Ruins (2008)

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Directed by: Carter Smith
Starring: Jonathan Tucker (Jeff), Jena Malone (Amy), Laura Ramsey (Stacy), Joe Anderson (Mathias), Shawn Ashmore (Eric), Sergio Calderon (Mayan man)
Country: USA; Effed Up American Cinema
Language: English (Optional Eng Subs)
Runtime: 01:29:20
Genres: Gore-Gruesome, Self-Mutilation, Sci-Fi

Plot – Spoilers:
Two American couples, on college breaks, meet a German tourist while vacationing in Mexico. His brother left a while back on a Mayan quest and the couples decide it could be a fun thing to do too, while in Mexico, or Mehico, as one of them knowledgably calls it. Early on, the characters seem to think that the worst that could happen is that the driven and disciplined one among them gets cheated on or that one of them loses her hat as they drive off in a dusty truck. But we obviously know this isn’t so, and while they do locate the Mayan ruin, they’re oblivious to the carnivorous vines infesting it.

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Old Mom Hubbard
Old Mom Hubbard
November 13, 2025 5:49 pm

This story is similar to the “Creeping Vine” story in “Dr. Terror’s House Of Horrors” (1965). I thought it would be super corny but it turns out to be a really good film. Another reviewer said that the acting was weak. The actors are not going to win Academy Awards but I thought they were pretty good, considering I couldn’t stand them at the beginning of the film and began to feel empathy for some of them as it went on. Even more than half way through the film I thought the story was a little too fantastical but the film really changed my mind by the end. 4 stars.

Wera
Wera
July 12, 2025 8:56 pm

It was a good movie👏🏻

Psynapse
Psynapse
July 11, 2025 3:18 am

Good, well rounded movie. It can seem a little cliche at times but all in all an above average movie.

Pinkf
Pinkf
June 19, 2025 3:31 pm

Laura Ramsey is hot

Hey . Mr Broken ass
Hey . Mr Broken ass
June 18, 2025 4:42 pm

Only 2 optional gifts is what is deserved fo like the most of parasite human toxic low life this site .

1 take a ledpipe with barbedwire in it , stick it up they`re ass than pull out the pipe and let them walk around with barbed wire in the ass.

2 this particular gift is for mr pedo here. put his dick into a vise then weld the vise , then give him a knife . And last this should be in done in a shed you set fire to !!!!

nowgofeelbetter
nowgofeelbetter
June 17, 2025 1:10 am

Only 25 minutes in, and The Ruins already feels like a test of patience. The acting is wooden, the characters lack any meaningful depth, and the atmosphere—crucial in a horror film—is painfully absent. The movie fails to generate genuine suspense or terror, instead relying on tired tropes and nonsensical behavior that leaves you frustrated rather than frightened. Ironically, the only character who evokes any sympathy or shows an ounce of intelligence is quickly rendered useless after falling into a well. Meanwhile, another character gets shot for no good reason—just because a socially inept dent/dunce with glasses thought it wise to take a photo in a life-or-death situation. Her inability to grasp the gravity of their circumstances is not just irritating—it’s dangerously implausible. She becomes the focal point of so much irrationality that it’s hard not to wish she’d be the next to go. The writing compounds the problem. Rather than confront dangerous behavior, the group tiptoes around it. At one point, this same emotionally volatile character throws a tantrum and still garners sympathy, even though she poses a clear threat to everyone’s survival. In any remotely realistic scenario, someone would have put their foot down—or tied her up. The antagonists, meant to be menacing, instead come off as cartoonishly cruel. Shooting a child from their own group as a show of force? An act of intimidation? It doesn’t make them scary—it makes them absurd. And the failed attempt at a jump scare (a dog leaping out in broad daylight mid-conversation)… Read more »

alice.dee
alice.dee
June 16, 2025 6:36 pm

oh, flesh eating weed plants, thats a new one for me lol … not the best execution thou …

TrashHorse
TrashHorse
June 15, 2025 10:00 pm

2008 Jena Malone was pretty hot.

John Morgan
John Morgan
June 15, 2025 2:44 pm

This movie is bad ass, regardless of its effed up or not, still a fun watch.

Dr Harris
Dr Harris
June 15, 2025 8:49 am

Good daft fun… better than than bloody fetus munch anyway !

Bukowski
Bukowski
June 15, 2025 7:22 am

I saw it in theater, also saw Green Inferno at the same place. I thoroughly enjoyed this neoexploitation period in cinema:)

Dave's not here
Dave's not here
June 15, 2025 2:34 am

Almost shut it off at the 33 minute mark when Stacy was stupid enough to jump into the hole with no known way to get back out.

Aurelia
Aurelia
June 14, 2025 8:39 am

I read the book for this and its fucking awful. They are literally getting killed by leaves lol. Cant imagine the movie being much better.

tonyelmono
tonyelmono
June 14, 2025 7:08 am

As a person who spends a lot of time in the Mexican Jungle, I found this quite entertaining.

Holden
Holden
June 13, 2025 6:32 pm

It’s not that fucked up but still enjoyable.
P.S.: Amy is Donnie Darko’s girlfriend lol

Steve
Steve
June 12, 2025 11:33 pm

Id be in ruins if any of my little boys bite the dust

Nate Higgers
Nate Higgers
June 12, 2025 6:24 am

WHAT”S NEXT, DONNIE DARKO? I’M LOSING MY BALLS OVAH HEEEYA

Jean-Bob
Jean-Bob
June 11, 2025 4:06 pm

I’m really unforgiving regarding suspension of disbelief : when I see a character do something irrevocably stupid, I can’t watch anymore because the movie makes no sense anymore.
So… You’re in front of dangerous people you don’t know and which langage you can’t understand. They look dangerous and threatening and they are obviously checking your moves, and you don’t know what they mean and say… and you go take a picture of them with your camera??? WTF is it you expect from such a behaviour? What you can bet your life on is that I’m going quit watching your movie straight away…

Candy
Candy
June 11, 2025 2:56 pm

Enjoyed this film thouroughly!!

Yiorgos Floyd
Yiorgos Floyd
June 11, 2025 11:57 am

Decent film, taps into that fear of breathing in mould spores and then waking up with mushrooms growing out your asshole

Zed Man
Zed Man
June 11, 2025 1:56 am

Good movie. Based on a book, I believe. Not much gore but enjoyable and different.

fred fat
fred fat
June 10, 2025 9:15 pm

im 2nd

pedometer
pedometer
June 10, 2025 8:33 pm

I’m first