The Red Book Ritual: Gates of Hell

Right now you can watch The Red Book Ritual: Gates of Hell in the US on YouTube TV and Troma NOW — and it holds up to as much attention as you give it. It knows exactly what kind of film it is from the opening scene, and never loses that thread. A 6/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Mario González Martí leads a cast that never overplays its hand. Start it on YouTube TV whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

There is a reason The Red Book Ritual: Gates of Hell keeps coming up in conversation. The Red Book Ritual: Gates of Hell takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. Robbie embarks on a dangerous quest to contact his deceased girlfriend through a ritual that summons the dead. He heads to an abandoned house with a group of young people to perform the "Red Book Ritual." But during the summoning, supernatural forces awaken. Now they must face ancient horrors to survive. Mario González Martí and Lizzie Gómez lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was released in 2025. The Red Book Ritual: Gates of Hell resists tidy resolutions in a way that respects how messy real consequences actually are. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Viewers drawn to character-driven storytelling will find plenty to sit with in The Red Book Ritual: Gates of Hell. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch from start to finish. Mario González Martí is the centre of it, and it is one of their strongest performances on record. The patience it asks of you early on is paid back with interest.