{"id":402726,"date":"2026-01-09T20:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T20:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/402726\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T20:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T20:57:09","slug":"lilys-ritual-trailer-the-craft-meets-evil-dead-meets-midsommar-in-spanish-folk-horror-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/402726\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Lily’s Ritual’ Trailer – ‘The Craft’ Meets ‘Evil Dead’ Meets ‘Midsommar’ in Spanish Folk Horror Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

A demon as old as the world is summoned in Lily\u2019s Ritual, a practical effects-driven Spanish folk horror film inspired by the mythological she-demon Lilith.<\/p>\n

Watch the gory trailer below, which looks like The Craft meets Evil Dead by way of Midsommar.<\/p>\n

Set during the 1999 autumn equinox in Madrid, the film follows Lily, a pale and withdrawn young woman who travels with her friends to a remote forest cabin to be initiated into witchcraft.<\/p>\n

As preparations unfold and night falls, the ritual begins. But when Lily collapses mid-ceremony, she awakens bound, injured, and alone\u2014unaware that the true purpose of the gathering is far more sinister. Lily herself has been chosen as the sacrifice.<\/p>\n

Nothing, however, goes as planned. A demonic laugh echoes through the forest. Alliances fracture. Lies are exposed. The ritual turns violently against its creators, unleashing a force that cannot be controlled.<\/p>\n

Manu Herrera directs from a script he wrote with Javier Fern\u00e1ndez Moratalla, exploring themes of blind devotion, hidden motives, and the terrifying cost of belief.<\/p>\n

Maggie Garc\u00eda, Patricia Pe\u00f1alver, Eve Ryan, Elena Gallardo, Mike Fajardo, and Antea Rodr\u00edguez star.<\/p>\n

Lily\u2019s Ritual is due out this year. Black Mandala is handling international sales.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A demon as old as the world is summoned in Lily\u2019s Ritual, a practical effects-driven Spanish folk horror…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,213863,213864,161674,344,213865],"class_list":{"0":"post-402726","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-evil-dead","12":"tag-lilys-ritual","13":"tag-midsommar","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-the-craft"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}