The quartet decide to tag along with Mathias in the hope of seeing some real Mayan ruins. Heinrich left to go see the ruins of the novel’s title and Mathias hasn’t heard from him since. In the novel, American college students Amy, Eric, Stacy and Jeff meet Mathias, a German tourist looking for his brother Heinrich. This quote was unsurprisingly featured on the cover of the book’s paperback edition. It does for Mexican vacations what Jaws did for New England beaches in 1975… the best horror novel of the new century.” There are no chapters and no cutaways-The Ruins is your basic long scream of horror. No quietly building, Ruth Rendell-style suspense here Smith intends to scare the bejabbers out of you, and succeeds. “The Book of the Summer: That would be The Ruins, by Scott Smith, last heard from in 1993 (A Simple Plan, later filmed by Sam Raimi from Smith’s script). Even Stephen King praised the novel, writing: It was only his second novel, and is currently still his only one since his debut novel A Simple Plan struck gold in 1993. When The Ruins was released on July 18, 2006, it received universal acclaim. Scott Smith’s novel was the hot topic of the mid-2000s. ***SPOILERS for the film and book versions of The Ruins below.*** *I’ll be referring to each Smith using their first and last names to prevent confusion. On its 10th anniversary, we take to take a look at the film’s origins, production and reception, because it’s a good film goddammit and it finally deserves some respect. Though it was critically panned upon its initial release (a film about killer flora that takes itself seriously will have that effect on people), the film has found a small cult following in recent years. 10 years ago today, Carter Smith‘s ( Jamie Marks is Dead) film adaptation of Scott Smith‘s* ( A Simple Plan, no relation to Carter) novel The Ruins was released in theaters nationwide.
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