Not particularly — The Ruins's appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a body horror film, it scored 1.0/10 for fear, 6.0/10 for atmosphere, and 7.0/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in The Ruins?

The Ruins has 4 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like The Ruins?

The Ruins is tagged as body horror, survival, infection on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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body-horror

The Ruins

2008 · R · 1h 31m

Terror has evolved.

Americans Amy, Stacy, Jeff and Eric look for fun during a sunny holiday in Mexico, but they get much more than that after visiting an archaeological dig in the jungle.

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Curator Score

7.0

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Built on gore.

Jump scares

The Ruins has 4 jump scares. Compare counts

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7.0Overall

Fear1.0

Gore7.0

Atmosphere6.0

Genres

adventurehorrorthriller

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Details

Budget$8M

Box office$22.8M

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Starring

Jonathan Tucker as Jeff McIntire · Jena Malone as Amy · Shawn Ashmore as Eric · Laura Ramsey as Stacy · Joe Anderson as Mathias · Sergio Calderón as Lead Mayan · Jesse Ramirez as Mayan Bowman · Balder Moreno as Mayan Horseman

Production

DreamWorks Pictures, Internationale Filmproduktion Prometheus, Red Hour, Spyglass Entertainment

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