Rites of Spring (2011)

A ransom scheme turns into a nightmare for a group of kidnappers who become victims of a horrifying secret that must be paid every spring.

Director:

Padraig Reynolds

Writer:

Padraig Reynolds (screenplay)

Stars:

Sonny Marinelli, Katherine Randolph, Anessa Ramsey

Cast

Credited cast:
Sonny Marinelli	...	Paul Nolan
Katherine Randolph	...	Amy
Anessa Ramsey	...	Rachel Adams
AJ Bowen	...	Ben Geringer
Shanna Forrestall	...	Gillian Hayden
Marco St. John	...	The Stranger
Skylar Burke	...	Kelly Hayden (as Skylar Page Burke)
Andrew Breland	...	Tommy Geringer
Sarah Pachelli	...	Jessica
Hannah Bryan	...	Alyssa Miller
James Bartz	...	Ryan Hayden
Amile Wilson	...	Creature
John Evenden	...	Creature
Jeff Nations	...	Creature

Storyline

This movie is about Rachel and her friend who are taken by someone while in a car park while changing a tire. They wake up in a strange barn tied up and frightened. They know that things are going to get worse. The reason why they are abducted becomes clear as there is a horrible secret in the town where girls have gone missing each Spring for many years, and this year is no different. Meanwhile a group of kidnappers are plotting to take the child of a prominent business man and his wife. They take the child and go to a farm where they wait to get their ransom. The two groups collide when Rachel escapes but is chased by a stranger wearing a mask of some sort. She runs to the farm where the kidnappers are and all hell breaks loose.

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Plot Keywords:

spring | barn | polaroid camera | cigarette smoking | shot in the arm | 

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Taglines:

Fear has a season

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Screamworks Records [se]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 October 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Os Ritos da Primavera

Filming Locations:

Jackson, Mississippi, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ghostrider Entertainment, Vigilante Ent, White Rock Lake Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Corn stalks in the northern hemisphere are not over five feet with visible cobs at or near the vernal equinox.

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Crazy Credits

There's a scene after the end credits.

User Reviews

More Wrong than Rites...

Low budget slasher, that copies most of it's ideas from Jeepers creepers 1 & 2.

It takes at least 20 minutes to even get going (and by that I mean for something.. hell anything interesting to happen!) I watched this film because of the reviews on IMDb which said said the gore was cool.. Where? when? Two badly done fake blood splatters and one comical rubber finger slice later any hope I had Rites of Spring being any better than a bad student film project left.

Better films (..as in the plot, acting or effects) in this genre are..

Husk [2011] Triangle [2009] Summers Blood [2009] The Collector [2009] Amusement [2008} Kill Theory [2009].. If you haven't seen one those films I suggest you do over Rites of Spring.

Even the ending sucked big time.

Avoid!