on two legs at will…]]

''The Ritual'' is a 2017 British horror film starring Creator/RafeSpall and directed by David Bruckner. It is best described as the love child of ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' and ''Film/TheWickerMan1973''.

* EldritchAbomination: The thing that lives in the woods [[spoiler: possesses a shape not unlike a gigantic buck. However, it also has a barren goat skull for a head with human arms coming from where its cheeks would be. Not to mention that it’s utterly massive on all fours and can raise itself on two legs at will…]]

* SurvivorsGuilt: After Luke fails to assist Robert during the robbery, he is plagued by nightmares that stem from his guilt.

* HellIsThatNoise: The unearthly sounds Luke hears in the woods before entering the cabin. [[spoiler:They were made by the creature.]]

''The Ritual'' is a 2017 British horror film starring Creator/RafeSpall and directed by David Bruckner. It is best described as the love child of ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' and ''Film/TheWickerMan''.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's mentioned early on that the group has no idea of the locals' religious practices, and they might very well be pagan. [[spoiler: It later turns out that an entire village worships the monster, which is a bastard child of [[UsefulNotes/NorseMythology Loki]], and they sacrifice people to it.]]

* EldritchAbomination: The thing that lives in the woods [[spoiler: possesses a shape not unlike a gigantic buck. However, it also has a barren goat skull for a head with human arms coming from where its cheeks would be. Not to mention it’s utterly massive on all fours and can raise itself on two legs at will…]]
* HellIsThatNoise: The unearthly sounds Luke hears in the woods before entering the cabin.

''The Ritual'' is a 2017 British horror film starring Creator/RafeSpall and directed by David Bruckner. It is best described as the love child of ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject and ''Film/TheWickerMan''.

* HellIsThatNoise

The Ritual is a 2017 horror film described best as if Film/The Blair Witch Project and Film/Wickerman had a child. Former college friends Luke, Phil, Hutch, and Dom find themselves backpacking in the Swedish wilderness to honor Robert, who was killed in a liquor store robbery. However, after Dom becomes badly injured, the four decide to take a shortcut through the woods. When they discover an elk hanging gutted from a tree, they begin to believe there may be more than bears in this forest…

* BlackSpeech: Appropriate for [[spoiler: A bastard child of an Elder God.]]
* DontGoIntoTheWoods

* HellisThatNoise

* SurvivorsGuilt: After Luke fails to assist Robert during the robbery, he is plagued by nightmares that stem from his guilt.
* TheCrocIsTicking

* TheCrocisTicking