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It was just a party, and Jeanne (Lara Jean Mummert) and Deb (Laura
Warner) got a wee bit drunk, so driving home, the two got the backroads
right through the middle of nowhere to minimize risk for themselves and
others ... and still run someone over. In their panic, they of course run,
and Deb, professional party girl if there ever was one, wants to forget
the thing the quickest, but responsible Jeanne wants to return to the
scene of the accident to see what had actually had happened and make
amends if needed - and invites a bunch of friends with her even ... but
things don't turn out as planned, as they first run into a dangerous
redneck and later into a voodoo priest (Skipper Elekwachi) and just about
make it away from there ... and the next day, both Deb and her boyfriend
(Bryan Wilks) die bizarre deaths but return to haunt Jeanne - who then
urges her boyfriend (Paul Spadaro) and her brother (Jeremy Koerner) to
make another attempt to set things right ... to only then find out an army
of zombies has been raised, and they're at the center of their attention
... Now Strange Rituals might not exactly be reinventing
genre cinema ... but horror fans will love it for what it is, a slim and
swift zombie story without big pretentions, instead concentrating on
delivering a tense story arc with shocks and gore in all the right places,
and believable and flawed but likeable characters to carry the story. And
it might not be a total coincidence that the film's score in places is
more than a little reminiscent of Italian zombie flicks from the early
1980s, either. In all, very decent genre fun not to be missed by zombie
lovers!
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