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      Rites of Spring

      Released Jul 27, 2012 1 hr. 21 min. Horror List
      20% 10 Reviews Tomatometer 14% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Kidnappers (A.J. Bowen, Katherine Randolph) encounter a supernatural creature that requires ritualistic sacrifices every spring. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member 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... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/06/20 Full Review Audience Member 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 Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member You never really find out the theme of the movie. There's just a lot of gore. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Andy Webster New York Times "Rites of Spring" yields a slender bounty. Rated: 2/5 Jul 26, 2012 Full Review Noel Murray AV Club 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. Rated: C- Jul 26, 2012 Full Review Calum Marsh Slant Magazine Padraig Reynolds's film has no interest in self-awareness, and in fact wears stupidity as a sort of badge of honor. Rated: 0/4 Jul 22, 2012 Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Strong character dynamics and a genuinely thrilling story sets it apart from similar genre fare. Rated: 3/5 Sep 24, 2023 Full Review Abbie Bernstein Assignment X 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. Rated: C Feb 1, 2019 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews The impressively watchable vibe begins to evaporate in the meandering midsection... Rated: 2/4 Feb 8, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

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