THE RUINS (Carnivorous Plants + Ending) EXPLAINED

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  • Опубликовано: 14 июл 2022
  • Hey guys, what's happening? Niyat here with film comics explained, and as voted for by everyone in the latest poll, today we’ll be diving into The Ruins.
    Based on the novel of the same name by Scott Smith, The Ruins is a 2008 horror film directed by Carter Smith that stars Jena Malone, Jonathan Tucker, Shawn Ashmore, Laura Ramsey, and Joe Anderson.
    A relaxing holiday to Mexico turns into a nightmare when a group embark on a journey to explore a remote archaeological dig site in the jungle.
    The exploration changes into a fight for survival when they encounter something evil in the ruins.
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  • @iceheart1289
    @iceheart1289 2 года назад +1216

    I understand the villagers dedication to containing the vines, but they probably should of put warning signs all around the ruins in the first place

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  2 года назад +406

      True. But keep out and beware signs tends to attract idiots lol

    • @iceheart1289
      @iceheart1289 2 года назад +151

      @@filmcomicsexplained agreed and when did any horror movie victim ever make a smart decision

    • @MR3DDev
      @MR3DDev 2 года назад

      No amount of warning signs will keep idiot americans from venturing in.

    • @giovannidimaggio7961
      @giovannidimaggio7961 2 года назад +231

      In the book and I think the movie they do put signs. But the plants keep pulling them down and hiding them. The trapped people try to put up a sign to watch the vine tear it down.

    • @Canofasahi
      @Canofasahi 2 года назад +37

      Like a sign saying 'Wet paint, do not touch"?

  • @_Devil
    @_Devil 2 года назад +800

    In any real life situation, if you travel to a foreign country and the locals tell you to not visit a specific place, *never* immediately go there.

    • @zethphyrzinnia0713
      @zethphyrzinnia0713 2 года назад +51

      Instead buy them a drink or so and ask, ASK THE LOCAL WHY? CANNOT GO THERE ...horror avoided

    • @Genesiscoupe3000
      @Genesiscoupe3000 2 года назад +45

      @@zethphyrzinnia0713
      No because the local will always act all mysterious and refuse to tell you, which makes a person wanna check it out even more.

    • @LawAndBedlum
      @LawAndBedlum Год назад

      Idiots deserved what they got

    • @davidthompson184
      @davidthompson184 Год назад

      I’m American. When I’ve traveled to other countries, I played by their rules. Didn’t do anything I wasn’t supposed too. Just don’t be a total cuck and you’ll be fine. These people had it coming. Sad.

    • @crystalgemgirl731
      @crystalgemgirl731 Год назад +2

      Solid advice.

  • @DavidSedano
    @DavidSedano 2 года назад +229

    Saw this in theaters back in the day and my best friend and I will still say "we gotta break his legs" anytime a minor inconvenience happens

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  2 года назад +35

      lol what a hilarious and dark in joke

    • @DavidSedano
      @DavidSedano 2 года назад +9

      @@filmcomicsexplained Love your content bro

    • @MrFichstar
      @MrFichstar 2 года назад +3

      now thats funny

    • @monkeykingyo6359
      @monkeykingyo6359 Год назад +14

      "Aw man I left my wallet home"
      "Welp, we gotta break his legs"

    • @DavidSedano
      @DavidSedano Год назад +2

      @@monkeykingyo6359 stop it. Get some help

  • @mathewpoole3589
    @mathewpoole3589 2 года назад +588

    I believe that I originally heard this theory from Roanoke, but it essentially goes like this.
    The plants started off as a normal insect trapping carnivorous plant. But having been exposed to the blood from the sacrifices that were thrown down the shaft by the ancient Mayans, it adapted to feeding upon this new source of nourishment.
    As it flourished and grow, it may have been viewed as a sign from the gods at first, but at some point the Mayans stop feeding it.
    Either the original Mayans died out and the locals came along afterwards, or their view on the plant changed from being that of a gift to that of a demon.
    Either way, the locals realised that the plant was dangerous and began salting the soil around the based of the temple. This is why there's a large gap between the treeline and the temple. Nothing can grow there, essentially quarantining the plant and containing it to the temple.
    To lure a food source, plant learnt to replicate the soundwaves that were made near it. At a distance, it is able to use multiple stems to mimic sounds fairly well, almost like the sounds overlap like a choir. But up close the mimicry isn't as refined as there is more of a distorted noise.
    It doesn't understand what sounds are, only that these sounds were being made the last time it found something to feed on.
    As for the dragging of the bodies and attacking people. The plant only directly attacked when the flower was touched. This made the girls panic, thrashed around and start screaming, which triggered even more of the plant's snare reflexes.
    In every other instance, the people were bleeding. It's the smell of blood that caused the tendrils to reach out to them. At no point did the plants try to attack someone that was neither bleeding or already touching them.
    That's about it in a nutshell. Unintelligent plant, luring in stupid prey.

    • @Cold_Zero_The_Wise
      @Cold_Zero_The_Wise 2 года назад +61

      They they were stuck there and gonna die they should have set the temple and shaft on fire 🔥🔥🔥

    • @Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement
      @Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement 2 года назад +1

      @@Cold_Zero_The_Wise
      Ikr? Hell, why in the God Dicking FAWK didn't the locals set the temple ablaze?!!!

    • @gadielgonzalez2755
      @gadielgonzalez2755 2 года назад +1

      I say nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

    • @shishoka
      @shishoka 2 года назад +38

      Reminds me of a story I read about a lake in India or maybe it was Sri Lanka? Villagers would cremate bodies as best they could and then put them in the lake. Catfish ate the bodies and grew large enough iver time to attack people and drag them in.

    • @eldritchmorgasm4018
      @eldritchmorgasm4018 2 года назад +13

      @@shishoka I too vaguely remember something like that, though can't remember where exactly, and the people think it's whatever's gods will, or demons, that's doing this, even though it's kinda their own fault, but if tradition is being stupid...

  • @radix4801
    @radix4801 2 года назад +244

    Kind of a guilty pleasure movie for me. Solid B-horror that's not really like anything else in the category.

  • @MR3DDev
    @MR3DDev 2 года назад +768

    I used to think this was fiction, no one could be that stupid to ignore warning signs from the locals. Then I lived in Costa Rica for 7 years and saw Americans do all kinds of stupid stuff even tho they were warned, so I guess most of this movies are more realistic than you'd think

    • @Ashas.Garden
      @Ashas.Garden 2 года назад +42

      Just Americans? In seven years you only saw Americans acting foolish in someone else’s country?

    • @gamerguy6990
      @gamerguy6990 2 года назад +57

      Tourist in general tend to not be very generous to the areas they visit

    • @marcoamazo
      @marcoamazo 2 года назад +22

      Us Americans be like that sometimes.

    • @DarlingMissDarling
      @DarlingMissDarling 2 года назад +51

      @@Ashas.Garden after working hospitality at some offshore vacation settings, I can tell you that not all fellow Americans are shit tourists but an alarming amount of shit tourists are American. The "loud/stupid American" label that gets volleyed around internationally is still a cliche because some people unfortunately keep reinforcing it. That, combined with more seasoned travelers who'll say they're Canadian to avoid being stereotyped, doesn't help either. I've certainly done it to avoid being prejudged in some places. 🤷🏽‍♀️

    • @enishi4ty5
      @enishi4ty5 2 года назад +13

      most realistic line in the movie when the white pre med student says “stuff like this doesmt happen to ppl like us”(paraphrase)😂

  • @offworld_coop
    @offworld_coop 2 года назад +82

    I mean, its possible, most of those forests are unexplored. Theres probably all types of gnarly nightmarish shit just waiting, just nopes in every direction.

    • @silverhawkscape2677
      @silverhawkscape2677 2 года назад +6

      Likely nothing like these bloodthirsty vines.
      But a Carnivoous Vine plant? High possibility.

    • @blaze556922
      @blaze556922 2 года назад +5

      I do like that it is plausible. The best horror always is

  • @conqc20
    @conqc20 2 года назад +47

    Love the part where they realise the plants are making the phone ringing noise. lol. Its silly but such a good reveal.

  • @Tacktickle
    @Tacktickle 2 года назад +119

    When the book first came out,, I had to buy it and devoured it in 24 hours lol. My husband who was not a reader, asked me why I read it so fast, I challenged him to try to read it. It took him a week but he did it. We discussed how it would make a great movie, and before you could say Bob's your uncle, it was being made.
    Side note: my husband has become a voracious reader lol.

    • @justapillow2443
      @justapillow2443 2 года назад +12

      When you keep using verbs like "devoured" and adjectives like "voracious", all you're doing is convincing me you actually ate the book

    • @luisnajera5477
      @luisnajera5477 2 года назад

      LMAO😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️💀💀💀

    • @enishi4ty5
      @enishi4ty5 2 года назад +2

      @@justapillow2443 food for thought: maybe they did…

    • @boi6173
      @boi6173 2 года назад +2

      Is Ur husband single?

    • @princesstriceestar
      @princesstriceestar 2 года назад +3

      Props to your husband

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot 2 года назад +146

    The one thing about this movie I never could understand, why didn't they ever introduce these plants to the fire goddess🔥🔥🔥

    • @thedragon133
      @thedragon133 2 года назад +12

      The plants didn't really react to the torches. Maybe they are resistant to fire if not used in sufficient amount. Which you could only reach be getting close which nobody wants.

    • @RaccAttack77
      @RaccAttack77 2 года назад +15

      @@thedragon133 You gotta imagine the villagers get supplies from elsewhere. Just get like, 20 barrels of oil or gas, dump it in the ruin, badda bing badda boom

    • @phoenix-yq2tb
      @phoenix-yq2tb 2 года назад

      I would have said bomb it but that would probably spread it

    • @Hiramekiza
      @Hiramekiza 2 года назад +28

      @@RaccAttack77 Right? Tons of oil would've burned those vines to a crisp. When it doubt, fire is always the answer. If fire doesn't work, that just means you're not using enough of it.

    • @ckotherletters
      @ckotherletters 2 года назад +15

      I think there was some information about this movie somewhere saying the plants were a combination of plant and fungus similar to lichens. They reproduces with spores that could spread through the air so burning them would blow a massive amount of spores into the air or something like that.

  • @TerryTurner
    @TerryTurner 2 года назад +183

    I would love to see a prequel to this, that would be interesting.

    • @jasong7373
      @jasong7373 2 года назад +4

      You mean a sequel… you want to watch another of it because no movie is just a standalone movie anymore, and you want to call it a prequel to make it seem less like McDonald’s

    • @MassEffect1988
      @MassEffect1988 2 года назад +7

      I mean the alternative ending did end on a huge cliffhanger...

    • @Monkey_D_Luffy56
      @Monkey_D_Luffy56 2 года назад +17

      @@jasong7373 maybe he wants a movie where this vine came from and what happens to the ruins or maybe you are right that he got confused on the prequel and sequel difference

    • @jasong7373
      @jasong7373 2 года назад +7

      @@Monkey_D_Luffy56 i was just being grumpy but if you ask me too many modern pieces of media interrogate those questions and ruin everything I mean isn’t the mystery and lack of backstory part of what makes a good story or character? Edit: think heath ledgers joker or the film annihilation

    • @Monkey_D_Luffy56
      @Monkey_D_Luffy56 2 года назад +1

      @@jasong7373 Well it depends on how they portrait the movie but most people seeks answer that's why RUclips channels that explains the mystery or have a theory about that certain mystery got a lot of views. Having a prequel on a movie where the villain is a win win scenario for both parties. If this movie in particular got a prequel or sequel it's gonna be awesome cause don't you wanna see a scenario where the world ends because of human being selfish to survive and sacrifices the humanity for her own sake.

  • @ubiquidic9823
    @ubiquidic9823 2 года назад +21

    I was not prepared to hear you say the phrase “like a gigachad” but I’m living for it

    • @amiiredhead2676
      @amiiredhead2676 10 месяцев назад

      Gigachads always know when to say no

    • @pdmfitness
      @pdmfitness 4 месяца назад

      Today's culture brought into a movie from 2008.

  • @scottduncan5525
    @scottduncan5525 2 года назад +33

    If this was set in the Monsterverse, be an interesting way to introduce biollante

    • @xxvaltielxx1789
      @xxvaltielxx1789 2 года назад +6

      Now I want to see Biollante emerging from the ruins with a sombrero and a small bigote xD

  • @prehistorichero2755
    @prehistorichero2755 2 года назад +80

    I'm not a plant expert, given the fact plants need photosynthesis to survive, while real carnivorous plants evolve to borrow nitrogen from animals instead of the soil that was too acidic for them, but the origin of the plants seemed interesting as they could've come from an uncharted ecosystem.

    • @L3onking
      @L3onking 2 года назад +2

      Not all plants needs photosynthesis to the same degree... You probably kill a lot of indoor plants by putting them in direct sunlight don't you 😅

    • @prehistorichero2755
      @prehistorichero2755 2 года назад

      @@L3onking You’d probably feed them with water.

    • @L3onking
      @L3onking 2 года назад +5

      @@prehistorichero2755 I was giving it coffee cause it wouldn't grow fast enough, but you're right I probably should go back to water...

    • @prehistorichero2755
      @prehistorichero2755 2 года назад

      @@L3onking Lol

    • @cattherat-ss4kv
      @cattherat-ss4kv Год назад +1

      @@prehistorichero2755 I think it's more of a god/demon possessing the plant due to it being able to mimic noises and growing on a temple.

  • @robertagu5533
    @robertagu5533 2 года назад +146

    The villagers were actually trying to warn them at first... Apparently it NEVER occurred to the locals to have someone that could translate in English, or Latin, or in Spanish or perhaps be even able to write in one such language an therefore tell them how close they are to the start of this movie.
    All they needed to even destroy it was surround the area an then torch the Hell outta it. Not like the vines can escape and get away

    • @quirkyturtle6652
      @quirkyturtle6652 Год назад

      Seems like an isolated place I think education on speaking a whole other language may be hard to come by

    • @robertagu5533
      @robertagu5533 Год назад +2

      @@quirkyturtle6652 in THIS day an age.. an even when the movie was new which isn't far off from present. In the movie timeline things are at least set in the 1990s or so. Early 2000s maybe.. even THOSE locals coulda had LEAST 1 person fluent in any language where they see common tourists. They was advanced enough to use all sorts of things modern. An they were clearly familiar with modern American an other Indo European people so at least SOMEONE shoulda been able to say something in least broken English.. basically THIS one thing is the WHOLE reason the movie happens, ability to communicate.
      That an the fact that modern various flame weapons are totally a thing.. an their plants that's the enemy too.. an during the natural of this rare an VERY both dangerous an aggressive plant due to the nature of such a tool/weapon woulda been obvious to deal with it. Since not so much as a spore can probably survive intense heat an fact that flames love to consume an burn away everything they touch.
      But EVERYONE has to be dumb, the locals don't think to be rid of it, an the cast characters don't think to even bring so much as a translator device or book to even try to talk which is also common sense.. But I digress movie gotta movie an there'd be VERY few movies at all pretty much or they'd just not be much if little things like these, that would totally not be issues in real life, happened in them too

    • @quirkyturtle6652
      @quirkyturtle6652 Год назад +1

      @@robertagu5533 eh fair enough but convincing some guy who knows English to dedicate their time staying near the pyramid seems kinda hard since hes just gonna be there out of his own free will just cause not like these people are getting paid to guard this thing. I don’t think that seeing random white people on the pyramid from time to time will make them familiar with them. Also I would like to point out there was a point in the movie where they make torches and the vines snatch the torches into them with ease so they’re not exactly easy to burn probably can but it’s gonna be hard. Since this is a proper plant and not a fungus probably dealing with seeds and not spores that’s no important just wanted to say that though some seeds can survive fires quite well.

    • @I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad
      @I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad Год назад +2

      "just torch the plant"
      Also The Plant: Literally yeeted the torch out of women hand

    • @gustavocardoso8758
      @gustavocardoso8758 Год назад +1

      Man nobody in the world speaks latin anymore, its been a dead language for centuries

  • @GTIGage
    @GTIGage 2 года назад +31

    Plants eating animals, how creepy. Great video

  • @RobinJay1939
    @RobinJay1939 2 года назад +11

    I remember seeing this movie in theaters and to this day I still get freaked out when I remember the girl cutting off bits of herself to try to get the vines out of her. There's something so viscerally horrible about something crawling around under your skin

  • @ttrestle
    @ttrestle 2 года назад +20

    Thank you for covering this film/book. It seriously traumatized me when I first saw it and I was an adult! I think it made me think about it for days because I feel like there’s probably a plant out there in space that actually exists like this. Also, the people around the ruins who prevent them from leaving are the heroes of this film. They didn’t want to kill anyone, but they recognize the importance of keeping humanity safe. The only problem I had with the film is that it needed some editing and had parts of the film that seemed to long.
    EDIT: removed a duplicate word

  • @jerrymandarren
    @jerrymandarren 2 года назад +24

    Real talk, on actual trips it’s when you go off plan or on the spur of the moment when situations develop and you can find yourselves in a survival situation.

  • @974cerebrate
    @974cerebrate 2 года назад +17

    We need so many more movies where plants and fungi are lethal. Instead of having films about zombies every single year.

  • @Xzana13
    @Xzana13 2 года назад +57

    This movie is amazing and the book is a must read if you love body horror. The ending in the book is so much darker than the movie but I love all the endings. If you liked the movie definitely check out the book. It still makes my arms and legs itch and squirm to think about. Great video!

    • @sebastiengendron6427
      @sebastiengendron6427 2 года назад +1

      Spoil me, what happens in the ending of the book?

    • @Dat-Boi-Camoja
      @Dat-Boi-Camoja 2 года назад

      Where can I read it

    • @AkaChibiness
      @AkaChibiness 2 года назад +20

      @@sebastiengendron6427 they all died. The movie swapped the characters' roles quite a bit but it ended with Stacy slashing her wrists to commit suicide so that she can leave her body at the front of the hill as a warning. But the vines drag her away while she was still alive and consume her, all while the Mayans were packing things up and leaving because they knew she was the last one left and would die soon. Thus, there were no warning signs (the vines were smart enough to remove any other signs), so the remaining Greeks and some girls inevitably arrives and doomed themselves as well.

  • @23Revan84
    @23Revan84 2 года назад +36

    Love this movie, I always love those old lore horror movies. Thanks for the vid man, love your polls.

  • @brandondavis7777
    @brandondavis7777 2 года назад +43

    You need to do a colab with Roanoke Gaming. You can explain the lore, he can explain the biology.

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  2 года назад +26

      That would be dope! Professor Roanoke and Dr FilmComics :)

    • @alexischavez3238
      @alexischavez3238 2 года назад +1

      I would love to see this! Them and wow such gaming are my favorite!

  • @MassEffect1988
    @MassEffect1988 2 года назад +16

    I liked the ending where the vines are seen growing on the gravestone of one of the characters 👍 it was a deleted scene/alternate ending

    • @Charlie94781
      @Charlie94781 Год назад +1

      Well congratulations Amy… you’ve brought a homicidal plant into a population center full of innocents who will become a giant Slurpee for the vines.

    • @Snoozbttn
      @Snoozbttn Год назад

      I do as well!! I didn’t expect that.

  • @EverythingFan02
    @EverythingFan02 Год назад +6

    I recommend the book for anyone interested. It delivers on the paranoia and hopelessness that gets lost in the gore horror and lack of narration in the film.

  • @ZhengLuhuan
    @ZhengLuhuan 2 года назад +11

    Tbh at first glance I thought the thumbnail said "The Runs" and not "The Ruins" and I was like "What does carnivorous plants have to do with diarrhea issues?"

  • @k1ngh0rus46
    @k1ngh0rus46 2 года назад +3

    I believe I've said it before I absolutely love your videos in the detail you go into explaining a movie as to where a person doesn't have to watch it but being able to understand it so much more. Great video

  • @arkhamasylumno1orderly850
    @arkhamasylumno1orderly850 2 года назад +8

    This film and book are both a guilty pleasure , thanks for covering it

  • @joebusse8586
    @joebusse8586 2 года назад +10

    I love how you explain the plot as well as the creatures

  • @OpenBiolabsGuy
    @OpenBiolabsGuy 2 года назад +8

    Imagine a horror movie where the victims can call for help, but every time they try they either get interrupted by the antagonist, or they can’t give the authorities their location because they don’t know and rescue agencies don’t automatically know where people are calling from, especially if they’re calling on a satellite phone in the middle of the wilderness and locating them takes some detective work in and of itself.

  • @MrHellsing76
    @MrHellsing76 2 года назад +14

    Kudos to the locals who know what the place is, but you think they would, idk, set the whole pyramid on fire and salt it further through the years to just and push it back into the ruins to better control the thing?

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  2 года назад +4

      Yeah they should have burnt the whole place for sure

    • @antonioarreola3097
      @antonioarreola3097 2 года назад

      @@filmcomicsexplained In "The Girl with all the gifts" they burning a large group of seed pods, but while many were destroyed outright a lot of the seeds/spores got carried into the air by the heat induced updraft and spread even further. The locals probably fear burning the pyramid will stead seeds somewhere else.

    • @Charlie94781
      @Charlie94781 Год назад +3

      An industrial size tank of Roundup attached to a firehose would have melted the psycho plants without any issues

  • @DonPandemoniac
    @DonPandemoniac 2 года назад +13

    Found it to be a surprisingly effective horror movie. Reminds me that I do need to read the book sometime. Thank you!

  • @HistoryandHeadlines
    @HistoryandHeadlines 2 года назад +9

    Would you like to see a sequel?

  • @mechasoldier2791
    @mechasoldier2791 2 года назад +59

    I remember watching this movie and finding Amy the most insufferable character.

    • @ab5olut3zero95
      @ab5olut3zero95 2 года назад +7

      And that’s saying something as they’re ALL completely insufferable.

    • @reneebrady8389
      @reneebrady8389 2 года назад +8

      I agree! I was bummed that she "made it", lol

    • @csalvo3653
      @csalvo3653 9 месяцев назад

      This movie is pretty bad tbh, watched it today with my girlfriend and what are these braindead decisions

  • @critapocalypse1836
    @critapocalypse1836 2 года назад +3

    There's a viral marketing campaign for The Ruins that involved a virologist or botanist testing the vine by placing some in his arm. I've never been able to find it but its really interesting that they had some idea of how the vines would infect someone.

  • @613aristocrat
    @613aristocrat 2 года назад +4

    I guess Amy didn't survive long enough to warn whoever found her of the danger.

  • @MrFireChops
    @MrFireChops 2 года назад

    I'll re-watch an entire movie beforehand just so I can watch your video explaining the ins and outs of said movie. Great work 👍

  • @blowdrolo
    @blowdrolo 2 года назад

    i could genuinely listen to you narrate paint dry 💕💕 love you babes tysm for your content xo

  • @brandonc5267
    @brandonc5267 2 года назад

    I requested this video so long ago makes my day to see you cover one of my favorite scary movies!

  • @TD-tc9dj
    @TD-tc9dj Год назад

    I remember watching this YEARS ago! I thought about it but could never find the title, awesome!

  • @ChicaLocaGB
    @ChicaLocaGB 2 года назад +3

    Thanks so much for this, I watched this years ago and it stuck with me but I couldn't remember the name.

  • @shannonbayley3684
    @shannonbayley3684 2 года назад +2

    Nice breakdown mate. Been a big fan of this movie since its release. Very underrated. It's actually filmed in my home state of Queensland, Australia. Wouldn't really notice it's not actually Mexico.

  • @boxertest
    @boxertest 2 года назад +4

    Ruins vs molotov cocktails thrown by locals on a daily basis would ahhh prune the site lol

  • @josephmassaro
    @josephmassaro 2 года назад +3

    Day of the Triffids - Deadliest plant movie ever!
    Ruins - Hold my chlorophyll smoothie.

  • @Andrew-zq3ip
    @Andrew-zq3ip Год назад +1

    This is the only book I have ever read nonstop from beginning to end in one sitting. Highly recommend

  • @damianstarks3338
    @damianstarks3338 2 года назад +7

    I remember this movie thanks for bringing this back to my attention.

  • @pixystixnfairycrack
    @pixystixnfairycrack 2 года назад +1

    I just finished reading the book this morning. Hop onto RUclips and what do I find? This! ^_^
    Talk about perfect timing.

  • @AncestorEmpire1
    @AncestorEmpire1 Год назад +1

    To quote Pinhead from Hellraiser Inferno:
    “Ah the eternal human refrain. Please help me, I don’t understand”
    That summarizes this movie to me”

  • @trevor3013
    @trevor3013 2 года назад +5

    Wow blast from the past. I remember this movie XD. I think I hated it as a kid but I also don't remember a thing about it at the same time

  • @xavierwellons5210
    @xavierwellons5210 2 года назад +4

    This is why I subscribed to you… I actually seen you a few years ago and you didn’t even ask to like and subscribe lmao maybe you forgot but I think you are aware to know when editing. Thank you for the quality.

  • @redpandafirefox9434
    @redpandafirefox9434 2 года назад +10

    God I know their desperate but Amy was so damn stupid... Roanoke could agree. Also as another commenter said, you and Roanoke need a colab

  • @bitters879
    @bitters879 2 года назад +4

    Been looking forward to this one!

  • @The.Nasty.
    @The.Nasty. 2 года назад +1

    The Ruins is so good, always makes my skin crawl, man.
    Seen it like 3 times now, I highly recommend it.

  • @r01d2
    @r01d2 2 года назад +5

    after finishing first time watching this movie, i was thinking they should inform Mexican government about the danger and Napalm the whole pyramid lol

  • @wongpatrick3631
    @wongpatrick3631 2 года назад +2

    This is classic. I still remember how the vines are growing inside the body

  • @edwardwilliams2438
    @edwardwilliams2438 Год назад

    This movie came out in 2008 and I was a late bloomer. I had just got my first cell phone and was just fascinated by it's functions. When I say the wellwith the red flowers...and was fooled by the ringing...then saw the vibrating staymens..I justa bout lost my s&*% sitting in that darkened cinema. Really creeped me out...this was very good movie. Like your channel...... a very nice critique and review...Kudos!

  • @mateusmello759
    @mateusmello759 2 года назад +2

    The child scene is a gem. Tense af. The locals are desperate, but they had nothing else to do

  • @RicoGda_boogeyman74
    @RicoGda_boogeyman74 2 года назад +7

    Watched this movie a few months ago and had a nightmare about me being there😳
    This was a great movie

  • @markoyamashitach
    @markoyamashitach 2 года назад +1

    wow! another movie I missed on released I managed to find because of channels like this. this is why distributors should let people do these types of videos instead of beingso uptight about it! Thanks! I'll be checking it out!

  • @tochukwuudu7763
    @tochukwuudu7763 2 года назад +4

    Rebuffs like a giga chad😂💀

  • @blonde7321
    @blonde7321 2 года назад +6

    I hate it when that happens

  • @Johngoes.outdoors
    @Johngoes.outdoors 2 года назад +4

    I’ve been waiting for this one 🔥🔥

  • @BRBonGiediPrime
    @BRBonGiediPrime 2 года назад +6

    That's a truly terrifying concept.

  • @xxalanamazingxx
    @xxalanamazingxx 2 года назад +2

    Bruh i remember watching this as a kid on cable and falling asleep sitting up

  • @slayerdoomguy1503
    @slayerdoomguy1503 2 года назад +5

    Not going to lie but I thought a serial killer was there all along it was grass plants. Love this movie

  • @G32hero
    @G32hero Год назад

    “Like a gigachad” came WAY out of left field, so funny

  • @madambutterfly1997
    @madambutterfly1997 2 года назад +7

    What a calamitous cliché that was. What happened to letting buried things stay buried

    • @thedorkone1516
      @thedorkone1516 Год назад +1

      To quote Terry Pratchett: “Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”

    • @madambutterfly1997
      @madambutterfly1997 Год назад

      @@thedorkone1516 well said

  • @AnnoyingMystery
    @AnnoyingMystery Год назад +2

    I remember watching this movie when I was younger even though I didn't intend to (it was playing on a tv in the same room I was in and I didnt start paying attention at all until the scene with the girls going down into the ruins) and the scene with the blonde girl going crazy about cutting the vines out of her traumatized me and refused to ever leave my mind, especially as someone with OCD. That scene played in my head on repeat even as I debated whether to watch this video lol.

  • @XGlite015
    @XGlite015 2 года назад +3

    Plants, they're either your best ally (Plants vs Zombies) or your worst enemy (The Happening, The Ruins).

  • @garzapinups
    @garzapinups Год назад +2

    The alternative ending would’ve been so cooool to see!

  • @r01d2
    @r01d2 2 года назад +3

    from how few the setting place, the actors, basic plot sounds like B movie, I thought this was a small movie, but surprise me on behind the scene they actually well equiped and even have many plenty body replacement for every body scene

  • @warmac88
    @warmac88 Год назад

    Great video bro. Love it. Keep it up

  • @abominableslothman
    @abominableslothman 2 года назад +1

    Come for the content, stay for the banger outro music.

  • @latinojackson9694
    @latinojackson9694 2 года назад +3

    What really gets me is that the girl that set off the entire movie is the only one that survives...😡

  • @patricknorris9334
    @patricknorris9334 2 года назад +2

    "The carnivorous plants from the ruins explained". Love both of your channels but you and roanoke gaming have a lot of repeated content between the two. He did almost exactly this video a year ago. But, I'll still watch give a like and such because I can't get enough of this kinda content (just wish there was a bit of a broader diversity in movies covered). No shade great content either way👍

  • @DuxbergMW3
    @DuxbergMW3 2 года назад +1

    Great vid as always bud, my recommendations for future vids,
    The Sphere
    Devil
    Saturn 3

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  2 года назад +1

      Good choices!

    • @DuxbergMW3
      @DuxbergMW3 2 года назад +1

      @@filmcomicsexplained thanx bud, that robot really freaked me out when I was a kid

  • @oosmosmoo
    @oosmosmoo 2 года назад +2

    Underrated movie. This was awesome to watch in the theater.

  • @AkaChibiness
    @AkaChibiness 2 года назад +6

    Movie vs Book differences:
    In the book, a Greek man ("Pablo", but his real name is Demetri) who doesnt speak English joins their group. He's the one who fell down the shaft and broke his back, causing the vines to eat his legs and the group being forced to cut them off. The whole time he's sick with fever and has no way of communicating with the rest of the group, so its likely he didn't know they were going to cut off his legs until they finally did.
    Movie!Mathias seems to be a blend of himself and Book!Pablo.
    Book!Stacy is the one who got drunk and kissed one of the Greeks, but she did turn away when he tried to get her to join his tent. The vine tries to torment Eric by making up sounds of Stacy having sex with Mathias, which upsets Eric because Stacy has been known to be promiscuous.
    Book!Eric is the one who gets infected with vines. At a certain point he went insane and tried to flay his skin to remove the vines, stabbing Mathias and killing him in the process when he tried to stop him. He then begged Stacy to mercy-kill him, which she obliges.
    Book!Amy dies after she got into a fight with Jeff when he caught her eating their food/water rations AGAIN. She was drunk and puking and the vines stuffed themselves into her mouth to make her suffocate on her own vomit. Despite Jeff being a couple of feet away, he refused to help Amy because of their fight, being completely unaware that Amy was being suffocated because it was nighttime and too dark to see.
    Book!Jeff dies trying to sneak past the Mayans, hoping that the mist that rolled in would provide enough cover. It did not. They shot him down with arrows.
    Book!Stacy is the last one standing. After all of her friends have died, she slashes her wrist to try and leave her dead body at the front of the hill as warning to other visitors. The vines removed her while she was alive and consumed her, thus leaving no warning signs behind.

  • @ryanreviews8566
    @ryanreviews8566 11 месяцев назад

    the mayan blood explanation is pretty solid except for the part where the plant is somehow strong enough to move its vines around like they're human limbs lol cool concept still

  • @griljack
    @griljack 2 года назад +1

    I really love your videos and would love to see one on the 1992 movie Split Second

  • @Polyeurythane
    @Polyeurythane Год назад +3

    Never personally watched the movie only reviews, but the way they try to move Mathias (broken back guy) is hilarious to me. They did it the worst possible way, and if we go by the sound of the spine cracking alone, I’m pretty sure he would have been completely paralyzed or more likely dead given how you aren’t supposed to move a person with a broken back (and if you do, you do it as little and as seamlessly as possible to minimize possible continued damage). If anything pre-med guy should have been the one down there to help and he should have known the dangers of letting two untrained people transfer someone with a broken back and how easy it would be to kill the friend/boyfriend

    • @UnimpressedGoose
      @UnimpressedGoose Год назад +1

      They folded that man like a taco😂

    • @Michyhopey
      @Michyhopey 10 месяцев назад

      I loved how they “couldn’t” move hun away from the man eating vine either..poor sod !

  • @keithmckellar9913
    @keithmckellar9913 2 года назад +1

    I forgot what RUclips channel it was but the they explored the possibility of how a plant like this could be real and why type of plant it would be , it was a good video

  • @theblacksp1derman
    @theblacksp1derman 2 года назад

    This flick was def unexpected which made it very good 👍🏾

  • @critical_shot9292
    @critical_shot9292 2 года назад +3

    This is the one reason I’m glad napalm exists

  • @rm-cc4pm
    @rm-cc4pm 2 года назад +1

    Hi Niyat, great video, could you do "Strange Days" 1995 or put it in the poll, Thanks, Rob

  • @Theggman83
    @Theggman83 2 года назад +3

    Coronavirus plants? That's worse than Murder Hornets!

  • @BassLineProductionsI
    @BassLineProductionsI 2 года назад

    Didn't know this was a prequel to the Happening!

  • @Boyer316
    @Boyer316 2 года назад +1

    I watched this way back and thought it was pretty good but maybe I might revisit it, it's a surprisingly decent film.

  • @johnrandolph1989
    @johnrandolph1989 2 года назад +6

    If Poison Ivy watched movies, this'll probably be her favorite.😱

  • @JackSilver1410
    @JackSilver1410 Год назад

    I found a video putting out the idea that blackberries are actually carnivorous plants. Sometimes sheep will wander close to eat the new vines or fruit, but if they go too far in the brambles will get caught up in their wool. Sheep aren't grandly gifted with intelligence so they struggle for a bit and get more entangled before just kind of giving up on life. They end up dying of exposure and as they decompose they release tons of nutrients into the ground that gives the blackberries a huge boost.
    I'm not willing to say that it's 100% what's going on, but as someone who lives in a part of the world well overrun with blackberries, I can say that there is something about them that seems just slightly malevolent. Amazing jam, though.

  • @Nudhul
    @Nudhul 2 года назад +1

    The problem with the concept of a carnivorous plant of this sort is that movement takes a great deal of energy for them, so much so that forcing a venus flytrap to close its petals can cause it to die if there's nothing for it to consume.

  • @drlovec6925
    @drlovec6925 2 года назад +2

    When film comic retell the movie. I see now. The easier solution is throw some vines / bushes at the local and have them end one another to escape. (Before the whole broke his leg and were stuck there for days)
    Jokes aside. Seeing as to how close the local kids got to this supposedly dangerous pyramid. I assume that the elder and only a few warriors were educated in said danger. They didn't bother to keep the kids back at the village. (I'd say)

  • @skeletonyouth616
    @skeletonyouth616 2 месяца назад

    11:29 never noticed this in the movie wow it makes the ending way different

  • @kelvink9999
    @kelvink9999 2 года назад +8

    I wonder why the villagers never try to burn the vines from a distance

  • @duskbringer4583
    @duskbringer4583 2 года назад

    Those vines are really dangerous mimics, aren't they.

  • @jarrydharris1016
    @jarrydharris1016 2 года назад +1

    Love all your videos!

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  2 года назад

      Yay! Thank you!

    • @jarrydharris1016
      @jarrydharris1016 2 года назад

      @@filmcomicsexplained been watching for 2-3 years I think. Your “explanation” of vivarium was amazing still freaks me out! Keep up the great work and thank for responding, very unexpected and much appreciated my friend!

  • @ant1crist0
    @ant1crist0 Год назад

    Finally I found it! I thought this was a fever dream since the only thing I could remember was plants that killed people lmao, I was probably 4 or 5 when I watched it

  • @officialonyxobsidian
    @officialonyxobsidian 2 года назад +2

    This movie should be called "Wypipo being regular"

  • @dominick253
    @dominick253 2 года назад +1

    Excellent excellent film. Really enjoyed it.

  • @lopirobinson1991
    @lopirobinson1991 2 года назад +2

    Well these would surely be studied and used for medicine or weaponry. Poison Ivy from Batman would fall in love. Has no one tried fire?