Grade: D
“The Rite,” the much anticipated film starring the king of creepy himself, Anthony Hopkins (aka Hannibal Lecter), turned out to be yet another disappointing excuse for a film about exorcisms. At first glance, all the elements for a totally freaky flick seemed to be present: priests, the Catholic church, secrets of the Vatican, demons and possession. In fact, the trailer held everything one could hope an exorcism film would to scare the daylights out of thriller-lovers. Anthony Hopkins can’t really do wrong, but this film was a flop.