The Ritual

Rating:
Summary: Chaotic paranormal thriller entertains and surprises.
Review: J.N. Williamson was a whirling dervish of literary out put in the late seventies and early eighties. With this thriller, another in a non connected series featuring a Basil Rathbone look alike parapsychology teacher, a young boy with telekinetic powers and multiple evil personalities may grow up to be the Anti-Christ itself! Talk about your plots!

The one scene that stands out the most in my memory is the dinner table assault scene. The boy feeds off his mother's irritation at how her husband always pronounces ketchup as "cats-up", next thing you know the condiment bottle is levitating and chasing the terrified dad around the dinner table. Pretty wild stuff that. Not exactly horrifying, but it isn't boring either. Recommended.