How To Beat The MAN-EATING VINES In "The Ruins"

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[@popularguygaming]

There's an alternate ending showing Amy's grave after she had escaped, obviously telling us that she died shortly escaping the pyramid and making it back to the US, a caretaker for the cementary is shown walking past her grave while whistling but all the sudden he hears a slight hum coming from her grave, it's revealed that it's actually the carnivorous plant's flowers mimicking his whistle, tricking the caretaker into touching it, this means that the carnivorous plant has escaped the confines of the pyramid by growing out of her body, meaning that it's about wreck havoc across the US and possibly the world.

[@ziyolore2008]

so the plants are working with the zombies now?

[@Chavanun555]

@@ziyolore2008 damn its good that they scratched that ending

[@justacrystal567]

I thought there was an ending where it showed a plant or some thing moving in her eye or somewhere else as well.

[@LaLeakers24]

@@justacrystal567 that's the theatre version,

[@raheemfielder-bey998]

Little shop?

[@iwifnngi]

The ruthless people are actually doing their best to protect the entire Globe. They're preventing the spread of vine zombies.

[@gamerleal9265]

They are unknown heroes that will do whatever it takes to keep the vines at bay.

[@kien9350]

But why didn't they Burn the plant?

[@karaax4006]

@@kien9350 Too dangerous, spores, floating pieces that could grow. Best to leave it be

[@geo4322]

@@karaax4006 legalize nuclear bombs

[@geo4322]

@@karaax4006 in all seriousness bombs

[@lordvika2526]

The simplest way to survive the ruins is not going to the ruins. Even if you did go to them, don't go all the way up to it especially when you see the ground is salted around it.

[@wafflestoast4546]

i didnt realized the ground was salted but i did notice that the plants didnt grow anywhere else along the path they passed on or over the pit.

[@lordvika2526]

@@wafflestoast4546 yeah the way you prevent anything from ever growing is you salt the ground.

[@IrishSturmtruppenGodBlessUSA]

Pure. Logic.

[@lordvika2526]

@@IrishSturmtruppenGodBlessUSA Pure Logic is the way to beat every single one of the movies this channel talks about.

[@wafflestoast4546]

@@lordvika2526 i know what happens when you salt land. i just didnt realize that the circle around the temple was salted. its not something you would pick up on right off the bat in the movie.

[@michaelhowell2326]

I found this movie once totally by accident and thought it would be horrible. I watched it bc there wasn't anything else I hadn't seen. I'm glad I did bc it's great.

[@lordvika2526]

Yeah it's most definitely a sleeper movie.

[@SwixDom]

Bc

[@BosoxPatsfan603]

I was pleasantly surprised myself!

[@nollypolly]

Same. Was fantastic!

[@Lucivius27]

It's good adaptation but the Plant in the book is more devious and deceptive than the movie.

[@anonymoususer8076]

This movie was insane, I liked that the med student had to apply his knowledge to save his friends and how he ultimately sacrificed himself for another to escape. There was many unpredictable moments where I assumed that another person was going to be killed off only for them to last a lot longer thanks to help from others in the group. Unpredictable horror movies are the best!

[@nevergnnagiveuup9143]

True

[@user-cy7bg5qy4k]

actually it’s revealed in an alternate end scene that she died shortly after, and spread the plants, possibly killing the world

[@zenith3180]

@@user-cy7bg5qy4k dont really think it can kill the whole world population, surely scientists and the government can contain this plant. If a mayan tribe can contain the plant, then the world can surely can.

[@Numbuh24Insane]

@@user-cy7bg5qy4k Let's be honest, there's no way those vines would kill the entire world or humanity.

[@greentornadofx]

@@Numbuh24Insane bro, look at covid, lol

[@Solararisa]

So basically the villagers weren't the antagonist, they were just trying to contain a contagious parasitic plant from plaguing the world. But our main character (Amy) escapes and never tells anyone about it from the looks of the alternate ending. It was honestly hard to root for them.

[@jolynecujoh1625]

100% agree ! The protagonists were pointlessly selfish. They knew that there was a high likelihood that they were infected but still wanted to escape anyway

[@jbear3478]

Agreed. Amy is selfish

[@NeoNeonGreen]

@froog probably

[@bao_dumpling7682]

haha, root

[@miraculousladybugandfriend3152]

Right! In the novel, no one escapes. The last one slits her wrists at the base of the hill as a warning, but Stacy has her body dragged away by the plants instead. So the people who come to rescue her, go straight into the ruins and it's too late again

[@stephanielalamom]

There are 2 endings to this movie. The one ending just shows her driving away and the other ending shows a vine wiggling across her forehead as she drives away.

[@infinitekurosoul]

really? where can you find the other ending, I've never seen it?\

[@MrOleRone]

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[@krishanubanerjee6955]

Yes. I saw the other one, which is why I got confused when HTB said the final girl got away. She doesn't. As the movie ends, she is hearing the characteristic whistling sound of the flowers, as a vine starts burrowing into the skin around her eyes. She's on borrowed time, and more frighteningly, she's probably going to carry the vines into the nearest population zone before she collapses.

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[@scarletaria]

What he doesn't mention is that in the end of the movie you can see the vines on Amy too. She unknowingly tool the parasite with her when she escaped.

[@kickinwinghotboi883]

It moves underneath her skin on her face as she's driving away!

[@infinitekurosoul]

It's really hard to see with the glare from the windshield and the dirt on her face, I can't see anything moving are you sure?

[@kickinwinghotboi883]

@@infinitekurosoul I'm pretty sure. I don't know if there's a difference between the regular version and the unrated version but we have the unrated version. 🤷

[@invaderhorizongreen8168]

@@kickinwinghotboi883 unrated is extended, regular is not.

[@jeonghanism]

​@@infinitekurosoul according to wikipedia, op's comment is one of the alternate endings i think

[@thehippie3610]

Two alternate endings- 1- She dies and is buried in a graveyard and the flower is growing from her grave. 2- She escapes and it zooms in on her eye and shows a vine in it.

[@admiralbiatch1988]

The villagers could have put up signs in spanish warning saying danger as well as ones saying not to approach the pyramid due to "toxic plants". It may not have stopped them, but it would have made them wary of approaching the vines on the pyramid. Also, a makeshift barricade of piled sticks and logs around the pyramid could hindered anyone approaching or leaving the pyramid.

[@leonardoherrera9059]

Funny enough in the book one of the last survivors tries to put up a sign to warn people not to go on the pyramid but the vines pull it down. Also in the book the other friends show up with a new group looking for the old one.

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

@@leonardoherrera9059 Well the book has a major problem with the entire point of the salt then.

[@renatoramos8834]

Yes. It always felt ridiculous that for something so dangerous, they had basically no guard around it. Also, why not burn the pyramid down?

[@Chiefteeth1]

@@renatoramos8834 as someone else stated in the book the plant pulls down the sign. I wouldn’t be surprised if it had somehow adapted to be fireproof.

[@renatoramos8834]

@@Chiefteeth1 Ridiculous. Taking a sign down with telekineses now?

[@ronthornton6398]

In the book, the plant sap is corrosive, and the vines set a trap on the rope pulley by interweaving themselves in the little pulley. Literally unavoidable trap

[@raadalsalehy9223]

Damn that's smart like rlly smart

[@5wheels178]

This should have been kept, in the film it looks like they just didn't bother checking the rope.

[@ronthornton6398]

@@5wheels178 they deleted so many game-changing moves from the plants. In the book they're an actively hunting predator, barely held in place by salted earth. In the movie its like oh spooky flower oh no

[@listinglazily]

@@ronthornton6398 Does the book have the same title as the movie?

[@ronthornton6398]

@@listinglazily yup, same title and all!

[@nafinbong9222]

Watched this movie when I was younger and had nightmares for at least a week because there was some kind of plant on the side of my house that had grown through the cracks near my window and poked into my room.

[@xretrox4923]

Of god younger me would have nightmares for years going its gonna get me its gonna get me 😂😂😂

[@hamtaromachina]

That's so fucking cute.

[@obesus787]

lol, that’s horrible

[@luckypeonies3665]

There is a reason the locals kill people who have barely touched the vines. It’s likely not something that can be escaped that easily after coming into contact with it.

[@omariburford]

Sooo why didn't the locals shoot them when they had a clear shot.....could have ended the movie in 15 mins 🤔

[@papapetunia4905]

@@omariburford yea they were willing to bring a child to a place they know is super dangerous an ontop of that they shot him wtf. But won’t shoot the tourists? Shallow(lazy) writing , no explanation nothing ?

[@supergaming8856]

​@Breaking_limits fr once they went up if anyone came down they should've shot immediately

[@omariburford]

@@supergaming8856 ikr if their was no cure for that plant and it was super deadly they should have taken quick action

[@nikkiolson8732]

Yep and they tried to warn them, but once they went to far, they had no choice to force them up the pyramid as they knew they were now doomed/cursed/as good as dead.

[@jumblack7684]

This was always the movie I sided with the villagers. They clearly have been saving the world for possibly thousands of years with absolutely no thanks. They salt the earth, sacrifice their own for the good of all and do everything in their means to keep people out. But a few tourists run in and possibly doom the world.

[@itsjustme8947]

Yeah, they did everything but learn some other languages. You know, THAT could have helped a whole bunch, lol! The world, destroyed. Cause of extinction: Failure to take a 'Rosetta Stone' course. 🙂

[@richietozier7091]

Best way to survive the Ruins: Listen to the Mayans who are making it extremely clear you should not be anywhere near that temple

[@johnnymacellister9286]

I think why the village are very scared of the plant and kills anybody whose slightly touched by the plant is because the plant dosen't really need an open wound or hole to enter the body I think the plant seeds could enter even through the skin just by touching also hence the ending where the girl escaping shows she's infected too

[@classical232]

I'm just confused why they didn't burn the plants or try to kill it, if it's fire resistant we gotta understand how the plant dies. If it isn't fire resistant why didn't they wear gloves put the plants inside the temple and throw some fire on to it

[@johnnymacellister9286]

@@classical232 Hmm I think the locals think of the plant as a deity or some God and the people stuck inside didn't have the raw materials to built a fire that big to be able to burn the plant down

[@classical232]

@@johnnymacellister9286 I guess so but I'm curious to know if the plants are able to be burned

[@tr33chimes48]

@@classical232 There is a possibility that the plant will release spores or some type of chemical to spread the infection, similar to poison ivy or oak.

[@lordmaddrox]

@@classical232 some plants are extemely toxic when burned also if i recall right their are rare breeds of plants that seeds are spread in fire ( fire builds pressure in the pod causeing it to explode alot like popcorn sending the seeds flying out in a widedpread hopeing to land where the fire has already burned through ). Just 2 quick reasons i think they might not have tried to kill it with fire perhaps.

[@anonsage7869]

so one thing that wasn't mentioned was the vegetation was actually growing on their clothes. So in the act of getting away she could have possibly doomed the forest the villagers and wherever else she travels to with those clothes on her.

[@aaronmccray7086]

The last shot is the plant life growing under her skin. She doomed most of the planet. No idea how he missed that.

[@billb100]

It's an alternate extended ending. In one version it zooms on her face and there's nothing but in the other a plant wiggles under her skin and later a groundskeeper at a cemetery finds the plant growing out of her grave as he was whistling a tune and the plant mimics it back at him.

[@apocratos0174]

@@billb100 that ending is sad and scary...

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

@@aaronmccray7086 Honestly some birds or something should have spread it long before people would. But the rest of civilization would probably have a better chance at figuring the plant out and how to deal with it and maybe cure the infection, as opposed to the people there who just salted the ground.

[@anonsage7869]

@@kamikeserpentail3778 you would think the birds would. But it was mentioned the animals learned to avoid the area. Likely starved of sustenance they probably preyed on any animal that lost its Darwin award to stay moist. Imo I'd embrace the DnD tactic a burn it for a few days till its it's dead.

[@sageseeker9197]

In most horror movies, you could survive by being respectful. Like, it's hella disrespectful to treat sacred places like a tourist attraction, especially when the locals themselves do not treat it like a tourist attraction and actually do not want anyone foreign going near it.

[@etienne8110]

That is also part of the morale of such stories: behaving stupidly/irreverently/disrespectfully will cause your death/put you in danger. Same reason why in most folklore stories you get rewards for helping old ladies to carry their firewood or groceries (they turn out to be faeries/witch giving you a blessing or whatever) ^^ Good deeds are rewarded. Stories have morales, duh.

[@jeambeam3173]

Yeah and in no way do you go in the middle of no where in an undocumented area in Mexico. Your just asking to die or go missing

[@eileenconway2966]

Tourists should be treating the people and the land with respect anyway.

[@mitchellwright5478]

I know this is unrelated, but what you said about listening to the locals really is important. This summer up where I live in Southcoast Massachusetts, it’s basically just swamps and woodlands, minus like 2 actual cities, but our national forests are known to have people disappear go figure, some kid from Syracuse U came up here to take photos of the summer foliage at Freetown State Park, he still hasn’t been found since, no body, no bag, nothing, but a bunch of the older folk in my town told me he came around to ask questions, and when they told him it’s best not be in the State Forest alone, or after dark in general, he told them his plan was to camp out there. Which you’re not even allowed to do for one, it’s a state PARK. Listen to the fucking locals kids, they’ve lived there longer than you

[@LoganWH8]

I would’ve survived this movie because I wouldn’t have left the hotel. I feel for the German guy losing his brother, but to quote a vine “forget Billy, Billy’s dead!” No one has ever been found alive after going missing in the wilderness. That just doesn’t happen. Also, if you go anywhere far away from civilization without telling anyone exactly where you’re going ahead of time, you deserve what you get.

[@rogueliker2484]

Quote a VINE?

[@Kawa-Yuki]

That’s a tad bit cold don’t you think? I’d certainly go looking for my brother and would never believe that someone deserves to die for not telling people exactly where they were going when they were on vacation…

[@jonathanw1019]

*Ahem* "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

[@Aced84]

You deserve what you get? Sheesh

[@huntsman9316]

Deserve what you get? That’s the worst logic for this situation lol.

[@electricrainbowskull]

I will never understand why they left him right beside the vines, like you've seen them move and take his legs in the day time and they still left him there

[@CJ_1406]

Tbh, the guy who died first is probably the luckiest out of all them since he didn't he have to suffer a horrible death and not going to experience trauma.

[@eila2635]

"These people are terrified of a plant that could probably kill everyone on the continent. Let's help the plant"

[@capyblap1249]

this is why you don’t want to be vegan

[@retro_mac138]

I dont understand why the villagers didjt just kill them at the start. They clearly where starting problems (especially after the kid was shot from touching vines thrown by tourists). Shouldve capped them the second they touched a vine

[@herman8210]

only 2 of them touched the grass so only 2 have quickly killed. As to others, the villagers cant kill them because they had not contacted the plant but they cant release them either because because of them the child had to be killed (plant accidently thrown to the child)

[@Katie-yv4dw]

In the books it's speculated that the Mayans have sort of a reverence for the vines, like once the vines touch someone, they belong to the vines, that is like their sacrifice.

[@dimitrilitovsk2372]

Mathias died the minute he fell. Unfortunately he had a massive spinal injury and the women who went to save him made it worse

[@gamerleal9265]

He became a Dead Man Walking.........I'll let myself out.

[@raadalsalehy9223]

@@gamerleal9265 you mean dead man unwalking

[@biggestradioheadfan]

@@raadalsalehy9223 LMAO

[@DarthPyrusTheVirus]

I wonder why the plants didn't infect him when they had all the time in the world to do so.

[@jymyrionwashington6849]

Yup true should been him survive, not her.

[@OhioWolf94]

I read the book years ago and loved it. Haven't watched the movie until semi recently. The ending is very different in the book and the plants are slightly different vs the movie. The movie gives almost a hopeful, or semi-hopeful ending, the book straight pulls no punches with the ending, even after death for most people the plants still win. I enjoyed it, if only because it was a very different type of horror book that I'd never read before.

[@coultersheppard2052]

Scrolling through the comments, I hear the movie's ending is quite grim, at least the alternate versions. There's one where, as Amy's driving off, the plant pulses around in her forehead, showing that she's infected. There's another, where a grave keeper whistles a tune, and her plant-possessed corpse whistles it back from within its grave. Something about a flower sprouting from said grave. She takes the plant out into the world, likely destroying all of humanity.

[@_Fimm]

I just noticed something, when he shows the pictures of who in the group dies, at the very end he slightly decolors another survivors portrait signifying that they are next

[@jessbread4670]

Something similar happened here in my local area Local peeps keep warning this white chick to not go further to the mountains because she might get lost and there are a lot of snakes swell as the mountains are unstable and some parts would break if stepped on She continues and ignored us Later she came back somewhere around 13 hours with bruises and snake bites She even had the audacity that the local people didn't save her when they know it's dangerous Lmao

[@rustyhowe3907]

God we have that here in Australia with tourists wandering off into the outback, the survivors blame the locals for not warning them when us locals are plastering signs, nagging and damn near screaming at them that our outback is dangerous. You just can't cure self entitlement mixed with utterly stupid.

[@jessbread4670]

@@rustyhowe3907 somethimes these types of people just need to experience the trauma that we try to help them avoid. If we let them be it will give them a hint on why we warned them

[@rustyhowe3907]

@@jessbread4670 Yup, there's only so much humanly possible you can do before civic duty ends and natural selection takes over.

[@Swirapy]

2 Possibilities of why the Mayans are stopping them from leaving 1. They do not want to spread the vines 2. In Mayan culture, people usually give gifts to the gods and blood is the best sacrifice. The vines are the gods and the tourists are just sacrifice

[@Nathan_Arroyo1219]

Because of this guy I have every piece of knowledge to survive anything. Anyway great video

[@EpicLulz000]

Because of this guy you wouldn't last a minute in any situation as it depends on many factors and your knowledge can be limited and vague in a stressful situation.

[@krishanubanerjee6955]

You're not surviving this one unless you manage to avoid touching any of the vines. 😏

[@SapphireStone9731]

OK but like the fact that when he mentions his sponsor, he does it at the perfect time in the smoothest way possible.

[@AlucardsSon]

That advertisement transition was so smooth that I actually had to say something. Well played

[@RetAeder]

I remember watching this movie when I was a kid. I’ve thought about it for a long time trying to remember the name. Sometimes I thought the movie may have been a dream I had, but here it is.

[@ericrobins5188]

You don't beat the ruins. Amy left and had vines in her growing which means she just spread the infection to the rest of the world.

[@ronyorobio7096]

I prefer the ending when she dies off camera, and then a man in a graveyard is whistling a song, then he hears the same sound coming from a tombstone. It is her tombstone and the sound is coming from one of those flowers, implying that by escaping this girl doomed the whole planet

[@markalexander3659]

As a nurse, I could not stop cringing the whole time they moved Mattias. They should have left him down there with someone guarding him (in case there WAS something down there like Stacy thought) and also with water and food.

[@justsomeguywithagoatee8337]

Those vines literally would ambush them (heh bush) and they are most mobile in the dark...

[@markalexander3659]

@@justsomeguywithagoatee8337 Yes, but nobody knew that at that point

[@eelanimations8382]

17:14 "Do not bring up anything in front of the plants." I find that to be quite the comedic sentence.

[@stephaniehoyland4901]

Here's a way to survive it when you see the locals telling you to avoid it and acting aggressively when you go near it, turn the other way, go back to the hotel and sit by the pool, relax with a good drink and a good book or go swimming and forget the creepy temple covered in murderous plants probably related to the Triffids

[@galaxyexe3627]

(I) Met a nice stranger, but a stranger none the less (II) Told them that he has a missing brother (III) Told them that his brother went missing at a area not mapped (IV) Clearly hadn’t filed a missing person report All these red flags and they still went with him, all I will say is this: they had what was coming to them. P.S. For @How To Beat to not have mentioned any of these, he must not be having a damn good day!

[@Chris_M_Romero]

After watching Roanoke Gaming's videos for years,I've come to appreciate these B-movie plots and settings. They don't have much to offer by themselves, but the implications of the reality these movies portray are horrifying. Intelligent, carnivore plants = no good for humanity.

[@jay_jade94]

I would love to see a prequel with the villagers discovering the plant and some of them successfully escaped and started to contain this parasite.

[@77raymann]

Good that she got away and can spread the deadly vine spawn all over the place 👍🏻

[@Nekoszowa]

This movie always creeped me out, the idea of something digging and crawling under my skin is uncomdortable.

[@nonoticarly8778]

I just finished the book of this. It's definitely more psychologically scary. Spoilers below. - - - - A lot of it is the same (what the book version of a character experiences is different than the film character.) Basically their fates are switched around. Dominik was actually Pablo (not his real name in the book, which they don't know until he dies), who is Greek. Pablo falls down the shaft and breaks his back (left screaming for hours in the mine). He's brought back up and eventually has his legs amputated. He then dies. In the book, Eric has the vines inside him. Amy is smothered by a vine and aspirates on her own vomit, Jeff sees but doesn't know what's happening til the next day. Matthias is stabbed by Eric. Jeff dies trying to escape. Stacy commits su*cide at the end, trying to be a warning on the trail but the vines drag her back. The boy is not killed in the book. The plants are acidic in the book.

[@thehappydragon9491]

My mom loved the book. She had mixed feelings when she finally saw the movie.

[@k1dn1ce76]

I hope you read the unabridged version of the novel, it's twice as long a read - around 14 hours instead of 7. The detail in it compared to the normal version is insane! It was actually one of my favourite horror survival novels years back and I read it several times, when I discovered the hugely extended version it was like enjoying a whole new and better version all over again.

[@KagagiouX]

Tales from the Dark Side (I think is the series) has an episode like this. Friends go to a wooden structure at a "swimming hole" that has a no swimming sign. Then 5hey get stuck out there by some entity that appears as an oil slick.

[@zedoplantao]

Creepshow?

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

I remember watching that, it really scared me as a kid.

[@drmantistobboggangonzodr3961]

@@zedoplantao Yep. Creepshow 2 I think? Based on Stephen King's short story "The Raft".

[@KagagiouX]

@@zedoplantao Yes yes! I had to look it up. Creepshow 2 - The Raft. There's another known as The Sand (movie) and of course this one (The Ruins).

[@VinStoutamire]

Creepshow 2

[@realtester1984]

I have some major issues about the idea of the plant threat in this movie. What keeps birds, insects or any other animals from spreading the plant spores anywhere? The wind? Rain run off? Honestly it is an interesting concept but doesn't go too far in reality.

[@ethanmcnulty3073]

he did say all animals and organisms don’t come near meaning they probably know about the dangers of the vines, and about the wind and rain run off, well, the weather is just built different i guess

[@realtester1984]

@@ethanmcnulty3073 I know he said that, but it is very unlikely in all honesty. Interesting concept but definitely full of holes

[@agoodpersonx]

I read the book, it is theorized that the plant is ancient and killed anything that came near it, after a time all living things evolved to stay away from it.

[@Kawa-Yuki]

@@agoodpersonx but then what stopped it from spreading before that?

[@realtester1984]

@@agoodpersonx that may be and accounts for the animals carrying off pollen. But not the wind and rain. To be fair I always over think almost anything and probably should just enjoy the story for what it is, but my brain just won't let it be lol

[@catkingforgets1431]

How to beat the ruins Step 1 : Dont go to the ruins

[@portablejea7014]

Flawless transition to the sponsor

[@momoeast1122]

that last advice is why I know I'll survive these kinds of horror movies. I've seen enough of horror movies to know ALWAYS listen to the villagers. But I do wonder if she has vines in her too and that's why the villagers were going to kill them when they got down.

[@raadalsalehy9223]

Oh she does theirs an extended version that proves it

[@p1nk3rt0n5]

When they were descending in the temple, holding on to the wall would also put less weight on the rope

[@generalred6260]

Ok, i'm not sure if they had the supplies for this but why didn't they try to burn the plants inside and outside once they figured out the sentience of the flora? I wrote this as soon as this was revealed, and just before HTB suggested it. Also don't understand why the locals didn't burn it.

[@NICO-7447]

The plant looks a bit like Efeu, wich can be toxic if you burn it.

[@badbandit790]

same with me, I was about to comment it until I saw your comment

[@badbandit790]

also cookie cat can't u just run away after you burn it so you don't get poisoned?

[@miceltusav88]

The locals might think it's a deity

[@johnnymacellister9286]

Well a life plant of that size would not just burn away with their limited supplies it will need a huge fire and a lot of fuel for the fire and maby the locals think that it's a deity that's why they didn't burned it down

[@winnetoukim3795]

yes, but how do i beat my depression?

[@SoulWafflePop]

You don’t, that’s the funny part

[@lazy_chicken5117]

Am I allowed to laugh at this?

[@WasOnlyMe]

Rope

[@redundantfridge9764]

@@lazy_chicken5117 The best comedy is the darkest, so yes.

[@ItsLandonMf]

@@redundantfridge9764 What's the difference between orphans and an apple in a tree? :D

[@Aphelion78]

This book was AMAZING! Most of the film's idiocy isn't present

[@caffelait]

If I were them, I would be scared of the med student, too. No normal person would be able to do this brutal surgery, or even to kill someone when they ask you to. He shows signs of a psychopath, if you ask me. I would be scared that he sacrificed me at some point in the story instead of sacrificing himself lmao Edit: Also, I would have tried to burn the plants. ALL of them. Why didn't they come up with that idea? Its the most logical.

[@glauxx5963]

he did those things out of mercy and a desire to help, though. he figured that removing Mathias’s legs would extract the vines from his body entirely, giving him more of a chance to survive. it made sense, what he did to Stacy, because she was destroying herself and killed her boyfriend as a result of her hysteria. how do we know things wouldn’t have gotten astronomically worse? i’d be much more wary of someone willing to watch me suffer tremendously for the sake of their own conscience. he was also visibly upset over the impromptu surgery, and i’m certain it wasn’t an easy choice for him to do what he did to Stacy.

[@justsomeguywithagoatee8337]

In a normal scenario, if he started lopping off limbs or killing people I'd get it, but here it makes sense. They don't have the luxury of choice. Without an amputation the man will die, his legs are useless and he can't even feel them. If he wants to survive, it's the correct move. Killing the woman is absolutely the correct move. She's crazy and we have no means of restraining her or imprisoning her without a fight and there's a good chance her sanity will only get worse after killing her boyfriend and kill us too. I agree, they should've burned them.

[@The_Queen_of_Hell]

As a med student, you nees to be absolutely decisive as a future healthcare professional. You do what is best for your patient at any other cost. His moves makes more sense than any stupid horror movie character unable to make logical decisions causing the lives of everyone

[@afriworia5020]

One of the first horror movies I watched, stuck with me for years.

[@marcusmiro7481]

After seeing the movie I decided to read the book... and what an EXCELLENT decision that was. It's my favorite book of all time. The movie is alright, but the book is amazing. It's really simple, short, and straightforward. And DEPRESSING. Just a bleak downward spiral from start to finish. Amazing book.

[@blueshellhater1845]

Honestly, I don't understand why the villager arrowed the first guy. He never touched the plants and came even less closer than Amy. It also should be obvious to them that the main characters don't understand them, so why not tell them to come closer. It's not like sign language is a forbidden concept

[@ghostdragon5735]

He took the camera from the girl who touched the plant. They actually believe that anything that comes in contact with the plant is automatically contaminated and that includes the camera

[@sofiapicasso1915]

There's different sign languages around the world and I doubt they're going to waste their time learning all of them to save a few tourists. The book the movie is based on also explains that the plants break any sign used to warn other people of their existence so they can't leave anything to warn people (and they also might want tourists to sacrifice themselves to apeace the plants somewhat)

[@roxans557]

I was thinking why not beckon to them with their hands? As far as I know, that's universal for come here/come closer towards me.

[@blueshellhater1845]

@@roxans557 yeah, that’s what I’m saying

[@blueshellhater1845]

@@ghostdragon5735 bruh thats insanely stupid, how they move the kid after he domed it? They’re smart enough to use guns after all

[@HenriqueLSilva]

The thing that annoyed me was that the blonde one was the second biggest threat to the group overall (not accounting the classic horror bad decisions). Her first decision when noticing the rope ended a decent height from the ground was to jump down first and wonder how to get back up second, getting herself badly hurt and adding another one to the list of people needing rescue inside the pyramid. Her bickering about supposed cheating despite there being no signs of it other than some moans she heard took their attention away from the German man, leading to his death. She directly killed her boyfriend and then asked to be killed in regret. Seriously, about 90% of the problems the group faced that weren't 100% on the plants were directly or indirectly caused by her.

[@FGCE40iez]

I hated her the entire movie xD

[@Ezephiel]

This is interesting because in the book, her boyfriend does all of these things. They just swapped all the actions to her for some reason.

[@The_Queen_of_Hell]

@@Ezephiel typical misogyny

[@miraculousladybugandfriend3152]

@@Ezephiel I was just coming in to say that she was very likeable in the novel and even sacrificed herself at the end instead of spreading the vines

[@marlison2297]

Great video! You just forgot to mention that in the end you can see a vine running through that girls face, so she is gonna die anyway too.

[@zcombs15]

on Hulu it is the normal ending. no vine unser her face but honestly u can see plant growth on ALL of their clothes. i figured they would be spreading it no matter what

[@ValerioRhys]

Its so easy to pre-analyze and tactically plan around a tragedy after it happens.

[@notdipperpines6626]

The book is much better than the movie and the vines are genuinely terrifying. their acidic to touch, can mimic any noise and smell (like food), and are intelligent. (SPOLIERS) Previous victims of the vines had tried putting up signs warning people to stay away but the vines destroyed them. They purposely keep the bodies hinden until they want the other victims to find them. They understand exactly how to mentally wear down their victims and use all kinds of psychological torture. Also in the book it's not a pyramid it's literally a gaint hill surrounded by a forest of vines and trees. When Jeff tries to run during the first night the vines alert the Mayans to exactly where he is.

[@ShinigamiComplex]

Does that mean the vines can read? 😂

[@murtazamustafa3937]

ur a life saver bro,i found this vid the moment i opened KZbin and i had a plate of food waiting for me to find the perfect vid]

[@christianmanalo7316]

Man i wanna see "How to beat Final destination 5" but it's okay! It will be a worth of wait! 😃

[@iAmILb1]

“If you were trapped in a jungle and a blood Thirsty plant was trying to eat you from the inside out what would you do”😂😂😂

[@mongooseunleashed]

Guess I'll die.

[@DrewishAF]

The party of this film's intro that doesn't make any sense is that the villagers who came in to yell at the group didn't speak Spanish or even English. Central and South America are filled with thousands of small villages of people who constantly rely on others to get all of the items they need for normal life. Obviously many of these more isolated places will have totally separate languages that won't be common to Spanish or English, but they will still need to interact with others who do. It's extremely common for the isolated villages to teach their kids about Spanish, at the very least, so they can communicate and engage in commerce. You will be extremely hard pressed to find a single place where nobody speaks Spanish in an area like this, and I have serious doubts that they would be so close to an area where can driver's can drive. The movie implies that they were trying to warm the group to stay away from the pyramid, but drawing weapons on someone almost always results in that person running the complete opposite direction, which would be towards the pyramid. They could have just as easily set their weapons down, waved a "no" motion side to side, and then waved for the group to "come here" rather than stand by the base of the pyramid. The film tests the villagers like they have never encountered another human or had to attempt communication with them. It's strange

[@gamerleal9265]

They certainly didn't make those firearms themselves and it's unlikely that they made the clothing that they were wearing.

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

Yeah, it's just one of those things where if you think about it for even a moment the holes are way to big. And what about signs or walls. If the salt stops the plants, there's no reason they can't have signs or walls built to keep people from even reaching the salt.

[@kyleellis1825]

Seems like they used the tourists as sacrifices to keep the vines appeased.

[@lord_haven1114]

You aren’t “beating the vines,” you’re escaping to bring them to other places and kill tons of people when you reach a population center. So good job I guess.

[@daniemay9321]

I like the movie but I really love the book. It was my first rated R experience haha

[@hollyhartwick3832]

I've used that same rattler trick. There have been a few times I've been really sick, bedridden and too weak to raise my voice enough to call for help from another room. To get the attention of my significant other when I needed something, like help getting to the loo or something to drink, I would shake a pill bottle or other small plastic or metal container filled with coins. Serves the same purpose as a bell without the need to buy a bell that I would rarely need to use.

[@ADM48.]

Wait, at the end, some vines show on Amy’s forehead. I’ve watched this a million times lol just rewatch!

[@stephanielalamom]

There is more then one ending to this movie. I have seen the other ending which shows the vine wiggling on her forehead as she drives away.

[@GoldYT722]

god i love this channel its so entertaining and fun to watch on your spare time i dont know why this channel doesnt have 10mil yet it should for how great it is and just amazing on the entertainment scale W vid as always

[@aaronmccray7086]

I can't understand why you didn't include that once you touched the plants, you're seeded and you CANT beat The Ruins. The woman destroyed the world by escaping! That's the entire ending; did you cut it off or miss that she has the plant in her now?

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

It feels like an obvious thing given how the villagers react, but realistically it's depicted as far too volatile to have actually been isolated to that one spot, and I think the rest of civilization could find a solution to it anyway.

[@gre3n3r]

I mean

[@master11050]

That's an alternate ending.

[@thehappydragon9491]

The book it's based on is different.

[@hrudaypatil564]

honestly the seed planting concept makes it almost impossible to survive this

[@andrewgibbons6074]

Just found this Channel recently and absolutely love it, not only are videos great but it gives me new movies to watch that iv never heard of

[@nathanielraydavis708]

One of the most affecting movies I have EVER seen.

[@goobermcnoober8140]

22:40 small problem with this tactic: the pyramid is literally *covered in vines*. I don't know how they're supposed to escape when they're being strangled to death.

[@jonathynbowman3828]

Didn't Amy end up with vines under her skin at the end of the movie

[@jacoblianhna5360]

We need a sequel and prequel to this movie.I watched it as a kid and the movie is sooo good and so unique

[@Shadowcat753]

Simple, don't mess with the Mayans in the first place, just go back to the car. Outside of the Artecs, these were the most destructive opponents you could fight in Central American - so I'm choosing a simple tactical retreat here.

[@aswathi3943]

I watched it when I was younger and it terrified me. Usually I love horror, but this idea was really terrifying.

[@magnusm4]

The biggest mistake honestly is trying to escape. Noticed throughout the movie that they all had blue skin. When one started growing vines they should've seriously stopped and figured this out. Villagers and animals won't come close, salted earth, kill kid on contact with vines, person grows cones inside, *all of them has touched the vines* and all of them are turning into smurfs. Shouldn't require sherlock to figure out the best course is burning the damn thing and taking yourself with it. Preferably gesturing the man to shoot you in the head.

[@Actually_Peaches]

I think the blue is him sensoring blood for the sake of the youtube gods

[@betelgeux6010]

@@Actually_Peaches jeah, i dont remember seeing them that way in the movie

[@taigalilly]

Lmao they weren't blue in the movie. He was sensoring the blood so he wouldn't get demonetized

[@kevinedward6132]

If I was stuck here the plant would just start dying like all of my other plants for no other reason than my sheer inability to garden.

[@EnvyVGrimm]

It was the guys Sister not brother Hate to point this out, but do you really think that the villagers haven't tried to kill the plant I am sure they would have done it. I can think of two reasons why you probably don't want light the plant on fire. 1. It won't hurt it and you just waisted supplies 2. It might use the fire to spread their spores. It's not unheard-of in the plant kingdom.

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

Given all of the other mistakes the villagers made? Yeah, I do really think they didn't try killing it, since it's convenient for the movie to have them act absolutely stupid.

[@yellowhouse4911]

@@kamikeserpentail3778 its not stupid. They don't know how the vines would react to being burned, they could have spread even further or released spores into the air, why risk it? They found a way to contain the plant on the pyramid and not that many people come there since the pyramid is basically a secret. Their approach worked, so why risk it?

[@kyleellis1825]

@@yellowhouse4911 Better hope they don't let a single bird sneak past and land on the pyramid.

[@yellowhouse4911]

@@kyleellis1825 Birds and other animals have learned not to come close to the pyramid

[@kyleellis1825]

@@yellowhouse4911 That only works in a closed ecosystem. But new species are constantly expanding territories/finding new migration routes. All it takes is one of those Arctic-Antarctica migrating birds and the world is doomed.

[@ryujin9727]

this movie literally terrified the crap outta me when I was a kid. I just got home from school around 4pm and immediately turned the tv on and this was the movie. I was a little lightheaded that time which made me vulnerable to the crappy ahh plant horror and I also I just didnt understand what this movie was about before (scariest scene was the phone ringing part or something like that to me )

[@timebomb4562]

Yeah as soon as those guys started to chase them away I'd be gone like the wind

[@emlabty]

In your POV they might not you going near it because they don't want to you to ruin the old architecture. Giving you another reason to not go near it.

[@coronastern]

I read the book ... it was horrible and it was the first time I had nightmares from a freaking BOOK ... you should read it. Oh ... and btw ... the book has a different ending: There no one survives and it ends with a group of friends from one of their sisters starting searching for them ... finding the Pyramid ... so it goes full cycle.

[@justsomeguywithagoatee8337]

There's three endings. One where she just gets away. One where she gets away and feels the vine under her skin. And the final where she dies from the vine, they somehow bury her without any sort of autopsy despite her being a healthy woman in her prime and the vines surround her grave making a whistling noise that attracts the groundkeeper/gardener for the cemetery who touches the flowers and the vines make their grip sound as the screen cuts to black.

[@scarletaria]

This was the first horror movie I ever watched. I didn't appreciate how good it was at the time.

[@sabrinamiller7509]

"They're beautiful, but deadly. The purple ones shoot poison darts, but stay away from the big yellow ones"

[@jimmyrossmeissl6644]

Me: “Welp time for deforestation”

[@anonymoususer8076]

Lol, yes. 🪓 🔥

[@gamerleal9265]

Time to bring Agent Orange out of retirement.

[@robb7237]

How is this man always so clean with his transition to the ad/sponsor in EVERY video?!?!

[@majinjason]

This reminds me of the Simpsons when Homer falls off a cliff and is eaten by a flower at the bottom. After kicking his way out. Lisa: How did you do that? Homer: It's a flower, duh.

[@creepyplayerzgaming-online8115]

Best option is to not escape. Those plants are clearly fast growing and invasive. Getting our could spell a worldwide extinction event.

[@Gen3ralGrimReaper]

HAVE A DAMN GREAT DAY!!!! I might have to wait until Monday because I literally watch his new vids when I’m on the treadmill lol

[@p6mkq]

This movie was just scary. These nasty vines could attack you from every direction - it is just extremely challenging to even anticipate their attack patterns and dodge them properly in time before getting strangled or crushed !

[@ShinyWay1990]

Noone could survive. They were screwed the second they touched the vines.

[@specialtwice4975]

Moral of the story: Always listen to the locals about weird places you wanna explore. They don't go there for a reason, why should you?

[@KevinRAAMAAAGE]

This movie validated my fear of plants

[@gamerleal9265]

What about Swamp Thing?

[@KevinRAAMAAAGE]

@@gamerleal9265 never seen it

[@gamerleal9265]

@@KevinRAAMAAAGE Cool.

[@candacepratt1466]

I love this movie, I watch it so many times and I always figure the possibilities that they could've actually escaped. I like your concept on how to use the deceased bodies as decoys while they can attempt to escape on the other side of the pyramid. It looks like the locals are camped out in front of the main way of the pyramid.