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The Ruins

2008

Directed by Carter Smith

Terror has evolved.

Americans Amy, Stacy, Jeff and Eric look for fun during a sunny holiday in Mexico, but they get much more than that after visiting an archaeological dig in the jungle.

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Jonathan Tucker Jena Malone Shawn Ashmore Laura Ramsey Joe Anderson Sergio Calderón Jesse Ramirez Balder Moreno Dimitri Baveas Patricio Almeida Rodriguez Mario Jurado Luis Antonio Ramos Bar Paly Jordan Patrick Smith Karen Strassman Robert Munns

Alternative Titles

As Ruínas, Руины, Las Ruinas, Les Ruines, Руiни, Ruiny, Varemed, Ta ereipia, Ruševine, A romok, Rovine, Lanetli topraklar, Ma Cây, แดนร้างกระชากวิญญาณ, 루인스, 루인즈, Ruinen, Lanetli Topraklar, Las ruinas, 恐怖废墟, ההריסות, Руїни, Руините, 禁入廢墟, Griuvėsiai, Tàn Tích, パラサイト・バイティング食人草, 兇蔓纏身, Ruinele

Genre

Horror

Themes

Horror, the undead and monster classics Intense violence and sexual transgression Gory, gruesome, and slasher horror Terrifying, haunted, and supernatural horror Extreme gory horror and cannibalism Sci-fi horror, creatures, and aliens Creepy, chilling, and terrifying horror Show All…

Premiere

02 Apr 2008

Netherlands18

Theatrical

02 Apr 2008

USAR

04 Apr 2008

AustraliaR 18+

17 Apr 2008

Ukraine

11 Jun 2008

France12

20 Jun 2008

UK18

26 Jun 2008

Germany16

27 Jun 2008

Italy

23 Apr 2009

PortugalM/16

Digital

05 Jun 2008

Czechia18+

13 Jun 2008

Poland16

20 Jun 2008

Ireland18

05 Aug 2008

South Korea19

09 Mar 2009

Hungary16

05 Feb 2010

JapanPG12

Australia

04 Apr 2008

TheatricalR 18+

Czechia

05 Jun 2008

Digital18+

France

11 Jun 2008

Theatrical12

Germany

26 Jun 2008

Theatrical16

Hungary

09 Mar 2009

Digital16

Ireland

20 Jun 2008

Digital18

Italy

27 Jun 2008

Theatrical

Japan

05 Feb 2010

DigitalPG12

Netherlands

02 Apr 2008

Premiere18

Poland

13 Jun 2008

Digital16

Portugal

23 Apr 2009

TheatricalM/16

South Korea

05 Aug 2008

Digital19

UK

20 Jun 2008

Theatrical18

USA

02 Apr 2008

TheatricalR

Ukraine

17 Apr 2008

Theatrical

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Review by bree 🪐 ★★½ 2

when are white people gonna learn to leave ancient landmarks alone
Review by natalie ★★★ 1

kinda wanna smoke that plant and see what happens…
Review by SilentDawn ★★★½ 4

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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This is one gnarly genre exercise, which morphs from a 'dumb American tourists' survival thriller to a 'killer plant' splatter fest. Gorgeously shot by DP Darius Khondji, The Ruins is lean and basically trimmed of anything extraneous, and it features a likeable ensemble cast.
Review by Tony the Terror ★★★★½ 12

Always loved this one for being so deliciously dark and mean spirited. A group of likable college kids go to visit an ancient temple only to be held hostage there and they have no idea why? Yep, my kinda dark shit.
I love the entire cast, especially Jonathan Tucker and Laura Ramsey. Ramsey especially just descends into total looney tunes quite beautifully. I read the novel this is based on as well and obviously it was more intense and generally better, but that’s almost always the case with book adaptations so it’s kind of a moot point. I still think this does about as good a job as can be expected of bringing that vision to the big screen.
There are also several scenes of absolutely stomach churning gore that are just beautifully done. Just try and watch the leg amputation scene without getting a little squeamish!
Review by Jason Alley🏳️‍🌈🐻 ★★★★½ 12

More than anything, this uncompromisingly grim horror film reminds me of the best segment in the anthology CREEPSHOW 2, entitled "The Raft," in which a group of friends taking a swim in a secluded lake find themselves trapped on a raft, surrounded, and preyed upon by an inexplicable evolutionary aberration in the water. That story doesn't explain what exactly the shapeless, amorphous THING is, and it doesn't need to, because it's scary and it eats you. That's enough!
THE RUINS takes place in Mexico, on dry land, but the story is essentially the same, following a vacationing quartet of privileged American college students who decide to finally leave the beach resort on their last day in order to explore some…
Review by andi vessel ★★

The dire consequences of refusal to do it for the vine
Review by PT99 ★★ 1

I don't know, it never really grew on me.
4/10
Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★★½ 14

When it comes to a horror movie, a film has to do at least one thing for me. Either has to engage me with a compelling story or premise that gets executed in an effective way (HINT: IT, Dead Silence, Saw) or it has to twist my stomache (Alas Hostel, Martyrs) - see I didn't mention scare me, because I am from the school that believes those movies with the intention of scarying (not that sometimes horror movies can't do this), fit more in the category of Terror as parting from the semantics, when you are scared a synonym would be "terrified," whereas when you are disgusted or traumatized another word would be "horrofied."
Parting from this idea, The Ruins…
Review by 𝖌𝖆𝖇𝖇𝖞 ★½

the 4 americans bringing one bottle of water between all of them during a summer in mexico..sounds about right
Review by Chadwin ★★ 2

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Bruh I didn’t know this was gonna be about killer vines
Review by TomSteffler ★★★½ 1

Watched this in my living room surrounded by all my fiancée’s indoor plants and now they are outdoor plants.
Review by Christmas Di Leo 🎄🎁🎅 ★★★ 9

See, this is why I rarely leave my house! Let alone leave my goddamn city or my goddamn country! I ain't about to go to some foreign land and fuck around near some nature or wildlife that I know nothing about. The Ruins is a brutal little horror picture that's also kind of fun? And by fun I mean the "putting yourself in that situation and deciding how you would handle it" type of fun. Tbh, if I was faced with something like this, I'd probably just lay down and die.
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Theatrical

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04 Apr 2008

17 Apr 2008

11 Jun 2008

20 Jun 2008

26 Jun 2008

27 Jun 2008

23 Apr 2009

Digital

05 Jun 2008

13 Jun 2008

20 Jun 2008

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Australia

04 Apr 2008

Czechia

05 Jun 2008

France

11 Jun 2008

Germany

26 Jun 2008

Hungary

09 Mar 2009

Ireland

20 Jun 2008

Italy

27 Jun 2008

Japan

05 Feb 2010

Netherlands

02 Apr 2008

Poland

13 Jun 2008

Portugal

23 Apr 2009

South Korea

05 Aug 2008

UK

20 Jun 2008

USA

02 Apr 2008

Ukraine

17 Apr 2008

Director

Producers

Writer

Casting

Editor

Cinematography

Executive Producer

Lighting

Camera Operators

Production Design

Art Direction

Set Decoration

Special Effects

Visual Effects

Stunts

Composer

Sound

Costume Design

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