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I really liked this movie. The beginning was a little heavy on the sex, and was pretty uncomfortable to watch at times, but from there it only gets better.
This is one of the movies in my top 10 stupid movies. It was like that semi porn crap on skinamax plus blood. I would not watch this movie again even if someone was gonna pay me.
I really enjoyed this film. I have to admit, the first time I watched it I was a little confused and even got a bit bored w/ the first half. I came into it w/ high expectations of violence and gore etc. and was a little bummed w/ all the "regular movie" type stuff that seemed to on forever. Then when the brutal stuff did start happening, it was almost too much at once. I wanted to see naked chicks again! After my first viewing my negative thoughts were centered around the two very diff. halves of the movie not complementing eachother.
However, the second time I watched it I just loved it to pieces (yikes, I sound like my Grandmother!) Knowing that my gore addiction would get fed, I focused on enjoying the first half for what it was. 1) it's just a hell of a lot of fun w/ all the T. and A. etc. 2) More importantly it sets up quite a few pay offs that happen in the second half. 3) Fucking loved the desk clerk character!
Also, the second time, knowing what horrific scenes were coming up made me appreciate the suspense in between them more.
Overall a rad and envelope-pushing film. I am thankful when filmakers set out to puch buttons and break barriers, etc. While not the best torture movie out there, it's pretty damn cool.
OK i read the reviews here to see what people were saying and man the porn thing or nudity is a problem with all of you. You signed on to watch a movie about people being killed for fun. This is unoriginal. The story of teenagers going to another country to have fun and party and then everything goes wrong not new either. The gore is not even that bad. I have to say that I enjoyed this movie. The road trip or however you want to state it, was great. going around partying and getting high and trying to get laid is great. that is what most guys do and if they are single in another country that is what is happening. It seemed like a good time. The gore was kind of cool and the torture scenes were ok. I did not find this movie scary. This movie is not porn or even related to porn other then nudity. Eli roth is not a great director but he makes good movies for what they are. Not scary but does not suck either.
Eli Roth is the worst director out there. “Gore-nography” or “torture-porn” both don’t say enough to keep people away from the crapitude that is this movie. Lots of nudity, drugs, and stupidity. Very little to no horror. Eli Roth should never make another movie.
The first time I watched this, I covered my eyes during the gory parts. The second time, I loved it. Most of friends hate this movie, but I disagree. Very creative, very terrifying. It kept me on the edge of my seat. And even to this day when I watch it, I get anxious just like the first time I watched it. Great movie.
Its a glossy, fancy Holywood movie with gore effects stolen directly from some japanese gore movies most people haven't heard about. Mix it up with an european background setting, lots of nudity and unoriginal so called shock moments of eli-"gore". Its kind of entertaining if you want to rent a scary movie and you're not used to the less known true masterfull horror shock movies like Audition... Skip this movie
sweeeeet movie, a real nice mixture of porn and gore. Really good plot and overll one of the best movies i saw ever, it wasnt confusing either, love it.
i remember watching hostel at the theatre and being in awe..never before had a scene a movie that made me feel like this before.i thought the nudity was great,but that was nothing compared to the actors...Derek Richardson blew me away his death scene was like real,his sceams looked real, it was disturbing..and i loved it!! eli roth is a master in horror movies..cabin fever was great (my favorite horror movie of all time) hostel is now my second..followed by hostel 2. i will buy both of these on blu-ray i love them so much..i could watch these movie over and over..i love seeing my friends reactions from this film..just so good.
to much nudity, not that thats a bad thing, and not enough scares though i have to admit the end "revenge" was utterly brilliant!!!!
all and all i liked this movie and we should all expect great thing from eli roth in the near future!!!
Posted By: halloweenfan at 7:09pm, February 7, 2008
Not that great but not horrible. To much nudity I can't even believe I am say that of nudity thier is to much but yeah thier is. If you are a fan of saw I would recomend this movie.
Posted By: DeathMethod at 12:55am, February 3, 2008
Every so often a movie trailer will come out that totally catches you off guard and makes you think the movie being advertised is going to be the greatest thing ever. Every time you see the trailer again the anticipation just grows and grows and you begin to picture how the film will play out in your mind. You may even search the Internet browsing stills or reading leaked tidbits about the film while not trying to spoil too much. In the end, the moment you enter the theater you have a predetermined expectancy of what you're about to witness. Nine times out of ten those expectations are inevitably let down by your own hype and the film never achieves what you wanted it to. Hostel is one of those films but in this rare case, that's what makes it so good.
Written and Directed by horror new comer Eli Roth, whose Cabin Fever scored mixed reviews from the horror community, Hostel is a gritty and spectacular fright fest that flirts with all aspects that make a horror film good. Following 2 American back backers and a Swedish guy they picked up along the way, the 3 travel to all the sites in Europe in search of well...women. That's the first thing this film gives viewers, lots and lots of beautiful naked women. For the first half of the film you don't go ten minutes without seeing topless chicks parading around like it's nothing. The group eventually hears about a "Hostel" (meaning Hotel) in a off beaten country (post communist Slovakia) where the women will sleep with anyone, especially those with American accents.
So low and behold they head off into the great unknown and sure enough when they get there women are head over heels for them. Things seem like they couldn't be better, that is until members of the group begin disappearing one by one. Soon they discover that they haven't entered paradise as they first thought, but the deepest reaches of Hell. We soon discover that the missing parties have become the bait for a much bigger ploy, one involving rich businessmen who pay gobs of money to torture the hell out of foreigners.
Hostel is set up in such a way that it's never boring and it's never overkill. That's not to say this movie isn't brutal though cause it many aspects it is. Judging from the previews I had imagined this film to be more focused on torture but Roth chooses to really develop enough of his characters through the first 40 mins that when the torture actually does occur it's that much more effective. There's also one huge difference about Hostel's characters that sets them apart from other horror films, well at least the main character. You know how in movies you always find yourself yelling at the screen at all the stupid choices the victims make that find them getting further acquainted with the end of a knife than to safety? Hostel doesn't do this. Instead, it's main character is, get this...clever. Instead of running around panicky like a rabbit he actually uses his brain to outwit situations. This was very unexpected and made Hostel have more of a story to it than just buckets of blood.
Speaking of blood, everyone wants to know how the gore is in this film. It's decent. High Tension still stands as the most horrific display of violence I've seen but Hostel manages to some "nails on the chalkboard" type moments that would make any gore hound proud. I don't wanna reveal too much but there is one scene involving an eye that is both hilarious and horrifying at the same moment. That's a feeling only a brilliant horror film could make one feel and Hostel definitely is brilliance in Horror movie making. Also, Eli manages to please both the viewers siding with the killers and the viewers who wanna see some justice. It all ends with everyone happy and you feeling like you got your moneys worth. I just heard they've announced Hostel 2 and as long as they don't rush it like they did Saw 2, Hostel may turn out to be one of the next great horror franchises.
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