![]() ![]() The tension Nevill creates is palpable from the first page. The weather, the conflict between friends, the terrain the guys are crossing are all described in a way to create a feeling of claustrophobia. After a fitful sleep full of nightmares, they set off to find a way out, but it seems the forest has different plans. Something is tracking them and begins to pick them off one-by-one. When one of the guys gets hurt, they look for a short cut through an ancient forest. Poor choice. They come across an abandoned building and decide to seek shelter from the unrelenting rain. They aren’t alone. There is some kind of altar to something unfamiliar. The Storyįour friends go on holiday to hike in Sweden. In this edition: Adam Nevill’s The Ritual vs. In this piece, we will review the story then discuss the differences between the page and the screen and decide which one is the better storyteller. ![]() The Exorcist, Jaws, and The Shining to name a few. Some say that the movie will never do the book justice (I’m one of them), but occasionally, screenwriters and directors adapt the original stories into visual masterpieces that are so horrifying they fuel the nightmares of generations. ![]() Some of the greatest horror films found life in the pages of a book first. ![]()
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