This week the movie The Ruins comes out on DVD. I always found Mayan history really interesting, especially the idea that there was an ancient very advanced culture which could just disappear with only a few descendants and cultural and physical artifacts to tell their tale. The characters in The Ruins go seeking a vacation adventure in Mayan archeological hiking. What they find is a carnivorous and sentient plant, bent on destroying them. I don’t think a super-intelligent hungry vine is really what ended the society of the Maya, but watching humans being stalked by a vegetable can be good viewing fun. I couldn’t help thinking of Little Shop of Horrors while watching though. (more…)