Speaker 1: Hey they're folcus. It is Saturday, October fourth, and have
Speaker 1: we got a movie for you. Imagine young, hot, beautiful
Speaker 1: people going off into the jungle together, they come up
Speaker 1: on some ruins and when you believe shit go sideways.
Speaker 1: And with that, welcome to Amy and TJ and our
Speaker 1: countdown our horror hit list as we come in at
Speaker 1: number twenty eight today. As we continue our list in
Speaker 1: no robes, I'm not gonna call it that.
Speaker 2: You're not gonna call it what deep cuts? You're going
Speaker 2: to do a boycott. I'm not gonna say deep cuts.
Speaker 2: Amy and TJ's horror hit list. Yes, coming in at
Speaker 2: number twenty eight is two thousand and eight's The Ruins.
Speaker 2: It is a marvel of a movie. It's a fun movie,
Speaker 2: it's a gory movie. And we'll go ahead and give
Speaker 2: you this synopsis. You kind of give a little bit
Speaker 2: of a version of one through your words only, but
Speaker 2: here are the here's the official synopsis. A group of
Speaker 2: friends look for fun during a sunny holiday in Mexico,
Speaker 2: but they get much more than that. After visiting an
Speaker 2: archaeological dig in the jungle, carnivorous vines try to ensnare
Speaker 2: the friends in their tendrils, forcing the group to fight
Speaker 2: for survival.
Speaker 1: That's a good write up. That's a good synopsis. Yes,
Speaker 1: that's very good. That's better than anything. I didn't know
Speaker 1: they gave away that much. But yes, it's kind of
Speaker 1: an unexpected horror movie. You don't know where it's going.
Speaker 1: And you hear that there are some carnivorous vines. Yes,
Speaker 1: you don't think the vines can inflict this type of.
Speaker 2: Damage, and yet it's there for everyone to feast their
Speaker 2: eyes on or turn and look away from. Either way,
Speaker 2: if you like gore or not, this one certainly has
Speaker 2: a lot of it. It stars. You know, I don't
Speaker 2: know if you know any of these names as household names,
Speaker 2: but once you see these actors' faces, you apt solutely
Speaker 2: know them and love them and have seen them in plenty.
Speaker 2: So the lead, the character's name is Amy, that's played
Speaker 2: by jennam Alone. Stacey is played by Laura Ramsey. Then
Speaker 2: there's Jonathan Tucker and Sean Ashmore. So these are actors
Speaker 2: that you do know and love. If you've watched horror movies,
Speaker 2: you've seen some of these folks. So they're familiar faces
Speaker 2: and they're really I think it's very well acted.
Speaker 1: The two guys in particular will drive you crazy when
Speaker 1: you see them. You're gonna go where do I know
Speaker 1: him from?
Speaker 2: Yes?
Speaker 1: Exactly, and solid, solid actors in this movie.
Speaker 2: So as we're now touting how much we love this
Speaker 2: movie and why it made our list, it got fifty
Speaker 2: two percent on Rotten Tomatoes, so not as good as
Speaker 2: one would have hoped, and it didn't do as well
Speaker 2: at the box office as its director Carter Smith would
Speaker 2: have hoped. It had a reportedly a twenty five million
Speaker 2: dollar budget. I mean there were a lot The scenes
Speaker 2: are beautiful, it's shot beautifully. I mean you're absolutely feeling
Speaker 2: like you're transported into the Mexican jungle. The box office
Speaker 2: though twenty two point nine million, so it did fall
Speaker 2: slightly short of expectations. And here is the critics consensus.
Speaker 2: So don't just take what we have to say about it.
Speaker 2: You can obviously not. The critics don't always get it right,
Speaker 2: but this was the consensus. Despite a solid cast and
Speaker 2: truly frightening source material, the Ruins flounders thanks to a
Speaker 2: weak script and an excess of gore.
Speaker 1: Okay, there is gore? Is it excess? Yeah?
Speaker 2: It absolutely, and you know what here. Okay, So that
Speaker 2: was the critics consensus, and that's why it only got
Speaker 2: a fifty two percent on Rotten Tomatoes. But they have
Speaker 2: a place where audience members can leave their reviews, so
Speaker 2: to speak, and there were some recent ones from just
Speaker 2: like the last few weeks. So I thought these were
Speaker 2: really interesting and I wanted to read them to you
Speaker 2: because this made me excited and made us both feel
Speaker 2: validated when we recognize that, yes, other people too, this
Speaker 2: is a really good film, and we really highly recommend it.
Speaker 2: So this was here. A few loved this little horror
Speaker 2: film with its unexpected gruesomeness. It reminded me of all
Speaker 2: those drive in movies I used to enjoy many years ago.
Speaker 2: Definitely worth a watch, someone else wrote in one of
Speaker 2: the best horror movies of the decade. Original you can
Speaker 2: tell it was based on a book, and it shows
Speaker 2: you can make frightening scenes that aren't so dark that
Speaker 2: you don't have a clue what's going on. Loved it
Speaker 2: when it came out. Holds Up in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2: Great acting, nice twist, a DreamWorks movie, surprisingly because it
Speaker 2: is quite gory. And I'll read you the last one
Speaker 2: because I also think this was a good nod to
Speaker 2: some of these critics out there. This person writes, I
Speaker 2: don't understand all the hatred for this film. It's not
Speaker 2: scary in terms of jump scares, but it is stressful,
Speaker 2: grim and anxiety inducing. I also like that the horror
Speaker 2: isn't shrouded in darkness. In fact, part of the fear
Speaker 2: is from the exposure to the elements. This is man
Speaker 2: versus nature. Maybe it's supernatural.
Speaker 1: Nature, but we you know what. That's another key in
Speaker 1: horror movies. There's a part of our enjoyment is that
Speaker 1: we know the formula. We know kind of what it's
Speaker 1: going to follow, and there'll be some jumps this and that.
Speaker 1: But relief is a key part of any horror movie.
Speaker 1: When it's dark, you're freaking out, and then all of
Speaker 1: a sudden it cuts to a scene in daytime, you're like, ah,
Speaker 1: we can relax. This movie takes place in broad daylight,
Speaker 1: full sun, nothing is hidden. That's a very good point
Speaker 1: they make, and that makes this movie different.
Speaker 2: I hadn't thought about that element of it, but it does,
Speaker 2: in a way make it even creepier because I think
Speaker 2: we all feel like, well, when the sun's out and
Speaker 2: it's daylight. We're safe, but they are not safe in
Speaker 2: the sunlight during the day. Why was this high on
Speaker 2: your list? Why did this make the list for you? TJ?
Speaker 1: I love, We Love, But any movie you take a
Speaker 1: group of at least four friends and take them to
Speaker 1: an exotic location, off to a jungle, let's go down
Speaker 1: this uncharted path. Hey, the guy at the liquor store
Speaker 1: told me about this shipwreck. We should any time they
Speaker 1: go off on some adventure in the woods, in the jungle,
Speaker 1: I am all for what's about to happen to them.
Speaker 2: Yes, I love a good friends on vacation goes wrong movie.
Speaker 2: I think those are really fun, especially us put it
Speaker 2: into the context of being lost in the Mexican jungle
Speaker 2: with no working phones, no food. You don't know what
Speaker 2: the threat is going to be initially because you're just thinking, Wow,
Speaker 2: they're lost, the sun is hot, they don't have water,
Speaker 2: they don't have food. What are they going to do?
Speaker 2: And yes, it's fun. I think it's a fun movie.
Speaker 2: It's gory for sure, it's suspenseful and if you like
Speaker 2: horrific death scenes that are exceptionally creative, this movie is
Speaker 2: for you.
Speaker 1: I believe who's gonna say yes to that was as us.
Speaker 2: Probably anyone who loves horror movies. It's I think it's
Speaker 2: a fun, entertaining movie if you can handle the gore, and.
Speaker 1: It's not constant, it's not throughout. We should mention that.
Speaker 1: But so much of the dread and the build up
Speaker 1: and the beginning of the movie does have to do
Speaker 1: with the mystery. You don't know what they're what's after them,
Speaker 1: You really don't. And there are some scenes we talk
Speaker 1: about daylight, but there's they have to go down into
Speaker 1: a cave. There's some darkness involved there, but that's not
Speaker 1: where most of the movie takes place.
Speaker 2: I I don't.
Speaker 1: Know how it's tough to recommend because there's some stuff
Speaker 1: I don't want people mad at. It's like, hey, you
Speaker 1: didn't tell me it was going to be this.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, that's some tough Yes, what we will fully disclose. Yes,
Speaker 2: this gets a little gruesome, but it's not. The difference
Speaker 2: for me is it's not some knife wielding monster or
Speaker 2: slasher where there's violence. From that perspective, this is a
Speaker 2: very unique twist on gore. I feel like, just in
Speaker 2: terms of how people die and how they meet their fate.
Speaker 1: But it's supernatural with the physical manifestation of it and
Speaker 1: something we see all the time, just you know, vines,
Speaker 1: just you know, leaves outside and whatnot. That's where the
Speaker 1: threat is. I know you talk about you like supernatural
Speaker 1: all the time. Sometimes it has to do with the
Speaker 1: ghosts and things like that. This is supernatural, but something
Speaker 1: you can see and touch and can touch you back.
Speaker 2: Yes, And I will say this again, I'm not going
Speaker 2: to give it away, but the first death in the
Speaker 2: movie is hard, is difficult, and so just prepare yourself
Speaker 2: for that. I just want to say that. So who
Speaker 2: is this movie for? TJ hmm.
Speaker 1: I would definitely say this is for somebody who has friends.
Speaker 1: This is not even what I recommend you watch with
Speaker 1: one other person. You need a group. This is a
Speaker 1: fun movie. If you're looking for I would say a
Speaker 1: movie experience. This is not if you want to sit
Speaker 1: down and just watch a movie. If you want to experience,
Speaker 1: get immersed, get your skin crawling a little bit, get
Speaker 1: your heart racing, cover your eye. You will physically be
Speaker 1: involved in this movie and it's fun. When you do
Speaker 1: have a group, all react into it in some way.
Speaker 1: I would highly recommend that.
Speaker 2: In of who this movie is for. From my perspective,
Speaker 2: if you like yelling at the TV and going no,
Speaker 2: oh my god, like that will be this movie. You
Speaker 2: will be screaming at the movie as you're watching it.
Speaker 2: So if you like to, yes, be actively engaged and
Speaker 2: love to react to what you're seeing, this is one
Speaker 2: of those fun movies to do that with. So I
Speaker 2: do think that would be the best way to describe
Speaker 2: who this is for and what you should expect when
Speaker 2: you're watching it, you know, and it's.
Speaker 1: You're gonna be yelling early on, like why are y'all
Speaker 1: even going in there? What are y'all doing? Of course
Speaker 1: you shouldn't go there, go back? Didn't they tell you
Speaker 1: not to? Why are y'all going to check that out?
Speaker 2: So the movie class it's your classic horror movie, like
Speaker 2: don't do what we did kind of a movie. But
Speaker 2: that's what makes it so fun. So all right, we
Speaker 2: told you why we loved it, We told you who
Speaker 2: the movie is for. When we come back, we'll tell
Speaker 2: you who shouldn't watch this movie, what you should pair
Speaker 2: it with, and where you can watch it. We'll also
Speaker 2: tease tomorrow's movie. So we'll be right back and Welcome
Speaker 2: back to Amy and TJ's Deep Cuts. It is our
Speaker 2: horror movie hit list. We are counting down to Halloween,
Speaker 2: and number twenty eight on the list is The Ruins.
Speaker 2: So we told you why we love it. We told
Speaker 2: you who should watch this movie. Here's who I think
Speaker 2: should not watch this movie. Anyone who is a weak
Speaker 2: stomach period, or if you think maybe you might be
Speaker 2: planning to visit an archaeological site in the Mexican jungle,
Speaker 2: or if you want to have like a jump scare, like,
Speaker 2: that's probably not the movie for you. This isn't that
Speaker 2: type of movie. But I always see I feel like
Speaker 2: it's not that scary these types of movies, and I
Speaker 2: can enjoy them more because I know that I'm not
Speaker 2: going to be in the same situation this group of
Speaker 2: friends found themselves in, and so I can. I can
Speaker 2: watch it and get entertained by it without actually feeling
Speaker 2: fear personally that this could happen to me.
Speaker 1: Oh no, I feel this. They're vines. It's vegetation. I
Speaker 1: am sitting here in the woods right now with you
Speaker 1: as we record this. No, this is this movie for
Speaker 1: me is like the nature equivalent of Jaws. Now I'm
Speaker 1: scared to walk in the woods.
Speaker 2: Really, so you actually you find that this is fear inducing.
Speaker 1: Yes, this stuff is all around now. I don't think
Speaker 1: there's gonna Most of the things I walk past have
Speaker 1: spirits in them that are gonna attack me.
Speaker 2: But there's a lot of kudzu here where we are.
Speaker 1: I don't even know what that is.
Speaker 2: It's a vine in Georgia that's rampant. It's called kudzu.
Speaker 1: It sounds scary.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so you want to be oh, yeah, kudzu has
Speaker 2: taken over forests and it's like it's like a parasitic
Speaker 2: vine that kills trees.
Speaker 1: Okay, And you're saying I shouldn't be worried after.
Speaker 2: It kills trees, not people.
Speaker 1: But it kills is what you're saying.
Speaker 2: It slowly suffocates the trees, it grows up and around.
Speaker 1: It murders other living things, that is what I heard.
Speaker 2: But who shouldn't watch this?
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's if you're just dipping your toe into horror.
Speaker 1: This isn't a way to start because this is going
Speaker 1: to turn you off, probably to horror.
Speaker 2: It's too gross.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but this is a and again I don't want
Speaker 1: to make it sound I want to give a proper
Speaker 1: warning without turning people off to it, because it's not
Speaker 1: just constant throughout gore, but the scenes that have it,
Speaker 1: like you don't just peek through your ah, your hands
Speaker 1: a little bit, but you cover your like, please, somebody
Speaker 1: tell me when this is over. There are some scenes,
Speaker 1: but it's hey, this is what some horror movies are.
Speaker 1: So I would say this isn't This should not be
Speaker 1: your entree into into.
Speaker 2: All right, but it is so fun. All right? What
Speaker 2: to pair it with? Here's my thought. I figure, since
Speaker 2: it's set in Mexico, any opportunity to make some margarita's,
Speaker 2: bring out a medello, Maybe add some chips and walk.
Speaker 2: Maybe avoid the salsa because that might be too gross
Speaker 2: to eat something red while you're watching. So I was
Speaker 2: going with guacamole. But that would be my suggested pairing
Speaker 2: with this movie.
Speaker 1: Guacam is worse. It's not like creamy texture, and.
Speaker 2: You have a texture issue. Most people do not. It's delicious.
Speaker 2: I wouldn't want the pikaa gayo or the red salsa.
Speaker 2: That would be a problem for me.
Speaker 1: I think he made a good call on the chips.
Speaker 1: I did. I was actually going to say just get
Speaker 1: your tall glass of ice water on this. But I
Speaker 1: think the Mexican theme, a good margarita that'll be fun,
Speaker 1: that'll be fun, and.
Speaker 2: Chips and not guak for you, I get it. What
Speaker 2: would you eat with your chips? Then, oh, Pico, I'll
Speaker 2: have Piko, a guy who wouldn't bother you.
Speaker 1: Yeah, no problem.
Speaker 2: Freshly chopped lutting guts is what that kind of looks
Speaker 2: like to me.
Speaker 1: Oh no, the freshly chopped stuff, not with the soupy stuff,
Speaker 1: not the salsa. I'm talking about fresh peka.
Speaker 2: All right. So it's funny you mentioned in terms of
Speaker 2: the ambiance that you think this should absolutely be a
Speaker 2: group setting, And I actually believe that this is more
Speaker 2: fun to watch in a group setting. With everyone screaming
Speaker 2: at the TV. You can all kind of relate to
Speaker 2: each other and it feels fun to kind of experience
Speaker 2: that grotesqueness with one another. But I also would say
Speaker 2: that I think this is one you can absolutely watch
Speaker 2: on your own, because it's not for me. It doesn't
Speaker 2: make me feel scared like someone's gonna be walking through
Speaker 2: the back door, or some demonic spirit is gonna possess me,
Speaker 2: or there's gonna be some massed killer outside. So I
Speaker 2: feel like, if you are alone, this is actually one
Speaker 2: you can totally perfectly, safely, emotionally safely watch by yourself.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't recommend that, folks. That is we're split
Speaker 1: on this one. Not always in agreement. We're an agreement
Speaker 1: on the movies.
Speaker 2: But I think this is a solo movie.
Speaker 1: Possibly this is one. It just it is such an
Speaker 1: experience because everybody's going to experience it the same but
Speaker 1: just a little differently. Some are going to say, y'all
Speaker 1: are nuts, I'm not watching this. Someone gonna say, oh,
Speaker 1: let me know when it's over. Others gonna be like,
Speaker 1: oh my god, check it out. Other it's just to
Speaker 1: have everybody engage in. That is a fun experience. That's
Speaker 1: why sometimes we go to theaters on opening night of
Speaker 1: a movie and it's more fun.
Speaker 2: This would have been fun in the theaters. I missed it.
Speaker 2: I didn't see it back in two thousand and eight,
Speaker 2: but that would have been fun. All right, So where
Speaker 2: can you watch it? It is basically streaming everywhere, but
Speaker 2: if you have like I tried to go through this
Speaker 2: the last time, but if you have Paramount Plus or
Speaker 2: AMC plus and those are oftentimes additions to your Hulu
Speaker 2: or Prime Video UH subscriptions. You'll be able to watch
Speaker 2: it for free, but obviously you can download it as well.
Speaker 2: But Paramount Plus AMC Plus if you have those subscriptions,
Speaker 2: it comes with that package. Oh.
Speaker 1: The other thing we should mention because this is a
Speaker 1: big deal for us. This is one movie you can
Speaker 1: watch in the daytime. This is a big deal for us.
Speaker 1: We live in New York, windows night, a lot of
Speaker 1: sun coming in. Oftentimes we can't watch a horror movie
Speaker 1: during the day because they happen so often at night
Speaker 1: in the dark and you can't see the TV.
Speaker 2: That's when we usually look for like a shark movie
Speaker 2: because those happening, or a monster movie because they have
Speaker 2: to be during the day, like a like a crocodile
Speaker 2: or a shark, they have to be shot during the day.
Speaker 2: And yes, you will find out through the series how
Speaker 2: much we actually love horror movies. Because we have horror
Speaker 2: movies that are good for the mornings, good for the daytime,
Speaker 2: good for the evenings, good for the weekend. We have
Speaker 2: different times of day, week and year that we like
Speaker 2: specific types of horror movies. This is one you can
Speaker 2: watch pretty much anytime, anywhere, which is a very nice
Speaker 2: way to watch a movie when you want to. All right, tomorrow,
Speaker 2: we're gonna give you a little bit of a teaser
Speaker 2: about what tomorrow's movie will be. This will be our
Speaker 2: number twenty seven on our countdown to Halloween, and let's
Speaker 2: just say we're gonna keep with a vacation themed horror movie.
Speaker 2: It's fun, sexy, it's a thriller. We can't wait to
Speaker 2: bring it to you tomorrow. So until then, thank you
Speaker 2: for listening. I may meet Roboch alongside TJ. Holmes. We'll
Speaker 2: talk to you very soon.