: The Ruins
I wasn’t too interested in this film, but there wasn’t much else out there. It turned out to be better than I expected. The premise is a group of American tourists go off the beaten path to a hidden Aztec ruin only to meet gruesome deaths due to Something Awful. Typical of these kinds of horror films, they are killed off one-by-one, and I guess we’re supposed to be in suspense as to who will survive. It is the monster in this story that is different and unusual, and that’s pretty cool (I won’t spoil it by revealing the creature), and the characters, though somewhat stereotypical and not fully developed, are compelling enough to carry the film. There are a few surprises, but it’s still too predictable, and it’s more gory than scary. Still kinda fun, though.
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