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84 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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The Ruins is a 2008 horror film, directed by Carter Smith, starring Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone and Shawn Ashmore.
- 73 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy
- posts span Jul 4, 2018 to Nov 5, 2026
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60 of 84 · most liked firstWhen Katharine Hepburn was on DICK CAVETT in 1973 she mentioned wanting to work w/ Laurence Olivier. She got the chance in LOVE AMONG THE RUINS (1975) and won her only Emmy for it #OTD. George Cukor directed, like you need another reason to watch this lovely film. On YouTube: youtu.be/k_1F6PrBe9o
neutral · AI labelView post →Can I have some horror movie reccs that revolve around an interesting location? :3 I enjoyed Annihilation, The Descent, and The Ruins
neutral · AI labelView post →The Ruins ⁞2008 www.imdb.com/title/tt0963794 #NowWatching #filmsky #horrormovies ·a leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when a group of friends and a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins·
neutral · AI labelView post →THE RUINS (2008) Dir. Carter Smith A film that should not work this well yet somehow does. The premise is pulpy but the tension and gore land hard. The cast commits and the setting creates real unease. Mean spirited in the best possible way at the intersection of body horror and 1950's B-movies.
positive · AI labelView post →#HorrorWritersChat Q1 Hello everyone, I'm Jacob Marsh, and I write horror and supernatural thrillers. My favorite piece of plant-based horror is probably The Ruins. What a brutal film!
neutral · AI labelView post →THE RUINS (2008): Scott Smith’s book is so brutal in its logic that his screenplay — while watered down for Hollywood — still retains a good chunk of its bite. I have problems with THE RUINS as an adaptation, but as a 2000s studio horror film, it is a worthy harbinger of the quality to come.
neutral · AI labelView post →Well hey all. It has been a HOT minute since I've done one of these. I'm Michelle Heller, I write mostly comedy horror, and my favorite plant based horror has gotta be The Ruins by Scott Smith. And honestly? The movie was great, too! #HorrorWritersChat
neutral · AI labelView post →#ArtAdventCalendar Day 16: "The Ruins Of Urquhart" The remains of Urquhart Castle on the shores of Loch Ness, photographed with expired x-ray film.
neutral · AI labelView post →THE RUINS was a masterful plunge into despair and doom. I think I liked it even more than the movie! Now I'm gonna check out this @sgj.bsky.social novel I've been told is incredible. It's the least I can do since he was cool enough to give @genrevision.com a shout-out. #NowReading 📖
positive · AI labelView post →58) THE RUINS (2008) Could build a good Jena Malone thriller marathon with a handful of her films #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days 🎥
neutral · AI labelView post →On Monday’s episode, we will be discussing the 2008 horror film THE RUINS! In the meantime, enjoy last week’s episode on SLEEPY HOLLOW and even more here: allmylinks.com/thepodmortem
neutral · AI labelView post →Books to film 📚=🎞️ The Ruins (2006) by Scott Smith was adapted to film in 2008. A parable about hubris in the face of nature, the novel takes a more psychological tone. The film centers around a Mayan temple to convey the ancient danger & focuses on the physical dangers. 🌴🩸🛕 #filmsky #booksky
neutral · AI labelView post →Wow I forgot how NASTY The Ruins (2008) is. Feels like such a quintessential 2000s horror film
positive · AI labelView post →My (totally unprovable) theory is that since Unknown had played such a major role in Movie 3 that the TV show wasn't being allowed to use the Pokémon, at least not for a little while. They could use the Ruins of Alph itself, sure, but the Pokémon who were such a major part of Movie 3 were off-limits
neutral · AI labelView post →I just started reading The Ruins. Yes, the book that shit 2000s movie was based on. But this seems so much more badass so far. Only 24 pages in but I'm hooked!
positive · AI labelView post →In our new episode, we discuss Carter Smith’s 2008 horror film THE RUINS! Listen here and don’t forget to subscribe and share! allmylinks.com/thepodmortem
neutral · AI labelView post →I only hate The Ruins, the worst film I have ever paid money to see in a theater, rationally.
negative · AI labelView post →Day 3: I was so in love when I had this movie suggested to me. My ex and I were both sharing our favorite realistic horror movies when he suggested ’The Ruins’ (2008) 🇲🇽
positive · AI labelView post →After many years, I just rewatched The Ruins (2008) tonight on Netflix. It's really an underrated horror movie IMO. Original, unpredictable, well delivered and quite gruesome. Up there with The Mist (2007) in grimness.
positive · AI labelView post →Today's first movie for my Season of Scares Horror Movie Watch-a-Thon and #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days is THE RUINS (2008) Home stretch! 98/100 #HorrorSky
neutral · AI labelView post →On Monday’s episode, we will be discussing the 1998 slasher film HALLOWEEN H20: 20 YEARS LATER! In the meantime, enjoy last week’s episode on THE RUINS and even more here: allmylinks.com/thepodmortem
neutral · AI labelView post →Closing out “Damn, Nature, You Scary!” day with the whole crew watching THE RUINS at our AirBnB in Orlando! #VundaHalloweenathon #31DayHorrorChallenge #31DaysofHorror #MutantFam #Filmsky #Moviesky 🎥👻🎬
neutral · AI labelView post →Swallowed (USA, 2022) A cool queer body horror movie from the director of The Ruins that could’ve been 20 min shorter
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 4: The Ruins #31DaysofHalloween #31DaysofHorror #Filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →#57: The Ruins (2008) #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days
neutral · AI labelView post →I just watched 'The Ruins' for the who knows what number of times. This is a fairly straight forward horror movie with some very enjoyable icky bits. #horrormovies #halloween www.imdb.com/title/tt0963...
positive · AI labelView post →30 Days of Horror continues with: The Ruins (2008). An amazing, if troubling, book that became a terrifying movie. It took on a strong idea and carried it very well, cornering its own market. Jena Malone does some serious heavy lifting with an already-great cast. Five capybaras.
positive · AI labelView post →Post a 2000s movie that starts with the letter R (2000-09 only) #moviesky #filmsky The Ruins (2008)
neutral · AI labelView post →#100HorrorMoviesin92Days Day 65, Movie 61 My ★★★ review of The Ruins on Letterboxd boxd.it/bgqpeB
neutral · AI labelView post →The Happening Day of the Triffids Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy Treants in Lord of the Rings Poison Ivy from Batman Druids in D&D The element of wood in Chinese cosmology (also doubling for wind) Both Swamp Thing and Man-Thing Horror movie, The Ruins Killer Tomatoes
neutral · AI labelView post →Published in January 2025, the paperback edition of Stephen Gundle’s book, ‘Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism’ Details below: www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Gundle...
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching The Ruins. Probably the scariest plant monster movie.
positive · AI labelView post →I can’t seem to stop thinking of this topic and I can’t sleep. so here’s a few more recs; - John Langan, _the Fisherman_. More river based horror than forest I suppose, but should fit the bill. Lovecraftian. - Nick Cutter, _The Troop_. have not read this one myself, though I’ve seen it recommended in horror lit circles often enough. Has a reputation for including scenes of graphic and shocking violence. - Stephen King, _the Girl who Loved Tom Gordon_. Have not read, but have heard great…
neutral · AI labelView post →i am afraid it is time to read The Ruins (2006) cause the movie is only like half as good
positive · AI labelView post →Movie time. Watching “The Ruins” on tubi. I’ve heard some interesting things about it. Hopefully it turns out to be more than your typical “dumb American tourists do dumb things in a different country” #HorrorSky
neutral · AI labelView post →That movie was EXCELLENT 😁 9/10, only deducting one point for the open ending. It was like "The Ruins" minus the gore and with better, more emotional acting. Ora as the final girl was an absolute boss babe.
neutral · AI labelView post →Check out this trailer for the movie version of "The Ruins!" I'll be reviewing the film tomorrow. youtu.be/qlRJev4_JXs?... #booksky #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →I decided to watch "The Ruins," a horror movie based on one of my favorite novels. It's been quite some time since I read the book, but I remember how suspenseful and terrifying it was. So far, the film adaptation is conveying that well!
positive · AI labelView post →In his non-fiction book on horror Danse Macabre, Stephen King describes the writing style of James Herbert thusly: "He puts on his combat boots and goes out to assault the reader with horror." Overall, I feel much the same about Scott Smith's original novel The Ruins and this film adaptation. WOW.
positive · AI labelView post →7.) The Ruins (2008) - What a fun movie. Well, for certain kinds of fun. What appears to be a late 2000s Hostel riff with dumb American tourists getting trapped in a scary foreign place ... isn't entirely NOT that, but the actual nature of the killer threat is more novel than you may expect. 4/5
positive · AI labelView post →If you're putting together a Halloween watch list (esp if you're new to liking horror) this is an excellent list for giving you a taste of lots of different styles/themes (tho' you should read The Ruins before watching it as the movie spoils the book expereince!) bsky.app/profile/bill...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Ruins is a great film, the book is even better and gorier! I read the book long before the movie came out, so I went to see the movie when it released in the theater!
positive · AI labelView post →I had an incredibly surreal day on set. My offices at Shakespeare in the Ruins are upstairs inside Prairie Thestre Exchange. Behind the building I could see Harbour’s trailer parked in the back lane. I just went downstairs to film my scene and then back to work upstairs. Full life at PP.
neutral · AI labelView post →with all these adaptations floating around, I’d like to see a Love in the Ruins film and I’d also like a Towing Jehovah movie. please and thank you.
neutral · AI labelView post →In preperation of the new Evil Dead film this week been watching some classics: Pet Sematry Dead of Night Alligator The Ruins Dawn of the Dead
neutral · AI labelView post →Film time with @babbittybabbitt.bsky.social #NowWatching The Ruins.
neutral · AI labelView post →I won’t ever be able to get my fb and IG back thanks to meta. No reason for the ban I saw The Ruins. Great movie. I read the book, too, a long time ago. It’s by Scott Smith
positive · AI labelView post →I can't believe I went years without watching The Ruins. Its so... awfully decent. The worst part of the movie was seeing Stacy gore herself to get the vines out but still failing. I felt super bad for her. Otherwise? Meh. Its good for sleep material.
neutral · AI labelView post →That story is like a teen horror movie written with literary flair (Scott Smith did something similar with THE RUINS).
neutral · AI labelView post →6. The Ruins (2008) I'm sure the book is really good, but the film... the film is not. These are the dumbest white people you have ever seen in a horror movie and a single person making one (1) good decision derails this entire plot.
negative · AI labelView post →Why did these people feel the need to approach the crazy woman with the knife cutting up herself? #FrightClub #TheRuins #NowWatching
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched: The Ruins Seems like a metaphor can be found in here somewhere about white people and the audacity. The flowers were a nice touch, loved that little detail. #moviesky #theruins #horrorsky #bodyhorror
positive · AI labelView post →"The Collector" / "The Collection" are horrifically tense and scary movies about being hunted by a man who collects people. Oculus is a fantastic movie about a haunted mirror and the children it tormented since childhood. "The Ruins" is free on Tubi and about a hunted Aztec pyramid. Enjoy❤️
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm trying to figure out the name of "The Happening" by searching "scary plant movie" but it kept giving me "The Ruins."
neutral · AI labelView post →10. do you have a guilty fav I could say the various in-game lore books in Daggerfall/Morrowind etc (they were better back when they were long, there's a whole novella called King Edward you should check out) but the "worst" book I enjoy is The Ruins by Scott Smith. the movie is slightly better
negative · AI labelView post →George Cukor's 1975 made-for-TV movie LOVE AMONG THE RUINS is the outlier topic in TELEVISION IS WHERE YOU FIND IT. In Chapter 8 I delve into this ebullient second-chance-romance, which was Cukor's ninth pairing with Katharine Hepburn, his first with Olivier, and Hepburn and Olivier's only pairing.
neutral · AI labelView post →Now that we’ve passed the spoiler window on last week’s #StrangeNewWorlds, I can say that I found the zombie subplot disappointing. I would’ve preferred that the plants themselves be the monsters ala book and film The Ruins. The episode itself was overstuffed and felt very Abrams Trek. YMMV.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's really the ripe moment for someone to do a very toothy film adaptation of Walker Percy's satirical 1971 novel Love in the Ruins. Who should direct?
neutral · AI labelView post →Free movie review for everyone. The Ruins (2008) suuuuuuuuuucks. 1 out of 5.
negative · AI labelView post →Movie #31 is The Ruins (2008) The premise sounded good, there were actors I liked. Should've been a no-brainer, y/y? Yeah, not so much. While I was mostly sucked in, some of the execution left me wanting more. Not entirely sure what I watched. 💜💜💜 youtu.be/qlRJev4_JXs?...
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