{"id":112556,"date":"2025-08-27T00:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T00:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/112556\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T00:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T00:46:09","slug":"the-ritual-starring-al-pacino-dan-stevens-possesses-blu-ray-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/112556\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Ritual’ Starring Al Pacino & Dan Stevens Possesses Blu-ray in September"},"content":{"rendered":"

Based on a true story of demonic possession, The Ritual will be released on Blu-ray and DVD<\/a> on September 9 from XYZ Films.<\/p>\n

Al Pacino and Dan Stevens star as two priests, one questioning his faith and one reckoning with a troubled past, who must put aside their differences to save a possessed young woman through a dangerous series of exorcisms.<\/p>\n

Special features:<\/p>\n

The Making of The Ritual
\nKeeping the Faith
\nThe Script
\nBased on a True Story
\nBuzzfeed Interviews<\/p>\n

The horror film is said to be an authentic portrayal of the Emma Schmidt case, which remains the most thoroughly documented exorcism in American history.<\/p>\n

David Midell directs from a script he co-wrote with Enrico Natale.<\/p>\n

Ashley Greene (Twilight), Abigail Cowen (\u201cChilling Adventures of Sabrina\u201d), and Patricia Heaton (\u201cEverybody Loves Raymond\u201d) round out the cast.<\/p>\n

Meagan Navarro wrote in her review<\/a>, \u201cThe \u2018based on a true story\u2019 horror movie fails to evoke any emotion as it sleepwalks through a tired recreation of an exorcism movie\u2019s third act without any depth or development to make us care, committing the ultimate cardinal sin in cinema: it\u2019s boring.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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