Top 5 Netflix: Released 16 years ago, this ultra-gory horror thriller is a hit

The ruins : a holiday that ends badly

After several short films, director Carter Smith signed the horror thriller in 2008 The ruins. The film is adapted from the novel by Scott B. Smith (2006), who also wrote the screenplay. We follow four friends on holiday in Mexico. As they prepare to return to the United States, they meet Mathias, a German tourist who offers to visit them the next day. ruins of a Mayan temple which are not indicated in traditional guides. Anyone who has seen this type of film knows that you should NEVER go off the beaten path…

The small group accepts the proposal anyway, knowing that Mathias’ brother would already be there with an archaeologist. Accompanied by another Greek tourist, once they arrive at the foot of the temple they are soon disappointed. Because the natives burst in with weapons and force them to climb the temple, preventing them from leaving. Tourists will first consider simply waiting for their absence to be noticed at the hotel so that help can arrive. Except that the temple actually contains greater danger and strange phenomena will occur around a plant.

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A hit on Netflix 16 years after its release

The ruins at first glance it seems like a classic survival with a group of young people who are about to be killed one after another by people with bad intentions like Chainsaw massacre. Only, the look of a killer plant moves the feature film towards an original fantastic approach, which at times still borders on the ridiculous. The interest remains to see everyone’s reaction to such a terrifying situation see them descend into madness…

In the end, Carter Smith’s proposal did not make much of an impression on people The ruins. And this, despite a cast that is not without interest, with Shawn AshmoreJonathan Tucker, Jena Malone and Laura Ramsey. As well as some really gory and gory passages.

The horror film was still profitable to attract more than 22 million dollars worldwide for an estimated budget of $8 million. A modest production that has the right to a second life on Netflixwhich he added The ruins in its catalog on March 1, 2024. Soon after, the feature found itself the top 10 of the most viewed films in France, in second position. A surprising and belated success, because it arrives 16 years after the film’s release in theaters and without the slightest promotion on the part of Netflix. But once again the magic of algorithms had its effect.

Source: Cine Serie

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