The RUINS

This week, Will and Lee venture deep into the heart of the Mexican jungle for a close examination of the 2008 horror hit The Ruins. Join them as they explore how author Scott Smith adapted his best-selling novel for the screen, unpack the film's chilling themes of isolation and paranoia, and dissect how the film fits squarely into Blake Snyder's classic "Monster in the House" framework.

the ruins scareology

As covered in our episode on The ruins here we have the script to scream scareology graph. A visual representation of the scares in the film. The graph shows how scary a moment was and its timestamp, giving you a visual guide as to whether the film adhered to the oft discussed 10 minute rule…

script samples

To illustrate some of the elements, ideas and concepts we discuss in the episodes we have included some script samples for you to look at, learn from and get inspired by. Below are some samples from the script from the ruins.