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Ho boy. I'll be a man and admit that I did indeed fall victim to the hype of this movie. I don't know what those people were smoking when they saw this at screenings but it definately messes with your sense of taste in movies. This movie was terrible. And they had to call an ambulance for two people because they had panic attacks from this movie? Anyone have a gay bell to ring for them?
Hostel starts off in Holland with two American backpackers (Jay Hernandez and Derek Richardson) and an Icelandic backpacker having a lot of fun. They smoke some drugs, go to a club and get drunk, go to some type of brothel where Richardson punks out of having sex with an extremely attractive looking woman, head back to their hostel, smoke some more drugs, talk to a European about a hostel in Slovakia while a man and woman are having a euphoric sex episode right behind them.
On the train to Slovakia they meet up with a very strange dude that is the owner of the torture house and gives them even more positive feedback on the women in Slovakia's hostel. They arrive in Slovakia at another hostel that appears to be heaven. The women are gorgeous, they are very and I mean VERY friendly, and they even devirginze Richardson.
Yeah this is horror movie, just be patient.
The Icelandic backpacker never returns to the hostel so the Americans decide to go have some more fun with their new found lady friends. The girls give them some type of oral drug that causes them to pass out, but only Richardson is found unconscious.
Richardson awakes in a very scary looking place and is tortured to death. The only thing I will say about this scene is that it makes you appreciate your Achilles tendon a little bit more after seeing it.
Hernandez wakes up in a storage closet in the club he was at the night before and heads back to his hostel only to find out he was checked out along with his friends.
He meets up back with the two friendly Euro girls and asks them to take him to his friends. They do exactly that and bring him to the torture house. Hernandez is eventually locked in a room and is tortured by a German lunatic that seems to have some type of breathing problem. By a miracle, Hernandez escapes and manages to strike a little bit of vengence into the workers of the facility.
He eventually escapes with an Asian woman who seems to have lost her "eye" for detail (thank you I'm here all night) and has to go through many road blocks in suposedly "deserted" eastern Europe. He eventually comes across the two Euro women and the guy that lead them to the hostel and runs them down with his car.
They get to the train station, Asian chick kills herself when she sees what her face looks like, and gives Hernandez a chance to escape.
In the end, Hernandez gets to kill the proprietor of the torture house and eventually heads home minus a couple of fingers.
Okay. Where do I start? The acting is horrendous. I swear if this film had any lesser quality of camera work it would be a straight to DVD film. Eli Roth said at a Q&A after a screening that he wrote the screenplay in 2 1/2 weeks. It shows. I am really pissed off that people are hailing this movie. Why? WHY? I guess it goes to show if you put a big name on a movie like Tarrentino you can get any movie put in theaters.
Now I am a gorehound, I love gore in movies, so don't say that it is too violent for me, because that is the ironic thing. There is NOT enough gore. The torture scenes are probably about 10 seconds MAX, and their is not enough of them.
The beginning of the film goes very slow and it just made me actually want to visit Europe even MORE. Is that what this film was trying to portray? If I speak with my American accent (which what does that sound like by the way?) an extremely hot European goddess will sleep with me? I'm there. But they did portray Americans in a bad light here I think. Does the world really see us as this stupid? That's a shame.
* out of ****
The one star goes for the amazing looking women at the beginning of this film. Wow.
I hope to see this at some point this weekend. I was a very big fan of Roth's debut, "Cabin Fever," so I'm hoping I will enjoy this. I know what you mean though, about the hype. I thought "Saw" was one of the most overrated horror flicks in a long time (and its sequel was even worse). In the meantime, I got me some "Bloodrayne" to watch!
I hope to see this at some point this weekend. I was a very big fan of Roth's debut, "Cabin Fever," so I'm hoping I will enjoy this. I know what you mean though, about the hype. I thought "Saw" was one of the most overrated horror flicks in a long time (and its sequel was even worse). In the meantime, I got me some "Bloodrayne" to watch!
Haha Bloodrayne.
I'm not here to discourage people from seeing Hostel though. I hope people realize that. I know people have different tastes in movies and I respect you all. Nothing personal, but I just don't understand this one.
Maybe I don't like slashers, now that I think about it. Cabin Fever was a decent movie.
I can't really say that when I look at movie listings I look for the horror films first. Maybe that's why. I don't know. But I mean from the trailer and the hype that surronded this movie I thought it was going to be one of those movies that you just had to see, and when you are like 40 or 50 can tell your grandkids that you saw it in the theaters because it is like a classic movie. Like how Halloween or Texas Chainsaw Massacre is regarded now, you know what I mean?
I like good movies. Whether they are horror, action, comedy, drama. I just like a good movie. This just didnt do it for me.
Haha thanks bert you really got me thnking about what I like in movies.
Well, Mr. Romance has been around long enough that I kinda' have a feeling for what he likes, I think.
But you gave this one a pretty heavy dis, so I gotta take that into account too before dropping, like, 15 bucks (I like me some snacks while I watch!)
I'll wait for more reviews, but it sounds like DVD might not be too far off in the future if I decide to wait on it!
Yeah I know I'm sorry. I really don't like to dis movies because I know how hard the process of making a movie is and its not really my place to label someone elses work. But I'm sorry, I really feel like I was violated, haha. I feel like I got lead to one of those hostels with the advertising and ended up getting tortured!
Go see it though, I mean like I said before I will never ever tell people to not see a movie, that just being a jerk. I'm sure there are some movies I like that people don't and vice versa. That's whats great about movies. There's something for everyone!
I thought this was great though it was pretty overhyped. This wasn't nearly as sick as Roth has been saying. Most of the torture scenes were implied and even what they did show wasn't as nasty as one would expect from the ads.
The characters were well-developed (even the torturers themselves) and even though they were a bunch of stupid fratboys, they were at least entertaining to watch.
The buildup was pretty good. Even though the first half of the film seemed like Eurotrip 2, there was a growing, ominous feel as it went on. Then when the film finally got to business, it was pretty suspenseful and managed to sustain a pretty sinister atmosphere throughout.
The lack of subtitles got on my nerves a bit. Most of the time, I didn't care but their abscence in the scene with Paxton and The German Surgeon really pissed me off. It would definitely have kicked the scene up a notch if you understood what they were saying.
All in all, this is one of the best horror films I've seen in a while. Highlights include The Dutch and American Businessmen and Takashi Miike's cameo. I'd recommend this to diehard horror fans. Just as long as they don't go in believing all the hype Roth and QT have built.
I thought this was great though it was pretty overhyped. This wasn't nearly as sick as Roth has been saying. Most of the torture scenes were implied and even what they did show wasn't as nasty as one would expect from the ads.
The characters were well-developed (even the torturers themselves) and even though they were a bunch of stupid fratboys, they were at least entertaining to watch.
The buildup was pretty good. Even though the first half of the film seemed like Eurotrip 2, there was a growing, ominous feel as it went on. Then when the film finally got to business, it was pretty suspenseful and managed to sustain a pretty sinister atmosphere throughout.
The lack of subtitles got on my nerves a bit. Most of the time, I didn't care but their abscence in the scene with Paxton and The German Surgeon really pissed me off. It would definitely have kicked the scene up a notch if you understood what they were saying.
All in all, this is one of the best horror films I've seen in a while. Highlights include The Dutch and American Businessmen and Takashi Miike's cameo. I'd recommend this to diehard horror fans. Just as long as they don't go in believing all the hype Roth and QT have built.
Yeah Takashi Miike's cameo was definately awesome. Now that man knows torture!
I honestly wouldn't, but I have a free ticket because "Kong" crashed out both times I saw it. The second time is when I got the ticket. I feel I could pay for "Hostel" and possibly enjoy it, whereas I can use my free ticket on "Bloodrayne" and not feel too badly when it turns out being the piece of shit it most likely is. As for the people I'm going with... well, their bad. Not to mention, "Bloodrayne" is at 7:45 and "Hostel" is playing at 10:15... should the two theaters be rather close... well, hello two shows for free.
Name some movies that you liked and i will tell you if Hostel is for you. it WILL leave an image in your head and guyjackson you can't say it didnt leave an image in your head. because im sure something is left in everyones head the only scene that i think could of been better is
MINOR SPOLIERS
the eyeball cutting scene
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other then that the movie i think was excellent. i can not wait for the Dvd and i might just go see it again. WELL WORTH the ticket price if you wanna know more info PM me