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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…
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Crash Analysis: POISON FOR THE FAIRIES (Mexico, 1984)
Unexpected horror surprise for the humans One of Mexico’s best in the genre Oftentimes, when I put a movie into my Netflix queue, I know very little as to why it suddenly showed up on my recommendation page at a particular moment, and never beforehand. Therefore, somehow, someway, the unanticipated treasure, POISON FOR THE…