
Child's Play(1988)
After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her 6-year old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.


“Older than Bones. Darker than Blood. Stronger than Science.”
An American doctor encounters members of a voodoo cult when she is summoned to Jamaica to treat a wealthy man's brother.

Jennifer Grey
Dr. Alice Dodgson

Craig Sheffer
Paul Claybourne

Daniel Lapaine
Wesley Claybourne

Kristen Wilson
Caro Lamb

Gabriel Casseus
J. B.

Tim Curry
Matthew Hope

Ron Taylor
Superintendant Archibald
Dorothy Cunningham
Violette
Carl Bradshaw
Ramon

Jessica Collins
Jackie
Ritual is a horror film released in 2002 exploring themes of dance, jamaica, voodoo, based on comic, val lewton, dinner party. Directed by Avi Nesher, it stars Jennifer Grey, Craig Sheffer, Daniel Lapaine. An American doctor encounters members of a voodoo cult when she is summoned to Jamaica to treat a wealthy man's brother.
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