Carter Smith

The Ruins: Delving into the Gripping Terror of Nature Gone Awry

“And May the Cursed Be the Ground for Our Sake”: An Ode to ‘The Ruins’ In the underbelly of horror cinema lies the 2008 film “The Ruins,” a piece that finds its terror rooted not in the supernatural, but in the very flora we tread upon. Directed by Carter Smith and based on the novel…