This March, audiences will be invited into the deadly world of ritual killings that have claimed the lives of two innocents, and the ensuing pursuit of a father to exert justice on the individual behind the killings, all while grieving his daughter. As part of the build-up to the release of the movieThe Ritual Killer, Screen Media Films has released a new trailer. It showsCole HauserandMorgan Freeman, grieving father and detective who has to work with an anthropologist to catch the serial killer.
The trailer begins with a statement from Freeman’s Professor Mackles, which offers a basis for the film and the trailer. He says, “There is a fine line between sanity and madness that is endemic to all cultures.” There is a serial killer on the loose, and he seems to be particular about what body parts he takes for his dark acts. Detective Lucas Boyd, portrayed by Hauser, is on his tail, but to catch him, he would need to first understand the stakes and who he is after. To do that, he needs a professor.
Someone is seeking power, and to get it, this individual has paid for a ritual that grants power, called Muti, to be done on his behalf. “Here I take the power, here I become the power,” Mackles reads from a bloody inscription on a wall. What was initially considered to be a localized incident soon begins to spread across Europe with other missing persons. As the law closes in, the ritualist still persists. While the killer might be the hunted at the beginning, how long before those who bear the mark of the become the hunted? “Be careful, could be coming for you,” is a warning issued in the trailer.
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Initially titledMuti,The Ritual Killeris directed byGeorge Galloand written byBob Bowersox,Francesco Cinquemani,andLuca Giliberto. Gallo is well known for his work in the 1995 film Bad Boys featuringWill SmithandMartin Lawrence. Except for Freeman and Hauser, the film’s cast also includesPeter Stormare(Fargo),Julie Lott,Vernon Davis, Paul Sampson, Lara Pictet, Giuseppe Zenoamong others.
The Ritual Killeris in theaters and on-demand on March 10. Watch the trailer and read the synopsis below:
The Ritual Killer follows Detective Boyd (Hauser), who, unable to process the death of his daughter, embarks on the hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles (Freeman), an anthropologist who hides an unspeakable secret. The line between sanity and madness thins as Boyd goes deeper into the killer’s world.
