Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

antoniasnyder This is a very good psychological horror adapted from a well-received book. The story concerns two American couple who somehow end up perched on a Mayan pyramid in the middle of nowhere, with the indigenous people waiting for them with bows and arrows on the other side. Also, the pyramid has some evil spirit or something that makes the vines and bushes growing on the pyramid so strange things. The direction is good and the characters are well etched- in fact the first half hour or so is simply buildup. This is a psychological horror and you will be surprised by it.

hellholehorror It looked nice. The blacks were crushed and the whites too hot but that seems the style now and it looks fine. I would have rather seen it in high-def due to the lovely landscapes but I'm not that arsed. I liked the sounds actually. The sound effects were convincing and the music was unnoticeable (so it must have done its job). It has the slowest pacing. The most shocking scene is where the guy is shot but that takes place early on and is soon forgotten amongst rather boring plant attacks. To be fair there are some gross bits but it is not enough to stop is being boring. The characters are too annoying and you want them to die. There is no emotional attachment. It reminded me of Hostel (2005) in structure. For a horror film it is not scary. It's not even that gory or anything. It is boring though!

ferbs54 Well, I finally got a chance to experience a film that I had wanted to see, for some obscure reason, ever since it was released in 2008: "The Ruins." This is an Australian/U.S. co-production that, as it turns out, is an extremely effective horror thriller indeed. In it, two young American couples are on vacation at a Mexican resort. They befriend a young German who tells them that he is going to an off-the-maps Mayan ruin the next day in the jungle, with another friend of his, and so, off the six go, on what turns out to be a vacation detour from hell. Once arrived at the pyramid, modern-day Mayans appear with guns and arrows and force them to stay on top of the pyramid; they are prisoners there, and cannot leave. Even worse, the youngsters soon realize that the vines that cover the pyramid, inside and out, are very much alive...and murderous, to boot. These vines can imitate the sounds that humans and cell phones make, and they have a nasty habit of devouring people, sucking out their blood, carrying them off, and crawling down their throats. Their spores, once inhaled, cause the plants to grow inside the human body, as well! What follows is an escalating exercise in horror and suspense that is most assuredly NOT for the squeamish viewer. There are indeed several scenes that are a bit hard to watch. In the first, one of the kids must have his infected legs amputated by the others; in another, one of the women must have her body slashed by a knife so that the plant life within her can be removed. The four leads--Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Laura Ramsey and Shawn Ashmore--are all very effective here, and director Carter Smith does a wonderful job at ratcheting tension. My stomach was in knots by the end of this 90-minute thrill ride, a sure sign of an effective film and a job well done. As one of my reference books, "Horror: 333 Films to Scare You to Death," puts it, "Not since the seedpods of 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' has chlorophyll been put to such terrifying use." The film comes more than highly recommended by yours truly....

Rickting I watched this one because I thought the poster was really creepy and effective. The movie? Not so much. This follows 4- believe it or not- likable young adults who along with 2 foreigners visit an abandoned Mayan ruin. They are quarantined there to prevent spreading the evil of the ruins. And the evil is, wait for it.... vines. Yes, vines. In the end, even though it's apparently based on a really good book this is just another horror film. It's not a terrible film, but it lacks anything remotely memorable. The only surprise is the cast, who give convincing and intense performances which make the film more powerful, and there are some good shots here and there throughout the film. The cast own the movie and the vines aren't used too much, preventing the film from falling into the B movie territory it nearly falls into when the plants start imitating the humans. But then there's a plot hole: Why do the vines only attack the humans from time to time? The problem with the movie is that it's quite disturbing and unnerving, but it isn't scary. Sorry, but it really isn't. The jump scares can be seen from a distance, while the various gory scenes and self mutilations make the film more nasty than enjoyable. The script is nothing special, and the film lacks structure, lacks proper tension building and there isn't really a finale. It feels a lot of the time like it's just vines screeching and chasing people, and this jarringly clashes with the dull script which takes itself way too seriously. The film has its moments and it's a good concept, but it's a nasty horror film with a jarring mix of B movie elements and horror conventions that lacks suspense. Does anyone remember this movie? 4/10