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Canada’s creepiest little production studio, Black Fawn Films, have been on a real roll lately. Earlier this year their supernatural Horror from writer/director Chad Archibald It Feeds (a great indie scare fest for fans of Lights Out and Insidious, starring Twilight‘s Ashley Greene) hit theatres after scaring the pants off of everyone at Panic Fest. And now, the hometown team returns to Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival with The Undertone, a slow burn that really delivers the goods and crafts some of the year’s scariest sequences with nothing more than a microphone and your imagination’s ability to totally f*ck you up.

Written and directed by Ian Tuason, in his directorial debut, The Undertone follows Evy (Nina Kiri), a young woman completely isolated from the outside world while caring for her dying mother. Evy‘s only real escape from the day-to-day gloom is her...

Horror lovers have something to look forward to next month with the 2025 film, It Feeds, set to arrive on Hulu. Additionally, Twilight fans may notice the film features a familiar face in its starring role.

The 2025 Indie horror film It Feeds is coming to Hulu on August 1st. The film stars Ashley Greene, arguably best known for her role as Alice Cullen in the Twilight Saga, and plays Cynthia Winstone, a psychiatrist with clairvoyant abilities. While the film wasn't exactly a massive commercial success, critics on Rotten Tomatoes received the film very well, rating it at 88%, based on 26 reviews. There is, however, a noticeable difference in audience score, which right now sits at a solid but not quite as high score of 63% averaged from over 50 reviews.

The film follows Cynthia and her daughter Jordon (Ellie O'Brien). When a young girl named Riley (Shayelin Martin) comes into their home psychiatry practice,...

It turns out that sparkling in the sun wasn't the strangest thing the Twilight cast had to wrap their heads around back in 2008. According to several Cullen family members, before cameras ever rolled on the franchise’s first film, the actors were put through a feline-themed bonding exercise that has lived in infamy ever since. During a Twilight reunion panel at FanExpo in Denver, hosted by Collider’s Maggie Lovitt, the cast — including Jackson Rathbone, Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, and Peter Facinelli — dove into the weirdest memory from set that instantly bonded them all. And no, it wasn’t playing baseball in a thunderstorm or trying to keep a straight face opposite a CGI baby. It was... acting like cats.

“Catherine [Hardwicke, director] thought it would be interesting to give us all those like feline-esque movements,” Facinelli recalled. “So she brought in a movement teacher, and we were all kind of like cats.

Among the other interesting opportunities at the ongoing Denver Fan Expo was the chance to speak to The Twilight Saga star Peter Facinelli. He answered many eager questions fans still have about the experience of shooting the films and the upcoming show. When asked if he had read the new book in the series, he said:

“I can't read it. Because it's like Edward's thoughts, you know? And I feel like it would be like Carlisle going through his diary.! It just feels so invasive to me. And as a dad, I don't know what he's thinking of me.”

Peter Facinelli, who plays Carlisle Cullen in the franchise, was in attendance on Thursday, alongside co-star Kellan Lutz, who plays Emmett Cullen in The Twilight Saga. During the weekend, they will be joined by other co-stars, Jackson Rathbone, who plays Jasper Hale in the films, and Ashley Greene, who plays the...

It Feeds Is Now HBO’s #2 Film Globally, With 88% Rt Score(Photo Credit –Prime Video)

Horror films have received a fresh lease of life after the phenomenal success of Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, followed by Danny Boyle’s recently released film, 28 Years Later, which is being admired by critics and cinephiles alike. However, a relatively lesser-known horror movie with an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score has also found its way into the list of the most popular movies streaming on HBO globally.

And no, we are not talking about the 28 Years Later prequel, 28 Days Later. The film in question is It Feeds, which was released earlier this year and is currently ranked No. 2 on HBO’s top ten movies list, according to FlixPatrol. As of now, it trails only behind the fantasy-adventure box-office hit A Minecraft Movie. Read on to find out more about the horror film It Feeds.

Hell of a Role Al Pacino recently took on the role of a Catholic priest confronting the Devil himself. The (for lack of a congruent term of what he brings to any role) gravitas of Pacino anchors Father Theophilus Riesinger, the German-born Capuchin priest who famously endured a grueling four-month battle to reclaim Schmidt’s soul from demonic control. Set in 1928 Iowa and steeped in the scorched bones of American demonology, ‘The Ritual’ follows two priests- one devout but fractured, the other wavering in faith- tasked with exorcising a woman gripped by violent possession. This isn’t just another fictional horror tale. The film is based directly on Begone Satan!, the 1935 pamphlet detailing the real-life exorcism of Emma Schmidt, a documented case so harrowing it has long haunted the fringe between folklore and faith. The same material inspired William Peter Blatty’s ‘The Exorcist’ and, eventually, William Friedkin’s landmark 1973 film.

Six new horror movies already released at home this past Tuesday, and they’re being joined by six more today including the theatrical release of hotly anticipated sequel M3GAN 2.0.

Here’s all the new horror that released on Friday, June 27, 2025!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

Blumhouse’s modern horror icon M3GAN is back in the action-packed sequel M3GAN 2.0, which promises to be bigger, badder and bloodier. It’s now playing in theaters nationwide.

Director Gerard Johnstone and writer Akela Cooper are back for the follow-up to their 2023 film along with producers James Wan of Atomic Monster and Jason Blum of Blumhouse.

Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jen Van Epps, Amie Donald, and Jenna Davis star alongside Ivanna Sakhno, Aristotle Athari, Timm Sharp, and Jemaine Clement.

Two years after M3GAN, a marvel of artificial intelligence, went rogue and embarked on...

Throughout his career, Al Pacino received nine Academy Award nominations and won one in 1992 with Scent of a Woman. However, considering how prolific the actor has been, with over 60 acting credits, not all of his works were critical hits.

For example, his latest release, The Ritual, debuted with his lowest score ever: an abysmal 0%. The film is a possession horror that is based on the same story as the critically acclaimed The Exorcist. After debuting with 0%, the audiences disagreed that the film deserved such a negative score and gave it a positive 62% approval on Rotten Tomatoes.

Since its release, when The Ritual debuted with 0% out of 26 reviews, the film's score has been updated. At the time of writing, the possession horror has a 6% approval rate out of 63 reviews, and it no longer serves as Al Pacino's lowest-scored film based on the critics' scores, but it's now his fourth-lowest score.

The...

A Look At Chris Evans’ Dating History(Photo Credit –Instagram)

Chris Evans has now found ‘The One’ in his life and married Alba Baptista, but before that, he went through quite a journey in dating. Once named the ‘Sexiest Man Alive,’ the Captain America actor is undoubtedly one of Hollywood’s most good-looking and charming stars. Being such a charismatic and popular actor, Evans’s personal life has always attracted much attention. His fans always wanted to know who he was dating or if he was single.

His dating life caught people’s attention when he was with Jessica Biel. The former couple worked together on a few projects, and netizens were quick enough to pick up the romantic vibes between them. However, the Avengers actor has faced his share of ups and downs in his dating life. So, if you didn’t know about his past relationships, scroll ahead to learn all about them!

Hell of a Role Al Pacino recently took on the role of a Catholic priest confronting the Devil himself. The (for lack of a congruent term of what he brings to any role) gravitas of Pacino anchors Father Theophilus Riesinger, the German-born Capuchin priest who famously endured a grueling four-month battle to reclaim Schmidt’s soul from demonic control. Set in 1928 Iowa and steeped in the scorched bones of American demonology, ‘The Ritual’ follows two priests- one devout but fractured, the other wavering in faith- tasked with exorcising a woman gripped by violent possession. This isn’t just another fictional horror tale. The film is based directly on Begone Satan!, the 1935 pamphlet detailing the real-life exorcism of Emma Schmidt, a documented case so harrowing it has long haunted the fringe between folklore and faith. The same material inspired William Peter Blatty’s ‘The Exorcist’ and, eventually, William Friedkin’s landmark 1973 film.

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Al Pacino’s The Ritual Struggles With Storytelling & Style(Photo Credit –YouTube)

The Ritual started off with a shocking 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes which is a first for Al Pacino’s long and respected career. This new horror film, directed by David Midell, features Pacino alongside Dan Stevens, Ashley Greene, and Abigail Cowen. The movie stumbled critically despite the star power and has only just climbed to 8% as more reviews have come in.

Critics Slam The Ritual’s Cinematography and Storytelling

Critics pointed out that while the actors tried to bring life to the film, the cinematography fell flat and was loaded with tired exorcism clichés that made the experience dull. Reviews also mentioned that The Ritual leaned heavily on familiar horror tropes without adding anything fresh or engaging.

Joel Harley of Starbust wrote, “If it possesses anything, it’s a well-sustained atmosphere of doom and gloom, but the ugly...

Al Pacino is one of the most renowned actors in Hollywood, winning multiple accolades, including an Oscar for Best Acor for Scent of a Woman. So you can imagine the shock (but not surprise) when, in a career-first move, his latest project, The Ritual, debuted with a 0% Rotten Tomatoes score.

The Ritual is a horror movie directed by David Midell. It stars Pacino and Dan Stevens among a star-studded cast list that includes Ashley Greene (Twilight) and Abigail Cowen (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina). Unfortunately, the film received an abysmal response and, as of this writing, it has slightly increased and settled at 6% as more reviews roll in. It won't be long until the audience score is revealed.

Collider recently reviewed The Ritualand gave it a low score of 3/10. It praised the actors for making do with what they're given, but criticized the cinematography, which was lackluster and filled with every lazy exorcism trope imaginable.

Well, The Ritual sure is another exorcism movie! The hook? This one’s got Al Pacino, Dan Stevens, Ashley Greene, and Patricia Heaton. The problem? The Ritual plays no better than the umpteenth generic exorcism release without marquee names, and sometimes even worse. Exorcism movies are a dime a dozen in the horror genre, and nothing here dares to push subgenre boundaries or expectations past the devil’s doorstep.

Filmmaker David Midell, along with co-writer Enrico Natale, recreates the famously documented 1928 exorcism of Anna Ecklund, a pseudonym for Emma Schmidt (played by Abigail Cowen). Stevens plays the doubting Father Joseph Steiger, a priest who must welcome Emma into his house of worship, while Pacino becomes the German-American exorcist celebrity (by Roman Catholic terms), Father Theophilus Riesinger. Under Father Riesinger’s command, Father Steiger has his faith challenged by Emma’s worsening condition. Is it a psychological affliction or truly a demonic curse?...

Not since Paul Schrader’s ill-starred “Exorcist” entry “Dominion” in 2004 has an exorcism-centric thriller taken itself quite so seriously as “The Ritual.” Based on a real-life case, like director David Midell’s prior “The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain,” this more fantastical drama is a relatively restrained effort less interested in standard horror effects than the events’ psychological impact on their participants. Nonetheless, its integrity and able performers only do so much to elevate a reluctant genre movie that emerges as rather dreary — not unlike “Dominion,” albeit minus theological discussions. With Al Pacino and Dan Stevens topping the cast, XYZ Films’ release should lure in some genre fans. Still, their disappointment may be salved only by the thought that this is a definite genre improvement over the abysmal “The Exorcist: Believer” from two years ago.

Midell’s feature is billed as being based on “the true story that inspired ‘The Exorcist,...

Al Pacino is one of the most esteemed actors, whose acting credits include multiple masterpieces. The actor received no less than nine Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, whether in leading or supporting roles, and won one for 1992's Scent of a Woman.

Pacino's illustrious career includes over 60 acting credits, with countless critical hits. However, his latest film, The Ritual, is not one of them and it has brought him an unfortunate career first. The horror, which is based on the same possession story as The Exorcist, is set to hit theaters on June 6, andThe Ritual debuted with an extremely 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Ritual is inspired by the 1935 book, Begone Satan!. It has David Midell at the helm, who directed based on a script he co-wrote with Enrico Natale. The possession horror is based on a true story, and follows two priests Theophilus Riesinger (Pacino) and Joseph...

A new horror movie has earned a 0% score during its Rotten Tomatoes debut. Like any genre, horror tends to have major critical ups and downs. While many entries in the genre are well-respected classics with stellar reviews, including 2017's Get Out (which has a near-perfect 98% score on Rotten Tomatoes), 1991's The Silence of the Lambs (95%), 1975's Jaws (97%), and 1960's Psycho (97%), others have been widely lambasted, including 1987's Jaws: The Revenge (2%), 2002's FeardotCom (3%), and 2022's Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (3%).

However, early 2025 has been a fertile period for horror movies that are both critically and commercially successful. While April and May have seen the most success, three of the Top 20 highest-grossing movies of 2025 in general are entries in the genre, namely February's The Monkey (which has a 78% Rotten Tomatoes score and grossed $68.6 million worldwide against a reported budget of $11 million), May's Final Destination: Bloodlines, and April's Ryan Coogler's Sinners. So far, June...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A young priest who’s recently suffered a personal tragedy and is struggling with issues of faith teams up with an older, veteran priest to perform an exorcism on a young girl who’s been exhibiting disturbing signs of demonic possession. The younger priest is skeptical, believing that her manifestations could be the result of psychological disturbance. The older priest is resolute, determined to once more do battle with the Devil.

No, I mean it, stop me.

Because clearly no one has stopped The Ritual, yet another attempt that tries and fails to exorcise our memories of the classic, gold standard of the genre, William Friedkin’s 1973 The Exorcist. As if to compensate for the fact that their film is trafficking in the same sort of hokiness as such recent, similarly themed efforts as The Pope’s Exorcist and The Exorcism (both starring Russell Crowe,...

Not even Dan Stevens or veteran actor Al Pacino can inject life into The Ritual, the latest exorcism horror movie that adapts the 1928 exorcism of Emma Schmidt. Framed with a documentary eye, director David Midell attempts to shake up the tired formula by stretching out the cleansing ritual typically reserved for the climax into a full feature. The problem is that there’s not enough substance or story to fill its plodding runtime, just more tired musings on faith and religion amidst stale possession horror cliches.

The Ritual drops viewers into a beleaguered convent already exhausted by the violent outbursts and eerie behavior exhibited by deeply unwell patient Emma Schmidt (Abigail Cowen). As Emma exhibits the telltale signs of possession, terrorizing the nuns that include yanking out clumps of hair from a terrified Sister Rose (Ashley Greene), the Church has already approved an exorcism. Enter the familiar dynamics first introduced in The Exorcist,...

"The true story that inspired The Exorcist." That's the tagline for Al Pacino and Dan Stevens' new horror film The Ritual that hits theaters this Friday, but if its Rotten Tomatoes score is any indication of things, it seems the movie itself is in need of an exorcism. Debuting to a brutal 0% score, The Ritual is being blasted by critics for being "cheaply made" and not accomplishing "much of anything."

"If you've ever wondered what a painfully boring, generic exorcism narrative filmed in the style of The Office would be like, The Ritual is the answer," says Joseph Robinson from Fish Jelly Films. Man, that's tough. Directed by David Midell, Mark Hanson from Slate Magazine notes that the film is "a special kind of hell," while Jacob Oller from Av Club adds:

"Eventually, The Ritual just becomes a bad possession movie that's not pulling off its hokey scares, rather than...

An exorcism horror picture starring Dan Stevens and Al Pacino is an easy sell for cinephiles, even if it only delivers on the lowest common denominator. Frankly, that’s what we get with The Ritual, a true-story-inspired possession flick that sticks to the genre’s formula pretty closely, failing to elicit much in the way of scares or sympathy.

The Ritual Review

The Ritual details sinister real events that happened in Iowa in 1928, where two priests participate in a marathon exorcism to rescue an afflicted woman, all the while dealing with their own pasts and crisis of faith. The film is (self-proclaimedly) based on the “most thoroughly documented exorcism in American history,” so you would be forgiven for feeling that this is overly familiar.

One of the more unique things about The Ritual — of which there are admittedly few — is director David Midell’s choice to shoot the film in an almost documentary-like format.

David Midell’s The Ritual, which is based on the true story of Emma Schmidt’s 1928 exorcism in Earling, Iowa, stresses in a text coda before the end credits that its central event is the most documented of its kind. But with the film playing out in such mind-numbingly derivative fashion, it seems less like Midell and co-writer Enrico Natale studied the documents of this case than they did the hoary tropes of this specific subgenre of horror film. Regardless of its historical point of origin, the film simply ends up joining the ranks of countless, tedious Exorcist wannabes before it, a robust trend that’s become its own special kind of hell.

After an unintentionally funny “so you’re wondering how I got here” mid-exorcism cold open, The Ritual properly introduces Father Joseph Steiger (Dan Stevens), who’s struggling with his faith and with leading his parish in the...

UK-Ireland top five, May 30-June 1 Rank Film (origin) Distributor May 30-June 1 gross Total Week 1 Lilo & Stitch(US) Disney £6.1m £25.9m 2 2 Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning(US) Paramount £3.5m £17.4m 2 3 Karate Kid: Legends(US) Sony £1.7m £2.6m 1 4 The Salt Path(UK) Black Bear £1.4m £1.5m 1 5 Final Destination: Bloodlines(US)

Warner Bros £977,099 £9.4m 3

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Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning held on to the top spots at the UK and Ireland box office over the weekend as newcomers Karate Kid: Legends and The Salt Path cracked the top five.

Disney’s Lilo & Stitch...

Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” topped the U.K. and Ireland box office in its opening weekend, debuting with a strong £9.5 million ($12.9 million), according to Comscore.

Close behind in second place, Paramount launched “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” The latest instalment in the long-running Tom Cruise franchise, with $11.5 million. The box office benefited from a three-day holiday weekend, which also marked the beginning of the May half-term school holiday.

Warner Bros.’ “Final Destination Bloodlines” slipped to third but still held well with $2.2 million in its second weekend. The horror reboot has now reached $9.3 million. Universal’s “The Phoenician Scheme” debuted in fourth with $1 million.

“Thunderbolts*” landed in fifth for Disney, taking $781,138 to push its cumulative total to $20.1 million. It was followed closely by Warner Bros.’ “Sinners”, which grossed $461,938 this weekend, for a $20.5 million total.

Altitude’s “Ocean With David Attenborough” earned $127,689 in seventh, while Vue Lumière’s “Bluey At...

Best known for playing Alice Cullen in the film adaptations of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight novels, Ashley Greene’s casting was met with controversy among fans as she is 7 inches (18 cm) taller than her character, as described in the novel.

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1. Fan Reactions: Twilight Casting Controversy 2. Casting Alternatives: Who Almost Played Alice Cullen? 3. Red Carpet Debut: Jimmy Choo at Twilight Premiere 4. From Audition to Stardom: Twilight’s Career Impact 5. Laid-Back Luxe: Distressed Denim & Suede Boots 6. Marriage, Motherhood & Life Beyond Twilight 7. Cbgb Promo Look: Fit-and-Flare Meets Punk Edge 8. Off-Duty Style: Floral Maxi Dress & Tory Burch Flats 9. Best Shoe Moments: Louboutin, Lanvin & More

Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen and Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Hale appear deeply concentrated while strategizing in a scene from the “Twilight” saga (Credit: Summit Entertainment)

Fan Reactions: Ashley Greene’s Casting Controversy in Twilight

In an interview with MTV in March 2008, Ashley addressed the criticism.

Al Pacino played the devil in The Devil's Advocate (1997), and now he's exorcising the devil out of a young woman in The Ritual alongside Dan Stevens, Patricia Heaton, and Ashley Greene. Based on the real inspiration behind The Exorcist, Pacino plays Father Theophilus Riesinger, the priest who conducted the real-life exorcism. Watch the new trailer, check out the poster and details behind the true story.

Two genre-driven thrillers have surfaced on digital platforms this week, both released by Signature Entertainment. The first is Fear Below, a period-set aquatic survival film blending mid-century crime and nature horror, and the second is It Feeds, a supernatural possession story centred on generational trauma and unseen terror. Though markedly different in tone and style, both films mark distinctive entries in their respective subgenres, offering audiences immediate access to contemporary independent horror.

Fear Below, directed by Matthew Holmes, is set in 1946 and unfolds in the remote waterways of the Australian outback. A group of professional divers, hired under mysterious circumstances to recover a sunken vehicle, quickly learn that their true objective is not salvage work but the retrieval of stolen gold. The vehicle belonged to a group of bank robbers, now employing the divers to discreetly recover the wreckage. However, the waters they’ve entered are occupied by a territorial bull shark,...

5 Twilight Characters Who Could Totally Lead Their Spin-Off (Photo Credit – Instagram)

It’s been years since Twilight first stormed into pop culture, but let’s be honest—its grip never really loosened. The books had readers hooked, and the movies turned the saga into a full-blown phenomenon. While the central trio, Bella, Edward, and Jacob, were the heart and soul of the film franchise. Twilight also introduced many intriguing characters who frequently didn’t get the screen time they deserved.

What if some of those supporting characters were given their spotlight? So here are the five Twilight characters who could definitely carry a spinoff series or film, and they might even surpass the original.

1) Carlisle Cullen

Peter Facinelli’s portrayal of Carlisle Cullen is immediately fatal, from his killing looks to his intense presence. As a vampire who somehow manages to maintain his humanity in a society founded on bloodlust,...

Ashley Greene joined some fellow celeb moms to celebrate GrowHappy‘s launch event this week!

The Twilight actress was joined by Scarlett Hefner while kicking off Allergy Awareness Week at the luncheon on Monday (May 12) at House of Margot Blair in Austin, Texas.

GrowHappy has developed an Allergen ImmunoButter Variety Box filled with snacks that build babies’ immune systems so that they have an exponentially better chance of not developing food allergies.

Also in attendance at the event were moms and moms-to-be like Lindsey Morgan, Nicole Trunfio, Caila Quinn, Ali Tate Cutler, and Alex Hodges. And while she’s not a mom, Watson and The Night Agent actress Eve Harlow attended for her connection to the allergies community.

Guests went home with Dagne Dover Indi Diaper Bags filled with fun products!

As Twilight sinks its fangs back into relevance with a new wave of digital popularity on Netflix, millions of viewers find themselves awestruck by the brooding Cullens again. But amid this resurgence, there’s a darker truth that lurks behind the cinematic sheen.

Ashley Greene, who brought the character of Alice Cullen to life, has recently opened up about a personal struggle much less glamorous than her role: debilitating panic attacks and the absence of appropriate support amid the franchise’s promotion tour. While fans binge-watch the saga, Greene’s admission reveals a deeply troubling flaw in the way Hollywood handled mental health issues back in the day. The Cullen clan might be back in the limelight, but their return cannot dismiss Ashley Greene’s struggles or how the production team failed her.

Ashley Greene’s ignored struggle amid Twilight fame

Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen earned a devout fan base for herself.

It Feeds, the latest from Chad Archibald, doesn’t open with a bang, but instead, a lingering unease. A teenager arrives at a small private psychiatric clinic, her arms marked and her voice shaking, claiming something monstrous is attached to her. The place feels lived-in, the air heavy with secrets. What begins as a familiar possession story starts to shift, tightening its grip not through spectacle but by picking at the nerves of its characters and, by extension, ours.

Ashley Greene plays Cynthia Winstone, a psychic psychiatrist whose ability to see into the minds of others has come at a steep cost. She’s cautious, methodical, and clearly haunted by past trauma. When Riley (Shayelin Martin), the terrified teenager, turns up seeking help, Cynthia is quick to shut her out. It’s not a matter of disbelief, but self-preservation. Her daughter Jordan (Ellie O’Brien), younger and still clinging to moral clarity,...

Ashley Greene and Seth Green are ready to dish out laughs with a romantic comedy feature offering a modern take on relationships.

The pair are set to star in director Peter Facinelli’s forthcoming film Grace Period. Hailing from Wango Films, the movie will be introduced to buyers at Cannes this month ahead of a planned production start in August.

Grace Period centers on Willa (Greene), who impulsively decides to freeze her eggs with the help of Dr. Rubin, played by Emmy-nominated actor Matt Walsh. Things get complicated when she soon meets her ideal guy, Greg (Green), and ends up navigating this journey with the help of both men.

The indie film reunites Facinelli with Greene, his former co-star in the Twilight franchise, and Green, who starred with him in the 1998 teen rom-com Can’t Hardly Wait. Facinelli helms the feature from a script by his real-life partner, Lily Anne Harrison.

There are two kinds of people in this world, the ones who love The Twilight Saga and the ones who don’t. Whether you like it or not the YA movies starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner are some of the best vampire genre has to offer, and it seems like ever since the complete franchise has landed on Netflix, fans are revisiting Forks quite often.

As per FlixPatrol, the original Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Breaking Dawn Part 2– allare climbing the Netflix charts. The movies follow a young Bella Swan (Stewart), who comes to live in Forks with her father and starts at a new high school where she meets Edward Cullen (Pattinson) and falls for him. The catch? He and his family are vampires. Over the course of five movies, we see Bella going from a fragile teenager to...

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Modern genre favorites David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil) and Georgina Campbell (Barbarian) will star in the horror-thriller The Shepherd, Variety has learned.

Production is set to begin in the fall with John Hyams directing from a script written by Alexander Gustaveson.

Set in the desolate Nevada night, the film follows a young woman in labor fleeing an abusive past who has her escape hijacked by a mysterious stranger hiding an ominous threat in the back of her car.

Steven Schneider and Roy Lee produce for Spooky Pictures with Ben Cornwell, Jordan Foley and Nick Smith for Paperclip Ltd., Sébastien Raybaud for Anton, and Jonathan Rosenthal (Alone).

Dastmalchian is executive producing under his Good Fiend Films banner. Anton and Image Nation are financing.

“Once I turned the first few pages of The Shepherd I was hooked,” said Dastmalchian. “I immediately wanted to see this high-octane, horrifying world brought to...

The horror genre is full of good exorcism stories which fans love to revisit in the spooky season, the thrill of the story, the win of good over evil, the laborious effort and faith that goes into saving a soul, and the jump scares are the ropes that excite the audience the most. Adding to the list of exciting exorcism-based movies is The Ritual, which will scare up theatres this June. Based on real-life events, the movie stars Al Pacino and Dan Stevens as priests doing their best to save the soul of a young girl, Emma Schmidt (Abigail Cowen).

Now, a new trailer gives us a good look at their efforts and the way their faith is tested. The clip showcases Stevens as a young priest who doubts the faith of an older priest played by Pacino. However, it all changes when they come across a young girl, Emma,...

Al Pacino and Dan Stevens star in The Ritual, an upcoming theatrical release from XYZ Films, directed by David Midell and scheduled to open in theaters on June 6. The film brings together a cast that also features Ashley Greene, Patricia Heaton, Abigail Cowen, and Ritchie Montgomery.

Set against the backdrop of a remote community plagued by spiritual crisis, the story follows two Roman Catholic priests sent to investigate a young woman believed to be possessed. Pacino plays Father Theophilus Riesinger, a veteran cleric with an unwavering belief in the presence of evil. Stevens takes on the role of Father Joseph Steiger, a younger priest more inclined toward medical and psychological explanations.

The film presents the two clergymen with conflicting worldviews as they attempt to determine the nature of the woman’s condition. In the trailer, Pacino’s character warns of divine warfare. “We are the Lord’s army in this battle,...

You've seen The Exorcist. You've seen the movie about the making of The Exorcist, The Exorcism. Now, prepare to see the movie about the exorcists and the exorcism that inspired The Exorcist. Yes, David Midell's upcoming possession chiller The Ritual is set to see Al Pacino and Dan Stevens play real-life priests Theophilus Riesinger and Father Joseph Steiger, whose 1928 exorcism of Emma Schmidt — chronicled in Carl Vogl's controversial 1935 book Begone Satan! A Soul-tiring Account Of Diaboloical Possession In Iowa — served as the inspiration for William Friedkin's horror magnum opus. The power of Christ compels you... to check out the trailer below:

As possession horror trailers go, this one's certainly hitting all the well-worn genre grooves: talk of "the armour of God"; restraints, convulsions, and flinging furniture; distorted, unholy voices; and a couple of priests — one the wily old fundamentalist, the other a green young sceptic — experiencing the ultimate crisis of faith.

May signals the transition between spring and summer, and the slate of new films rotating onto Netflix this month also reflect the pollen in the air and the later and later sunsets.

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Al Pacino and Dan Stevens team up to perform an exorcism in The Ritual, a new horror film based on the true events that inspired The Exorcist.

XYZ Films has released the first official trailer for The Ritual, a new exorcism horror movie starring Pacino and Stevens. According to IndieWire, the film is based on the real-life exorcism of Emma Schmidt, an infamous case that was documented in the 1935 book Begone Satan!, which would later inspire The Exorcist novel and movie written by William Peter Blatty. The Ritual follows "two priests—one questioning his faith (Stevens) and one reckoning with a troubled past (Pacino)—must work together to perform a series of terrifying exorcisms to save the young woman’s soul," per the official synopsis. Check out the first official trailer for The Ritual below.

The Ritual is directed by David Midell, best known for NightLights and The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain.

Al Pacino and Dan Stevens have differing methods of spreading their faith in the trailer for The Ritual.

Director David Midell’s feature is set to hit theaters June 6 from XYZ Films. Ashley Greene, Patricia Heaton, Abigail Cowen and Ritchie Montgomery round out the cast.

The Ritual focuses on Father Theophilus Riesinger (Pacino) and Father Joseph Steiger (Stevens) as they aim to assist a young woman who appears to be possessed by demons.

“We are the Lord’s army in this battle,” Pacino says in the trailer. “She is touched by something otherworldly.”

Later, Stevens asks, “What if what she really needs is a doctor?” This leads Pacino to respond, “We are paying a price for your lack of faith.”

The Ritual is inspired by the 1935 book Begone Satan!, which has been at the center of faith-based debate for nearly a century. Midell helmed the movie from a script he co-wrote with Enrico Natale.

Watch the Trailer for The Ritual: "The true story that inspired The Exorcist. When the Church sanctions the exorcism of Emma Schmidt, two priests—divided by doubt—must confront a force beyond comprehension… and their own faith. Based on real events."

Written and Directed by David Midell Starring Al Pacino, Dan Stevens, Ashley Greene, Abigail Cowen & Patricia Heaton

In Theaters Nationwide June 6, 2025



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If your childhood was destroyed by watching William Friedkin’s The Exorcist, then boy, do we have a new movie for you. The Ritual, written and directed by David Midell, is based on the real-life story said to have inspired The Exorcist. And now, we have an official trailer that reveals the hells that await in the new XYZ horror film…

In the film, “Two priests, one questioning his faith (Stevens) and one reckoning with a troubled past (Pacino), must put aside their differences to save a possessed young woman through a difficult and dangerous series of exorcisms.“

Watch the official trailer below:

Emma Schmidt’s exorcism, said to be the most documented exorcism of all time, was originally chronicled in the 1935 book Begone Satan!. The book contains interviews and firsthand accounts from individuals who claimed to be present for the exorcism and witness Schmidt’s behavior with their own eyes.

Al Pacino has played the Devil before (in the 1997 film The Devil’s Advocate), and earlier this year we learned that he would be playing an enemy of the Devil in the exorcism horror film The Ritual. Taking on the role of a troubled priest, Pacino stars in the film alongside Dan Stevens of Abigail and Godzilla x Kong, who also plays a troubled priest. We’ll get to see how well this troubled duo fares against Satan when XYZ Films gives The Ritual a North American theatrical release on June 6th, with Altitude giving audiences in UK and Irish cinemas the chance to see the movie a week earlier, on May 30th. With those dates swiftly approaching, a new trailer for the film has dropped online and you can check it out in the embed above.

Based on a true story, The Ritual will center on two priests — one questioning...

"We are the Lord's army in this battle." Fight the demon! XYZ Films has debuted the full official trailer for The Ritual, a possession horror thriller releasing in theaters nationwide in June. Not to be confused with the creepy forest horror movie also titled The Ritual that Netflix released in 2017. Two priests, one in crisis with his faith and the other confronting a turbulent past, must overcome their differences to perform an extremely risky, dangerous exorcism. Sanctioned by the Church. Condemned by Satan. The Ritual tells the true story of the possession of Emma Schmidt, one of the most documented exorcism events in American history. Uh oh. "The shocking true story of the most infamous exorcism."...

The true story that inspired horror classic The Exorcist comes to the screen in The Ritual from XYZ Films, and the official trailer has been unleashed this morning. Watch it below.

Al Pacino and Dan Stevens head into the exorcism arena for the upcoming horror movie The Ritual, which will be released exclusively in movie theaters on June 6, 2025.

Sanctioned by the Church. Condemned by Satan. Based on the true story of the possession of Emma Schmidt, David Midell directs from a script he co-wrote with Enrico Natale.

Two priests, one questioning his faith (Stevens) and one reckoning with a troubled past (Pacino), must put aside their differences to save a possessed young woman through a difficult and dangerous series of exorcisms.

The film is said to be an authentic portrayal of the Schmidt case, which remains the most thoroughly documented exorcism in American history. Learn the truth: theritualmovie.com.

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Dan Stevens, who has become synonymous with indie horror, is paired with icon Al Pacino for the ultimate exorcism film, “The Ritual.” The duo star as two priests who “face the ultimate test of faith,” as the logline teases. The film is based on the true story that was captured in 1935 book “Begone Satan!” about a Church-sanctioned exorcism. The original account of the events went on to inspire “The Exorcist” book and William Friedkin’s famed 1973 film that later spurred a franchise.

The official synopsis for “The Ritual” reads: “When the Church sanctions the exorcism of Emma Schmidt (Abigail Cowan), two priests — divided by doubt — must confront a force beyond comprehension… and their own faith.” Ashley Greene and Patricia Heaton co-star.

Pacino recently told Entertainment Weekly that after starring in “The Ritual,” he can finally watch Friedkin’s “The Exorcist.” Pacino worked with the late auteur on “Cruising,” which was...

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The Ritual An Exorcism Tests the Faith of All Who Take Part Learn More About The True Events Behind The Ritual Written and Directed by David Midell Starring Al Pacino, Dan Stevens, Ashley Greene, Abigail Cowen & Patricia Heaton In Theaters Nationwide June 6, 2025 A Story Rooted in Catholic Tradition The Ritual honors Catholic faith and heritage, drawing from one …

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Starring Al Pacino, Dan Stevens, Ashley Greene and Abigail Cowen Tuesday 29th April, London, UK: Altitude will release the chilling horror The Ritual, in UK and Irish cinemas from 30 May. Starring Al Pacino and Dan Stevens, the film is a faithful and terrifying depiction of the case of Emma Schmidt, whose alleged decades of …

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