Ceremony

"The Ceremony" is nothing less than the cinematic adaptation of the wet sludge that pools as the bottom of landfill. Don't be fooled by the great looking screen grabs on the back of the box; the makers of "The Ceremony" apparently shot the fist four minutes on 35mm, then shot the rest of the film on 3/4" U-matic video... with a $10 Radio Shack microphone... that they probably stole. The "demon-angel" that is released into the world looks like an octogenarian that escaped from an nursing home who just wandered onto a film set. I will never get back the precious minutes spent watching college students blunder around a 2,000 square foot home like it was the Biltmore estate, lost in the dark and unable to accomplish the simple act of opening a door. It's a pitiful attempt. Not even fun-bad... not even bad-bad... just pitiful.

I haven't seen any flicks made by Joe Castro, the director of this flick and by watching this flick, his first attempt I don't think I will ever do it again.

This must be one of the worst acting I have seen so far and I'm in the scene from the early eighties. It's just like you go watching a stage play at school done by your children. Nothing moves and every actor just waits for his lines. The only name worth mentioning is Forrest J Ackerman, but even he can't save this cheesy flick. And I can even but the word camp to it. When Jesus is shown I could take it but suddenly he opens his mouth and he's a vampire, really, and watch his hand go up, he's got stigmata.

The best thing and what makes it watchable is the demon itself. It's very well crafted and is really the best thing to see. It walks around even in it's nudies full frontal. That was a big surprise. And the explosion of a head is watchable too. But it is really a extreme low budget, vomiting and a snake going in a mouth is all done off screen.

This is a flick that you just can't get it that it ever was released but if you are into camp or cheesy flicks then you will enjoy it. Really, the sleeve of the DVD and the demon itself are the best thing to watch.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 1/5 Effects 0,5/5 Story 1/5 Comedy 0/5

I first saw "Ceremony" after my friend and I rented it at Blockbuster. We were looking for a good movie to get and were torn between "Something About Mary" and "Ceremony". Now "Ceremony" had a very cool cover (gothic lettering, big ol' demon on the front), so we naturally assumed that it was an awseome flick, which led to us renting it. I wish we got "Something About Mary". After the first 10 minutes of this snorefest we were about ready to throw the VCR out the window. I won't spoil the ending, because I was too confused by the uneven plot to know what happened (I also stopped paying attention mid-way through. Maybe that's why). To sum up, A very slow-moving film with bad acting, bad dialouge, and something that looks like grape jelly being used for blood; that is "Ceremony". So if you are considering seeing this movie, beware! It is not what you expect. They say, "Don't judge a book by its cover," and for "Ceremony", it's true (except it's a movie, not a book).

This film was SOOOOO boring that I couldn't even watch it with the fast forward held down firmly all the way through.The demon on the box cover was cool as hell ,but you only saw it for a MOMENT and then it walked out of frame BACKWARDS!Full of bad acting and TERRIBLE direction this movie sucks.

I found the movie terrifying and realistic. If anything, I'm not a religious individual. Even though the movie has much of it, the supernatural parts is what caught my attention the most. The whole setup was realistic. I've seen a lot worse movies. I give this a 5 because I believe it deserves at least that much credit. If you want to get scared, I recommend watching this because it is quite realistic and suspiciously, makes you wonder if something like this either happened or could actually occur. Not many movies are made up like this. In a way, it has it's own glow like the movie "Dead Meat" which is a zombie horror film. It's not the average zombie movie you've seen in theaters.