“Dark Ritual” (*1/2 out of four) was a grim horror thriller about a young woman (Natali Jones) with a dark past whose brother disappeared under mysterious circumstances; she then sets off to find out exactly what happened to him while her concerned mother (Lisa Wilcox) tries to help but they both soon find out that he may have been taken by something (yawn) not of this Earth. Sunk by arbitrary plot points and shoddy production values that make this a waste of time. Horror fans may remember Wilcox as the lead from “A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master”- a reminder on the right way to make this kind of story.