At first I was starting to wonder if there was anything to this. It starts out rather slow with some crazy hallucination stuff happening. We get what seems to be a paper thin story line mixed with some atrocious dubbing, crappy acting, weird editing cuts, and poor lighting on all what seems like poor VHS quality film. This usually isn't a problem of mine as long as something actually happens to draw me in. It finally manages to kick into gear, with a naked couple who bath in goats blood. Our lead character munches on some raw goat meat and his face starts to melt off. All of this is based around the cast of this play who manage to steal a sacred text and change it, unleashing a curse. There is also some old man who goes by Mr. Parker who is in several of the hallucination scenes. We find out he is actually a ghost wanting to return to life and is planning on possessing or main man to do so. He then completely loses it and that's when the fun starts. Eventually the gore does come, and its pretty good stuff, apparently this thing was going to be given and X rating here in the States so the company that released it on VHS "Complete Entertainment" did the smart thing and just put it out unrated. It was the second of two horror features directed by Brazilian porn director Fauzi Mansur, the other being "Satanic Attraction" (1989), I would love to eventually see that film if or when it ever comes available.
Review of Ritual of Death
