The Quad

Issue date: 4/7/08 Section: Entertainment

Friday, April 4 marked the released on the highly anticipated horror movie from Paramount, entitled "The Ruins." The movie involves a group of friends vacationing in Mexico and then deciding to participate in an archeological dig. This unearths evil that is lurking within the ruins of the area, setting up the plot for this latest horror/thriller from Paramount. Actors Shawn Ashmore ("X-Men"), Laura Ramsey ("She's the Man") and Jena Malone ("Donnie Darko") recently participated in a college conference call to share their experiences working on the film with college journalists nationwide.



Q: […] How scary was the set as far as like at night whenever you weren't actually filming? Was it, did it have spooky characteristics to it or anything like that?



Ashmore: I think, you know, the interesting thing about the movie is that although it's a horror movie and a thriller and has all those elements, a lot of the film takes place in broad daylight, which is kind of an interesting idea and concept for a horror film. And it's amazing because you know, you can't hide from anything - all of these things that are happening are you know, and under the blaring sun, which almost makes it creepier because you can't turn away, you can't hide, there's nothing you know, you see it all.



Ramsey: Yea I think more the circumstances we were under, you know, like imagining the circumstance that we were faced with was the scary part, the set really wasn't that scary to me, it was you know, having to cry and scream that scared me. Hello?



Q: There's been a lot of movies out recently like scary movies like "The Ring" and "The Grudge," what do you think makes "The Ruins" different than all those types of movies that have been out recently?



Ramsey: Yea I'll take this one. I think personally the reason why it's more scary than the other movies is because this has sort of like a realistic factor to it, like you can actually picture yourself being in stranded somewhere and having to deal with, you know, a life or death situation and having to have survival, it's basically about, you know, survival and how to survive when you're faced with a life or death situation, so I mean I just think it's scarier because you can as a person you can compare it to like this ghost jumping out or this person trying to like murder you, it's more on an element of survival and human instincts.



Ashmore: And I really think like the scariest part and the most horrific things that happen in this film our characters do to each other, so it's not as if there's someone stalking us or there's like some guy that's jumping out of a closet with a knife, it's like the thing that's really scary and really terrifying is watching these characters sort of break down and get to the point where they will you know, whether it's a couple or friends or whatever, where they get to a point where they will harm each other for survival. […]

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