Review of Child of Sorrow (1956) by Josh B — 14 May 2016

The Ruins is based on the source material by Scot Smith who also wrote the film, and it's about a group of friends that are having a vacation in Mexico, and they met a guy who's looking for his brother in an abandoned Mayan temple.

So they found it, but what they didn't realize are the dangers coming from the vines. When I saw the trailers for it, I thought it was an interesting villain for a horror film as I never see the vines be the main creature for a horror film.

I only saw those vines as a supernatural creature in something like Evil Dead, but only were there for a few minutes. After watching the film, I honestly thought that it could've been so much better, but was good for what it was.

The acting is better than your average horror film, but nobody really stand out, and they are not really something that I will remember. The effects look really good which I really thought that the vine effects look real and they freaked me out a bit.

The characters are really forgettable as I really don't know much about them at all. Some of the character choices get really stupid that it was getting really annoying. The script by the author himself is fine, nothing special, and the premise is really creepy when you think about it.

I did find it interesting to see where it was going, and there are some creep factor to it as they are sitting on a Mayan temple that is surrounded by vines. I wish it could've been more scary, or more psychological as there were some of that here, and they were well done.

I like The Ruins fine and I'm glad to see something like this as it's usually haunted films or slashers that I go watch, I just wished that it could green better.