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Rites of Spring

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Kidnappers (A.J. Bowen, Katherine Randolph) encounter a supernatural creature that requires ritualistic sacrifices every spring.

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Andy Webster New York Times 07/26/2012
2/5
"Rites of Spring" yields a slender bounty. Go to Full Review Noel Murray AV Club 07/26/2012
C-
The acting is shaky, the scare scenes are fairly stock, and it takes way too long for Reynolds to put all his pieces in play, especially given that the movie doesn't have much of an ending. Go to Full Review Calum Marsh Slant Magazine 07/22/2012
0/4
Padraig Reynolds's film has no interest in self-awareness, and in fact wears stupidity as a sort of badge of honor. Go to Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh 09/24/2023
3/5
Strong character dynamics and a genuinely thrilling story sets it apart from similar genre fare. Go to Full Review Abbie Bernstein Assignment X 02/01/2019
C
Ultimately, Rites of Spring is the kind of low-budget horror movie to watch if you feel the need and nothing more promising is available. It's no worse than many others, but no better either. Go to Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 02/08/2016
2/4
The impressively watchable vibe begins to evaporate in the meandering midsection... Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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11/06/2020 It follows in the well-worn low budget tradition of taking a crime caper and turning it into a Horror flick. It's decent, but not much in it is really stand out. The end of soo weirdly abrupt, it feels almost unfinished. The slasher himself is pretty cool looking at least... See more 08/21/2018 One of the worse horror movies ever. Everything the main victim did made me angry. I wanted her to die so bad because all of the stupid decisions she made. The movie was that bad I had to write a review. P.S. this is my first movie review lol See more 01/16/2017 I'm not sure why the bad reviews. I actually really liked this movie, and I'm very picky about my horror films. The acting was decent and the storyline was well thought out. Several creepy moments. I would watch it again. See more 12/18/2016 You never really find out the theme of the movie. There's just a lot of gore. See more 10/19/2016 For about 2/3 of the movie, I was pleased. The acting was pretty good, and the two plot lines were interesting: a kidnapping and a serial killer torturing a couple of women. I was intrigued and wanted to see how the two stories intertwined. But the last half lost me. It devolved into dumbassery: chicks stand and scream their heads off rather than run, very athletic madman/monster that's everywhere at once, creepy serial killer that no one kills--they just knock him over the head, and he keeps coming after them repeatedly. The ending was terrible--they must've gotten sick of the movie as well and gave up. See more @c0urtn3y 12/30/2015 this was pretty cheesy: don't people know that if they scream, then the bad guys will know where they are?! also: they're lucky that there was exactly 1 desk in that very empty room so that they could break the window and escape... sheesh. talk about scripted! also also: that was a bad ending. but really; this wasn't that bad... i've seen worse. it's just very cliched. i thought their subplot was more interesting than their main plot, though -- too bad they weren't switched. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Padraig Reynolds

Director

AJ Bowen

Ben

Anessa Ramsey

Rachel

Sonny Marinelli

Paul

Marco St. John

The Stranger

Katherine Randolph

Amy

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Rites of Spring

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Movie Info

Synopsis Kidnappers (A.J. Bowen, Katherine Randolph) encounter a supernatural creature that requires ritualistic sacrifices every spring.
Director
Padraig Reynolds
Producer
Wes Benton, Bobby Benton, John Norris, Eric Thompson
Screenwriter
Padraig Reynolds
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
White Rock Lake Productions
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 27, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 10, 2017
Runtime
1h 21m
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