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Morgan Freeman and Cole Hauser hunt “THE RITUAL KILLER”; trailer & poster

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

The latest serial-slayer flick has got a black-magic murderer.

Screen Media will release THE RITUAL KILLER to theaters and VOD platforms March 10. Directed by George Gallo from a screenplay by Robert T. Bowersox, Jennifer Lemmon, Francesco Cinquemani, Giorgia Iannone, Luca Giliberto and Ferdinando Dell’Omo, it stars Cole Hauser, Morgan Freeman, Peter Stormare, Vernon Davis, Giuseppe Zeno and Murielle Hilaire. The synopsis: ‘THE RITUAL KILLER follows Detective Boyd [Hauser], who, unable to process the death of his daughter, embarks on the hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles [Freeman], an anthropologist who hides an unspeakable secret. The line between sanity and madness thins as Boyd goes deeper into the killer’s world.”

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).