2008 · horror · survival · monster
The Ruins
Directed by Carter Smith1h 31m2008
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.
Our read: The Ruins (2008) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive horror · survival · monster entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme horror / survival, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- extreme
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