The Ruins

1591-poster
release date April 4 2008
studio DreamWorks/Paramount
director Carter Smith
writer Scott Smith
starring Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Caitlin Stasey, Joe Anderson
rating
R
site ruinsmovie.com
trailer 1 Trailer #1

AFM ’11: New Sales Art for ‘Meat Train’ Director’s ‘No One Lives’

A new piece of sales art has been released for WWE and Path UK’s No One Lives, which is being helmed by Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, The Midnight Meat Train). The image below features your first look at Luke Evans (Clash of the Titans, The Raven) in the pic that also stars Adelaide Clemens (Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, Vampire, Wolverine), Lee Tergesen (Tobias Beecher from HBO’s “OZ”, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning), Laura Ramsey (The Ruins, The Covenant ), Lindsey Shaw (The Howling Reborn), America Olivo (Friday the 13th, Bitch Slap, Beau Knapp (Super 8), Derek Magyar and WWE wrestler Brodus Clay. READ MORE

First Look at ‘Midnight Meat Train’ Director’s ‘No One Lives’

We just scored the first ever image from WWE and Path UK’s No One Lives, which is being helmed by Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, The Midnight Meat Train). The image below features your first look at Luke Evans (Clash of the Titans, The Raven) in the pic that also stars Adelaide Clemens (Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, Vampire, Wolverine), Lee Tergesen (Tobias Beecher from HBO’s “OZ”, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning), Laura Ramsey (The Ruins, The Covenant ), Lindsey Shaw (The Howling Reborn), America Olivo (Friday the 13th, Bitch Slap, Beau Knapp (Super 8), Derek Magyar and WWE wrestler Brodus Clay. READ MORE

Sales Art for ‘Midnight Meat Train’ Director’s ‘No One Lives’

We just scored some early sales art for the latest WWE production and Path UK’s No One Lives, which will be helmed by Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, The Midnight Meat Train). READ MORE

Dozens of Hi-Res Photos from ‘Mother’s Day’

Now in UK cinemas everywhere from Optimum Releasing is Darren Lynn Bousman’s Mother’s Day, which is yet to find a release here in the States. By clicking the below still you’ll find a massive image gallery that takes you inside the reverse home invasion. READ MORE

TIFF ’11: Hi-Res ‘The Day’ Still Introduces Motley Crew

It was announced yesterday that TIFF’s Midnight Madness will play host to the world premiere of Doug Aarniokoski’s The Day, a new indie action thriller described as an “apocalyptic siege warfare film.READ MORE

‘Texas Chainsaw’/'Silent Hill’ Stars Align for ‘No One Lives’

While the trades reported with an incorrect synopsis and cast, we’ve got the skinny on who will actually be starring in WWE and Path UK’s No One Lives, which will be helmed by Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, The Midnight Meat Train). READ MORE

Smooth Jamz and Hot Dancing in New ‘Mother’s Day’ Clip

Now in UK cinemas everywhere from Optimum Releasing is Darren Lynn Bousman’s Mother’s Day, which is yet to find a release here in the States. While we brought you this dark clip last week, inside you can see the lighter side of the thriller as star Briana Evigan dances her way into your hearts (she has experience with the art of seduction having starred in Step Up). READ MORE

Massive Genre Cast Rounds Out WWE’s ‘No One Lives’

I’m truly a fan of Ryuhei Kitamura, who is one of the directors who got me wayyyyy into J-horror with his genre-mashing Versus, not to mention his pretty great U.S. debut with Lionsgate’s The Midnight Meat Train. READ MORE

Punishment is Never Easy in New ‘Mother’s Day’ Clip!

Those of the UK get ready as Optimum Releasing is dropping Darren Lynn Bousman’s Mother’s Day in cinemas on June 10. READ MORE

Update: Bousman Reunites With Two Lovely Ladies For ‘Mother’s Day’, MORE!

Update: EVEN MORE casting inside! Two of Darren Lynn Bousman’s proteges have rejoined him for his forthcoming remake of Mother’s Day. Alexa Vega, who played Shilo in Bousman’s Repo! The Genetic Opera, and Briana Evigan, who starred in his Fear Itself episode “New Year’s Day”, have both joined the previously announced Deborah Ann Woll (“True Blood”) in the remake of the classic Troma movie from 1980, reports Dread Central. Shooting begins this month in Winnipeg, Canada. Evigan can be seen in Summit’s Sorority Row later this month. In the Scott Milam scripted remake, three brothers on the run from the law head for home, only to discover that their mother lost the house in a foreclosure. Mother ingeniously orchestrates her sons’ escape, teaching the house’s new owners and their guests a few lessons along the way. (more…) READ MORE

Adam Green’s ‘Frozen’ Begins Casting!

Kevin Zegers (Dawn of the Dead ), Shawn Ashmore (The Ruins) and Emma Bell will all be packing their mittens and long underwear as they’re the first to join the cast of Adam Green’s (Hatchet) forthcoming horror film, Frozen, the first production under Peter Block’s A Bigger Boat Productions. In Frozen, Zegers plays a snowboarder who gets stranded on a chairlift halfway up a New England mountain along with his best friend (Ashmore) and his girlfriend (Bell) as the slopes close for the weekend. The college students must fight the icy elements to survive. Filming begins next week in Utah. (more…) READ MORE

UPDATE: Huge ‘Cabin in the Woods’ Casting News!

Update: Interesting update regarding this story beyond the break. Bloody-Disgusting was tipped off this evening that genre fav Jena Malone (Donnie Darko, The Ruins) has been tapped to topline MGM’s “top secret” horror project, The Cabin in the Woods, which was co-written by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard, with Goddard set to also direct. Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford were the first announced to star last week. Much like CLOVERFIELD, which Goddard scripted, the CABIN story line provides a new twist on a classic scenario — in this case the young-people-stranded-in-the-woods horror trope. The film is said to be the horror movie to end all horror movies. CABIN IN THE WOODS is slated for release on February 05, 2010. (more…) READ MORE

Year in Review: Mr. D’s Best Horror Films of 2008!

What a year, what a year. While everyone else includes DVDs in their best and worst lists, I solely focus on films that hit theaters. While compiling my lists, I couldn’t believe how hard it was to pick ten films that I felt were worth even mentioning as “the best”. While I barely succeeded, the worst list was much easier, which was pretty disappointing from my standpoint. That means this was a lousy year for horror and that the majority of horror films released were bad. Looking forward to 2009, I can’t say I expect anything different next year, but one can only hope… beyond the break you can check out my list of the best horror films of 2008. Don’t forget you can chime in with your own lists and thoughts below, or write your own reviews in our MoviePit. (more…) READ MORE

Year in Review: BC’s Best Horror Films of 2008!

Leading up until the New Year we’ll be unloading the best and worst lists of 2008 from all of Bloody-Disgusting’s official reviewers. Beyond the break you can check out BC’s Best Horror Films of 2008, with lists from David Harley, Ryan Daley and myself coming soon. Click here to keep up with the full year in review and also feel free to post your thoughts below, or at our forum’s Top 10 of 2008 forum thread. (more…) READ MORE

WIN Paramount’s ‘The Ruins’ on DVD!

Arriving on DVD and Blu-ray July 8 in both rated and unrated editions is Paramount Home Entertainment’s The Ruins (review), which was directed by Carter Smith and stars Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Laura Ramsey, Shawn Ashmore and Joe Anderson. To celebrate the release of the giant killer plant movie, we’ve been provided with five (5) copies of the DVD for you guys to enter to win! Read on to see how. (more…) READ MORE

Full ‘Ruins’ DVD/Blu-ray Specs and Cover Art

Paramount Home Entertainment has announced both the rated and unrated editions of The Ruins, which stars Jonathan Tucker, Shawn Ashmore, Jena Malone, and Laura Ramsey. Each will carry an anamorphic widescreen transfer, and English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. DVD Active reports that no extra material will be included on the rated edition. The unrated DVD will include a commentary by Director Carter Smith and Editor Jeff Betancourt, 3 featurettes (Making The Ruins, Creeping Death, Building The Ruins), 5 additional scenes (Rain, Celebration, Going Over The Escape Plan, Alternate Ending, Original Theatrical Ending), and trailers. An unrated Blu-ray edition will also be available with identical features.
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First Official Review For Lionsgate’s ‘The Midnight Meat Train’!

Last night both BC and I caught a special screening of Lionsgate’s The Midnight Meat Train, which arrives in theaters everywhere August 1. We both came, we both saw and we both loved it. Inside you’ll find Brian’s review with mine to follow shortly. Based on a short by Clive Barker, the story features a commuter’s run-in with a New York subway serial killer and a horde of subterranean cannibals. (more…) READ MORE

BDTV Clip From Paramount’s ‘The Ruins’!

If you head on over to BDTV you’ll find our exclusive clip from Paramount Pictures’ upcoming The Ruins (review), which hits theaters April 4. The film is a stunning horror thriller, that follows four American friends on vacation in Cancún, Mexico—Jeff, Amy, Eric and Stacy—who meet a German tourist, Mathias, and persuades them to join his hunt for his younger brother, Henrich, last seen headed off with a new girlfriend toward some ruins. The four soon regret their impulsive decision after they find themselves lost in the jungle and freaked out by signs that they’re headed for danger. (more…) READ MORE

UPDATE: Two Posters For Paramount’s ‘The Ruins’

Today Paramount Pictures release two posters for Carter Smith’s adaptation of The Ruins, which stars Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Caitlin Stasey and Joe Anderson. Arriving in theaters April 4, the film follows four American friends on vacation in Cancún, Mexico—Jeff, Amy, Eric and Stacy—who meet a German tourist, Mathias, and persuades them to join his hunt for his younger brother, Henrich, last seen headed off with a new girlfriend toward some ruins. The four soon regret their impulsive decision after they find themselves lost in the jungle and freaked out by signs that they’re headed for danger. (more…) READ MORE

Killer Revealed From Paramount’s ‘The Ruins’

Interesting news was discovered today over at USA Today where an article revealed the killer in Paramount Pictures’ The Ruins, which will completely shock, and excite you! Directed by Carter Smith, the film is looking at an April 11 release. Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Caitlin Stasey and Joe Anderson all star. Read on for the article. (more…) READ MORE

New Details on Carter Smith’s ‘Come Closer’

Likely Story founder Anthony Bregman will produce Carter Smith’s (The Ruins) psychological horror feature Come Closer for Miramax, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “30 Days of Night” scribe Brian Nelson signed on to pen the film before the start of the writers strike. Adapted from Sara Gran’s 2003 novel, the surreal tale will take viewers into the mind of a woman experiencing bizarre situations that might not be happening and violent impulses that might be all too real. (more…) READ MORE

Big Name Trio Head Into DreamWork’s ‘Ruins’

Laura Ramsey (The Covenant), Jena Malone (Donnie Darko; pictured inside) and Shawn Ashmore (X-Men trilogy) have made it to The Ruins, DreamWorks and Spyglass Entertainment’s adaptation of the best-selling Scott B. Smith novel. Red Hour Films’ Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld are producing along with Chris Bender, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The three actors join Jonathan Tucker in a thriller about a group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they accompany a fellow tourist on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins. Smith wrote the screenplay. Principal photography begins in late May in Queensland, Australia. (more…) READ MORE

Official Score: 3.5 / 5