--- title: 'The Ruins (2008)' type: 'film' director: 'Carter Smith' released: '2008-04-02' runtime_minutes: 90 genres: - 'Horror' countries: - 'Australia' - 'Germany' - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ruins-2008' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0963794/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Ruins (2008) 2008 · 90 min · Horror · Australia, Germany, United States ## Synopsis The Ruins is a 2008 natural horror film directed by Carter Smith in his feature film directorial debut, and written by Scott B. Smith, based on his 2006 novel of the same name. The film stars Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Laura Ramsey, and Joe Anderson. The story follows a pair of couples on vacation in Mexico, who join a tourist to visit a remote Mayan ruin inhabited by a carnivorous vine growth. Stuart Cornfeld, Jeremy Kramer, and Chris Bender produce, with Ben Stiller serving as an executive producer. ## Credits - **Director:** [Carter Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/carter-smith) - **Screenplay:** [Scott Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-smith-2) - **Original Music Composer:** [Graeme Revell](https://cinepixo.com/people/graeme-revell) - **Producer:** [Ben Stiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-stiller), [Stuart Cornfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-cornfeld), [Chris Bender](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-bender-2), [Chris Bender](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-bender) - **Director of Photography:** [Darius Khondji](https://cinepixo.com/people/darius-khondji) - **Editor:** [Jeff Betancourt](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-betancourt) ## Cast - [Jonathan Tucker](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-tucker) - [Joe Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-anderson) - [Shawn Ashmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/shawn-ashmore) - [Laura Ramsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-ramsey) - [Dimitri Baveas](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitri-baveas) - [Jena Malone](https://cinepixo.com/people/jena-malone) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.ruinsmovie.com/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ruins-2008 Film facts: Wikidata (Q772260); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.