murray_johnc A horror movie quite a few notches above the usual affair. An innocent looking vine that has the virulence of a cordyceps fungus is quite a novel idea. However, a plot flaw - in my opinion - was the reasoning behind those brutal methods employed by the Mayan villagers to keep the lethal vine contained. The vine clearly had red flowers, so it would not have relied on infected humans to spread itself beyond the confines of the pyramid and invade new territory. Flowers are not there to make plants look pretty, they exist solely to be pollinated by insects, bats, hummingbirds . . whatever, germinate and then scatter their seeds to the four winds. Besides, wouldn't any fauna that pollinated those flowers become infected and fly away from the ruin before succumbing to the parasite?

gzgtp This movie is stupid, the characters are made to act in a way that portrays them as having no common sense, which I get that in most horror movies there's usually one or two dumb characters, but every character in this movie seems to be just plain stupid. Even the "smart" characters seems pretty dumb. Also the plot is not scary at all and to be honest it's by far one of the worst movies I wished I'd never seen. This movie made me angry at whoever produced it, mainly because it never should have been made.....seriously stupid, boring movie, wouldn't even call it a horror movie. Bottom line don't waste your time.

oliviercspencer The time is currently 1pm, it is 16 hours since I sat through this film and I am still angry at how awful it was.The plot / storyline, characters and ending could have been written by an 8 year old and I assume that is who this film is aimed at.Imagine four stereotypical American students, looking for adventure in a foreign land. They come across an ancient Mayan temple, but there is nothing mysterious or spiritual about it, just a plant that for some inexplicable reason has decided to imitate mobile phone sounds and eat humans. Why it does this, rather than eating the plentiful supply of birds and small mammals that would be present in a jungle type environment, is never explained. Then in typical Hollywood style, the 'locals' are portrayed as gun wielding lunatics who attack the students (again for no clear reason, when they could simply make them leave) and force the four students to stay on top of (not within) the temple, until they are slowly eaten by the bizarre plant. Nothing else of note happens in the film.The film is only 90 minutes, but it feels more like 4 hours, as the wafer thin and boringly predictable characters stumble from one mistake to the next or just sit there complaining about their predicament.About 45 minutes into the film I was hoping that all the main characters would hurry up and die, so the film could end. Unfortunately one of them survives, which makes me very concerned that some deluded film maker may try to make a sequel at some point in the future.I can't believe that anyone funded, made, produced and released this film. With a few little tweaks here and there, this film could be a comedy, it really is that bad.

spock-billy-spike Not on the same level as the Silence of the Lambs or The Shining, but that's because it isn't a horror psychological thriller, it doesn't have deep meaningful conversations or writing... and it's amazing. The directing is okay, it doesn't try and pass the movie off as some artsy film and pan up from the gore often. It doesn't leave you with questions relating to the duality of man (any Kubrick fans?), but a hell of an adrenaline rush. Well worth the watch, one of the best pure horror movies i've seen. I'd rate it 9/10 for it's genre, but IMDb doesn't work that way. I love meaningful movies, and I love the art in movie making but sometimes you have to sit down for an hour and watch something that gets your heart pumping.