Rituals (1977)

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(3059)

Country: Canada
Genres: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Release: 1978-08-01
Director: Peter Carter
Writers: Ian Sutherland
Language: English
Stars: Hal Holbrook , Lawrence Dane , Robin Gammell , Ken James , Gary Reineke , Murray Westgate , Jack Creley , Michael Zenon
Runtime: 100 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Rituals, il trekking della morte (Italy) , La ceremonia de la muerte (Mexico) , Rituals (Canada) , Joki ilman paluuta (Finland) , Ils étaient cinq (France, French Republic) , Floden utan återvändo (Sweden) , Rituals (United Kingdom) , The Creeper (United States of America) , Rituals (United States of America) , Rituales: la ceremonia de la muerte (Mexico) , Creeper (India) , Das Ritual (Germany) , Villmarks-mysteriet (Norway) , Rituais (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Ils étaient cinq (Canada) , Rites (Canada) , Nemesis i villmarken (Norway) , Ритуалы , Rituals , Rytuały (Poland) , Rituals (Spain) , Rituais (Brazil)
Plot: A group of doctors go on a camping trip in the deep forests. There they have fun. They brag about each other's fields n at the same time their conversations revolve mostly around medical malpractices, unethical surgeries n they even mock patients except for Harry (Hal Holbrook). Unaware to them, a stalker has been hearing their conversations. Now the place they had gone is in the middle of nowhere according to their pilot who dropped em earlier. So it seems our stalker might be not just another ordinary citizen. Later the doctors realize that their boots are stolen n someone has left a deer carcass on a stick with a snake around it, the symbol similar to the Staff of Aesculapius, the symbol for the American Medical Association. So this confirms us that the stalker is aware of the doctor's history from overhearing their conversations. The stalker leaves x-ray taken from a military hospital, medals n discharge papers, a message meant for doctors with callous attitudes regarding their trade. The doctors soon realize they are being hunted by an ex army person who first wants to degrade them before killing them but our Harry, a war veteran himself, won't let the madman enjoy their degradation.
IMDB:tt0076630