DVD Review: The Ruins and Shutter
Jul 25, 2008 - Lynn Barker
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Ready to be freaked out and toss that bowl of popcorn into the air when something on screen goes bump in the night? Can plants really be scary? Oh yeah...! Can the ghost of an old love wreck your new relationship? Yes, bigtime! Check out this horror double feature DVD review for your summer fright fest pleasure.
From DreamWorks Home Entertainment
The Ruins: Unrated
[Warning: plenty of fake blood, gore and a little semi-explicit hanky panky in this DVD version of the film] Maybe you read the best-seller but whether you did or not, you'll really be creeped out watching a group of college BFFs on vacation in South America who get way more than they bargained for while visiting an ancient ruin. Shawn Ashmore, Jena Malone, Laura Ramsey, and Jonathan Tucker play at a resort and befriend German tourist (Across the Universe's Joe Anderson) who is headed for a lost Mayan temple to find his brother. Bro is overdue after following a pretty archeologist into the jungle. Once the friends reach the ruin, the group is trapped on top of the temple by vicious locals and discover that they are the victims of a killer plant that can drive them mad, turn them against each other and totally bring down their margarita high!


