Rent The Ruins (2008)
3.1 of 5 from 152 ratings
1h 27min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- When a group of tight-knit college friends visit the site of an undisturbed Mayan ruin, they stumble into an ancient trap. An unspoken evil waiting to drag its victims into an endless nightmare. As fear and paranoia eat away at their sanity, their only chance at escape is to commit the unthinkable.
- Actors:
- Shawn Ashmore, Jena Malone, Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey, Joe Anderson, Sergio Calderón, Jesse Ramirez, Balder Moreno, Dimitri Baveas, Patricio Almeida Rodriguez, Mario Jurado, Luis Antonio Ramos, Walter Quispe, Pauline Whyman, Nathan Vega, Tanisha Marquez-Munduate, Chris Argirousis, Alexander Gregory, Michelle Atkinson, Bar Paly
- Directors:
- Carter Smith
- Producers:
- Chris Bender, Stuart Cornfeld, Jeremy Kramer
- Voiced By:
- Karen Strassman
- Writers:
- Scott B. Smith
- Studio:
- Dreamworks
- Genres:
- Drama, Horror, Thrillers
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Archaeology on Screen: Part 2, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 19/01/2009
- Run Time:
- 93 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby TrueHD 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing, French, Portuguese, Spanish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Making The ruins
- Creeping death
- Building The ruins
- Deleted scenes with optional commentary by director Carter Smith and editor Jeff Betancourt
- Commentary by director Carter Smith and editor Jeff Betancourt
- Theatrical trailer
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Reviews (4) of The Ruins
A shocking, scary surprise ! - The Ruins review by CP Customer
What a wonderful little horror film this is. And quite a refreshing change on the 'teens in trouble' genre. This is far from the usual 'slasher' movie.
What starts out as a simple sight seeing trip to a Myan temple, turns into the tour from hell almost immediately, the action starts quick and is relentless throughout.
I wont spoil it for you by giving details of what attacks the teens, but needless to say, its as original as hell and twice as nasty!!!
Watch this rollercoaster of a movie and enjoy loads of chills, thrills and maybe even some bellyache (lots of gore!!)
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Ruined my day - The Ruins review by CP Customer
A complete waste of film! Utterly ridiculous. If you are interested in talking plants that can adopt different sounds then this movie is for you. It's nearly as bad as the invasion of the killer tomatoes.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
The tension is brutal ... - The Ruins review by NP
A group of typically beautiful young people are holidaying in Mexico. Amy (Jena Malone) seems to be the butt of the others' meanness due to her fragile nature. Catwalk models can be so cruel! Anyway, the group are persuaded by a German tourist Mathius (Joe Anderson) to visit some local ruins. That's when the perfect holiday becomes something less savoury.
Their teen tales of adolescent mino-drama may not be enthralling, or put another way, mind-numbingly tedious, but they're not really a bad bunch. Certainly, the viewer is not baying for their death as in any 'Wrong Turn' sequels, and when they begin to suffer some nicely imaginative horror punishment, it's hard not to feel for them.
The sun-stroked Mayan locations are gorgeous, and strangely very 'right' for the story. Away from home, away from the familiar trappings of your ordinary life, there is a real sense of displacement here - even if it is a kind of paradise. Things become more desperate and nasty as time goes on. This does not disappoint. Stick with it. My score is 8 out of 10.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.