Ritual
Directed by	Avi Nesher
Produced by	Richard Donner David Giler Walter Hill Ted Hartley Robert Zemeckis
Written by	Inez Wallace
Starring	Jennifer Grey Craig Sheffer Tim Curry
Music by	Shirley Walker
Cinematography	David A. Armstrong Douglas Milsome
Editing by	Robert A. Ferretti Michael Schweitzer
Studio	RKO Pictures Silver Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s)	2001
Running time	99 minutes
Country
Language	English
Preceded by	Bordello of Blood

Tales From the Crypt Presents: Ritual is the third film spin-off from the HBO television series Tales from the Crypt, the first being Demon Knight and the second being Bordello of Blood, it stars Tim Curry, Jennifer Grey and Craig Sheffer. ^[1]

Contents 1 Plot 2 Production 3 Release 4 Sequel 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Plot

A doctor (Jennifer Grey) gets her medical license revoked and is fired from her job after the death of a patient. After being fearful of a patient's words of voodoo cults, she travels to Jamaica. There, she realizes that she, and her patient, are the target of a voodoo cult.^[2]

[edit] Production

The film originally had nothing to do with Tales from the Crypt and did not have the bookend Cryptkeeper segments. When the film did poorly in theaters, however, special Cryptkeeper segments were filmed for the US release with John Kassir reprising his role as the Cryptkeeper.^[3]

[edit] Release

This movie, originally released for foreign countries in 2001, was not released in the US until May 2, 2006 on DVD.^[4]

[edit] Sequel

A third Crypt movie was planned on the release of Bordello, but due to the low box office take in on the film, the third movie was cancelled.^[5]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ritual at the Internet Movie Database

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