Tag: Jena Malone

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: The Ruins 10th Anniversary

    The Ruins Celebrates Ten Years of Horror For some reason, Carter Smith’s The Ruins hasn’t earned the accolades it deserves, but with its ten year anniversary, maybe fans should give it another go – or take a gander for the first time. Based on Scott B. Smith’s best selling novel, Jonathan Tucker, Shawn Ashmore, Jena…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Movies in the Morgue

    Horror is best served on a cold slab in the morgue… As odd as it sounds, Movies in the Morgue, rue or otherwise, is a rare thing in horror. Simply put, not many films in the genre have explored or exploited what one might think would be an overused setting, device, or gimmick. Even so,…

  • The Ruins (2008) by Billy Crash

    The Ruins 2008: Far from Cliché  A triumph? The Ruins 2008 is based upon the novel by Bruce B. Smith, who also wrote the screenplay. The beginning offered the usual, hackneyed fair: four American college students on a trip to Mexico. Snooze. Thankfully, I hung on, and witnessed one great dramatic tale of foreboding. Our college…