Meet Katherine Yate, adult film icon. The year 2008. Katherine is an exquisite creature, a sexual being the likes of which are rarely seen. Pursued relentlessly by her fans, Katherine begins a downward spiral of depression and anxiety ultimately ending with her emotional destruction. Replete with bizarre medical procedures and surreal sitcom parodies. Ritual is an edgy look at the life of a psychotic porn star pushed to the brink by those who created her and the industry that allowed them to do it.