‘The Ritual’ A Refreshingly Earnest (If Unoriginal) Return To The Exorcism Genre

Americans — and Hollywood studios — never seem to get tired of exorcism movies, whether it’s two starring Russell Crowe within a year of each other (“The Pope’s Exorcist” and “The Exorcism”), another “The Exorcist” sequel (“The Exorcist: Believer”), a “Conjuring” sequel or even ones with a Pentecostal angle (“The Deliverance”).