666: The Ritual

Cliche' cult horror ends up to be even entertaining!
"666:The Ritual"(formerly known as:'The Occultist')had its own international premiere at the last Berlin Film Festival,and that is where i was able to catch a screening.
The classic "Grindhouse" genre film has its foundations anchored very tightly on a formulaic premise: basically, it can be summarized by this question: "Will a-politically correct- diverse group of back-stabbers students,in some exclusive and costly US College, ever be able to save themselves from what they're dealing with,and most of all, will they be able to defeat a couple of evil,yet very fascinating professors,who are violating so unrealistically all the main rules of traditional lecturing,by talking openly of sorcery,and, of the cult of pure Evil,without ever considering any of the dangerous consequences, until the very end? Again, i believe that if you can buy all of the above, on the premise, that is,what's supposedly happening somewhere in the peaceful,impeccable,and rather conservative atmosphere of an...





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