Ruin Me

7.5

Pretty good time waster.

Not pc driven, no social justice issues, no political messages, just entertainment!

Ruin Me is a slasher from first-time director Preston DeFrancis. The plot follows a strangely small group attending a Slasher Sleepout camping trip, where they will be competing to survive the weekend in the "ultimate horror movie experience." Roped into this outing is Alexandra: the reluctant girlfriend of an Old Navy mannequin (Nathan).

Despite the interesting synopsis, Ruin Me suffers many flaws. Most prevalent being its remarkably odious characters. Every single person in this movie is petulant, hostile, and/or just plain stupid. Dialogue is one-dimensional and cringe worthy at times, often trying too hard to be edgy. Normally I'd overlook that in a b-movie, but character development was a significant focus here. All this is harder to swallow when nobody is sympathetic.

Initially I couldn't stand this movie, as the first twenty minutes had me wanting everyone gutted ASAP. I became more engaged halfway through, but the plot quickly becomes predictable. Which is why I think they decided to jump the shark in the last act. You can overlook some inconsistencies with low-budget horror, but sometimes a director just does way too much in an effort to shock. Unfortunately, Ruin Me becomes mediocre and incredibly convoluted.

This movie was far from good by my good it was not even close to 1. 1 is like horrible movie. You have never seen bad horror movies if you calling this a 1 lmao

The movie is prob average to a knock below but it's far from horrible. It's the kinda movie you would've saw on chiller network or sci-fi when they occasionally run a horror movie. Maybe not one of better ones cuz they occasionally have some gems or at least solid ones but my god people, you really need to chill handing out 1s like a 21 yr who just got their license & wanna pull it out all the time.

Way too many ones going round & your making it hard to take systems seriously. I usually will just ignore your dumbs 1s cuz clearly no thought went into them other than the rating itself. Very few movies deserve a 1 save for extremely independant ones. I've seen Valerian get a 1 & I'm like wtf did you expect, Citizens Kane or Winter Kills lmao. It was a Star Wars type movie & no wasn't as good but I wasn't expecting it to be lol. It's all bout expectations. Don't expect a 10 & when u see an average movie maybe you'll realize it's closer to a 3-6 than a dumb 1

The acting wasn't bad, movie had its moments. I don't wanna toss any spoilers in but if you want an Oscar worthy movie the im telling you please skip. Will say, There are a lot of other movies out there I would check first but if u come across this and have the time & it seems like you might like u could def do worst

You can't argue about taste. "Escape room" is somewhat alike and has a higher score on IMDB, but I find this way better! Too bad about the ending though. That uhm... ruined it.

No so much "horror" as just interesting (and sometimes fun) to watch unfold.

Pros: The premise was great! Paid homage a few classics. The best part of this film was the uncertainty... the protagonist reaches a point where she doesn't know what's real anymore... and neither does the audience!

Cons: Somewhat predictable at times. Subpar and unimpressive acting (all around) Relied a little to heavily on the score and jump scares.

Overall... as the title of this review suggests... this was a fun horror film.