Five doctors go camping in the remote woods of Northern Ontario. When their boots are stolen they begin to suspect they are being stalked.
Acting
Hal Holbrook's sweaty, unraveling desperation carries the whole thing.
Practical Effects
Genuine Ontario wilderness — no soundstage, just mosquitoes and terror.
Director
Peter Carter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lawrence Dane hated the script so much he tried to quit; the producers convinced him to stay by letting him rewrite his own death scene.
This was one of the first Canadian tax-shelter horrors, part of a 1970s boom that also birthed Black Christmas — though Rituals was so obscure it barely played outside drive-ins until a 2016 restoration.
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