The Ruins
It’s always interesting to watch movies based on novels and The Ruins will be no exception. Based on the novel of the same name by Scott Smith, the horror-thriller is directed by Carter Smith and stars Jena Malone and Joe Anderson.
The movie is about a group of friends who decide to take their holiday in Mexico, but discover more than they bargained for, when they accompany a fellow tourist to an archaeological dig in search of a missing person. When they start to explore what’s inside, the nightmare begins.
As Shock Till You Drop reports not everything is the same as in the book.
Veering off-track momentarily - for a scene not in the book - “The Ruins” begins with a young, dirtied woman scared out of her gourd in a darkened cave. Various attempts at calling for rescue via her cell phone are fruitless and, as quickly as we met her, she’s violently torn away by something in the dark. It’s a modest and jarring introduction to kick-start the film’s events, but nowhere on par with the creep-out factor that follows with…
The movie has received the MPAA Rating: R, for strong violence and some sexuality and nudity.