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'The Ruins'

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It would have been too easy for the old-time grindhouse hucksters to hype "The Ruins" with such in-your-face admonitions as: "You'll Never Trust Your Houseplants Again After You See ... THE RUINS!" Even though that's probably true, this particular serving of Saturday night gore is garnished with more measured-than-usual doses of creative tension and metaphorical possibility. Make no mistake, though....

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