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The Ruse
Directed by
Stevan Mena
R
2025
1h 45m
Mystery
,
Thriller
,
and more
7.3
13%
96%
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An in-home caregiver fears for her life after being assigned to a mysterious elderly patient in a remote seaside home.
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Cast of The Ruse
Veronica Cartwright
Olivia
Michael Steger
Tom
Drew Moerlein
Ben
Kayleigh Anne Ruller
Tracy
T.C. Carter
Jacob
Janet López
Alice Page
Madelyn Dundon
Dale
Bill Sorice
Albert
Heather Drew
Reporter
Ralph Ayala
Detective Diaz
Robertson Michaud
Police Officer
Michael Bakkensen
Detective Burke
Nicola Jeanette Silber
Penny
Heather Drew
Reporter
Benjamin Breadmore
Officer Jones
Stevan Mena
Director / Writer
John Caglione Jr.
Producer
The Ruse Ratings & Reviews
Film Threat
Michael Talbot-Haynes
The Ruse is an excellent spooky diversion, like a picnic in the graveyard in the great state of Maine.
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
Purports to be a thriller, but that's a ruse: it's so ponderously paced and clumsily constructed that it engenders zero suspense or tension.... Any viewer who's stuck it out [to the end] will be either exhausted, incredulous, or both.
Common Sense Media
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This low-key whodunit has a pretty good mystery at its center, but it also has a listless quality and a distinct lack of urgency that dampen any potential scares or suspense.
Screen Zealots
Louisa Moore
A barely serviceable low-rent ghost story that never quite rises above B-grade mediocrity.
The Saturday Evening Post
Bill Newcott
A handsome-looking effort with appealing performances by a cast that seems ready, at any moment, to break the fourth wall and apologize profusely.
Screen Rant
Grant Hermanns
Stevan Mena's The Ruse may have a few fun twists in its climax, but the lead up is an overlong, poorly performed mess of clichés and red herrings.
Galveston Daily News
Dustin Chase
Hollywood desperate for content on the big screen is now elevating what should be made for TV movies or direct to VOD onto the big screen.
Spectrum Culture
Miyako Pleines
If you're going to make a movie that hinges on the concept of a haunting taking place, it's probably not a good idea to give everything away in the title.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
It's not a great sign when a movie needs to devote about ten minutes to a character bluntly explaining everything that has happened ... in its story.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
Dull, shallow and contrived with an increasingly preposterous plot.
The Film Yap
Christopher Lloyd
What could have been a tidy little horror/thriller struggles for air with a surplus of exposition and explanation. Usually the best way to scare is to withhold.
AIPT
Nathaniel Muir
There are tropes in The Ruse, but it is more of a mystery than a horror movie. And it is this mystery that makes it so intriguing.
Next Best Picture
Cody Dericks
The film spends so much time tying itself up in knots with potential storylines and dramatic tangents that by the time it reaches its dizzying conclusion, it offers up only a frustratingly long yet dull explanation.
Loud and Clear Reviews
Megan Fisher
When Cartwright is not on screen, The Ruse falls into the doldrums. It is a small, creaky horror movie that has one idea and fails to deliver anything beyond that for the viewer.
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