“The Ruins” will take its place besides many cheesy horror flicks. Classic and double cheese films like “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” and “Night of the Living Dead” are in the same lame class as “The Ruins. Four young Americans find themselves going out to an obscure Mayan pyramid with some German guy they just met the day before. Once there they immediately find themselves under attack, first by the locals and then by the evil lurking at and in the pyramid site. This entire premise is laughable, but I guess that is what makes a good cheesy horror flick. Director Carter Smith doesn’t disappoint horror fans that like their taste of violence. There is plenty of blood and gore to go around in this one.
In these “ruins” there is nothing worth saving. It’s a total loss in terms of a family-friendly film. There is way too much violence, sex, nudity and foul language for families to want to even consider seeing this one.
