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The Ruins

Horror

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. From TMDB

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  • Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.socialBluesky · May 20, 2025

    When 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

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  • Celestial Fang 🩸 Artist @celestialfang.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 5, 2026

    Can I have some horror movie reccs that revolve around an interesting location? :3 I enjoyed Annihilation, The Descent, and The Ruins

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  • 🎃 ƚԋҽ ԋαυɳƚιɳɠ σϝ Aʅҽx˚Jҽɾι⛦ @mobiusstrip8.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 5, 2026

    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·

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  • Cinematic Second Chances @cinemaseconds.bsky.socialBluesky · May 12, 2026

    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.

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  • Jacob Marsh - Author 🇨🇦 @jacobmarsh.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2026

    #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!

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  • Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 26, 2025

    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.

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  • Michelle Heller | Indie Horror Author @michelleheller.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2026

    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

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  • Samuel Benjamin @samuelxl5.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 16, 2025

    #ArtAdventCalendar Day 16: "The Ruins Of Urquhart" The remains of Urquhart Castle on the shores of Loch Ness, photographed with expired x-ray film.

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  • Drewcifer Rising 🎃😈 @drewdietsch.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 27, 2026

    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 📖

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  • Matt Orion @orionmatt.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 23, 2026

    58) THE RUINS (2008) Could build a good Jena Malone thriller marathon with a handful of her films #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days 🎥

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  • Pod Mortem: A Horror Podcast @thepodmortem.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2025

    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

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  • Zeb Cyrus 🎃👻🙀 @zbcy.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 7, 2025

    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

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  • Mike Muncer @mikemuncer.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    Wow I forgot how NASTY The Ruins (2008) is. Feels like such a quintessential 2000s horror film

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  • dogasusbackpack.bsky.social @dogasusbackpack.bsky.socialBluesky · May 18, 2026

    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

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  • Marci 🎃 @marcishaun.blacksky.appBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    #NowWatching 📽️💀 The Ruins (2008) #FrightClub

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  • 🕹️TheGamersician🎵 @thegamersician.comBluesky · Dec 2, 2025

    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!

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  • Pod Mortem: A Horror Podcast @thepodmortem.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2025

    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

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  • Spooky Cutie 👻 @bigbamp.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2025

    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) 🇲🇽

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  • Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 21, 2025

    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.

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  • Scott is Bayin' at the Moon @scottmaybstoned.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    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

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  • Pod Mortem: A Horror Podcast @thepodmortem.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 18, 2025

    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

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  • Scott Troutman-Wise @scottshot83.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 7, 2025

    The Ruins (2025 Movie Thread, #345), #Horror365Challenge (#259) #filmsky #horrorsky

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  • VUNDACAST (est. 2013) @vundacast.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2025

    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 🎥👻🎬

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  • Illustro Obscurum @illustro-obscurum.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 1, 2024

    Swallowed (USA, 2022) A cool queer body horror movie from the director of The Ruins that could’ve been 20 min shorter

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  • Suedemaker @suedemaker.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    Day 4: The Ruins #31DaysofHalloween #31DaysofHorror #Filmsky

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  • Kathleen Towers, still haunted @towerskt.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    #57: The Ruins (2008) #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days

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  • Martin Delaney 🐈‍⬛🎹🧟‍♂️📸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✍🏻 @delaneyplanet.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2025

    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...

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  • djkideye.bsky.social @djkideye.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 24, 2026

    Post a 2000s movie that starts with the letter R (2000-09 only) #moviesky #filmsky The Ruins (2008)

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  • Jason @solomon3418.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 4, 2025

    #100HorrorMoviesin92Days Day 65, Movie 61 My ★★★ review of The Ruins on Letterboxd boxd.it/bgqpeB

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  • Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 7, 2025

    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...

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  • Sky Knight (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @skyknightxp.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2023

    Album: Between the Breaks... Live! (Stan Rogers) Film: The Princess Bride Videogame: Suikoden Book: Exiles: The Ruins of Ambrai by Melanie Rawn

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  • ★ 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐆𝐄𝐒 @biohazardzero.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    i am afraid it is time to read The Ruins (2006) cause the movie is only like half as good

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  • AB Normal ✌🏻 🐾 ♥️ @katwoman13.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2026

    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

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  • Spooky season seidrmann @transmascdruid.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 6, 2026

    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.

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  • Emily Malek @ejm0092.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 14, 2025

    Check out this trailer for the movie version of "The Ruins!" I'll be reviewing the film tomorrow. youtu.be/qlRJev4_JXs?... #booksky #filmsky

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  • Nikumatic @nikumatic.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    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

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  • Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2026

    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...

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  • Clinton of the Damned 🎃👻 @puritythrufire.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 18, 2026

    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!

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  • Rodrigo Beilfuss @rodrigobeilfuss.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 5, 2026

    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.

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  • 🕯️faulkner’s buzzard🕯️ @faulknersbuzzard.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2026

    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.

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  • Marcus Scarman @marcusscarman001.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 7, 2026

    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

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  • Zompete @spikysucculent.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 14, 2025

    Film time with @babbittybabbitt.bsky.social #NowWatching The Ruins.

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  • Kevin C 🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 28, 2026

    Why did these people feel the need to approach the crazy woman with the knife cutting up herself? #FrightClub #TheRuins #NowWatching

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  • Kate Def (she/her) @andabookortwo.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    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

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  • CloverQuest @cloversquest.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    "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❤️

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  • aric @aghastronaut.comBluesky · Aug 22, 2026

    I'm trying to figure out the name of "The Happening" by searching "scary plant movie" but it kept giving me "The Ruins."

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  • Dr. Phil Acula, Vampire. Not Changing It @msico.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 5, 2026

    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

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  • John Turturro's Sweater @craigsimpson70.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    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.

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  • Fright Club @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 28, 2026

    Thanks for the visit to #TheRuins, all. 🌱 Longtime fave for me. Looks like there'll be a #FrightClub #AfterHours coming up for those who have HBO. And Monday, we are back with Dread (2009)!

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  • Kevin C 🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 28, 2026

    @weirwoodtreehug.bsky.social Now see, that's the ending I remember. Kinda curious as to how since I didn't buy this movie on DVD to get an alternate ending. 🤔 #FrightClub #TheRuins #NowWatching

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  • Kevin C 🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 28, 2026

    I seem to remember an ending where it showed Amy was infected as she escaped. Did I miss a scene? #FrightClub #TheRuins #NowWatching

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  • Kevin C 🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 28, 2026

    It's surprising that they didn't bring a cutlass into the jungle. First order of business should have been to chop all the vines. 2nd order should have been to try to burn them. #FrightClub #TheRuins #NowWatching

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  • Kevin C 🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 28, 2026

    Somebody get these goddamn vines off these goddamn ruins! #FrightClub #TheRuins #NowWatching

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  • Kevin C 🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 28, 2026

    At least this movie doesn't have plant zombies... AGAIN! 🙏 #FrightClub #TheRuins

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  • Schlockluster Video @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 28, 2026

    Hey Fright Club! Tablet's still acting up, so can't watch along, but here's a new drawing of Jena Malone to celebrate tonight's Fright Club presentation of The Ruins! . #FrightClub #TheRuins #Art #HorrorSky #HorrorArt #FilmSky

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  • Kevin C 🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 28, 2026

    Oh I remember this. Wasn't half bad. #FrightClub #TheRuins #NowWatching

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  • Leonardo Decapitator @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 28, 2026

    These idiots just got to the jungle. What a great place to join. #NowWatching #FrightClub #TheRuins

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  • Fright Club @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 28, 2026

    Press play on #TheRuins #FrightClub! Links to film in pinned post. May also be on more services. As always, our feed: RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lyrmsmhhg7vzz4ghj44y5xzq/feed/9895d1ace253

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  • Fright Club @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 28, 2026

    Geolocation info for #TheRuins where you can find #FrightClub tonight! Tubi: tubitv.com/movies/31455... Kanopy: www.kanopy.com/en/product/1... Also on Paramount+, if you happen to have it! The Ruins (2008)

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  • Bunny's Book Burrow @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 15, 2026

    The Ruins Review Spotlight Spooky season is upon us, and if you’re eager to get a jump on all things spooky, creepy, dark and scary then The Ruins might just be the book for you. Prepare for a “fight for your life” as a paranormal vlogger is going to have to gain the help of others if he’s to survive a dangerous spirit intent on unleashing it’s evil upon the world. The Ruins is a paranormal horror novel by Jonathan Pongratz. This novel is the first book in his Soul Cursed series. The Ruins…

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Amy
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