Barbara Nedeljakova, Derek Richardson, Eythor Gudjonsson
Two adventurous American college buddies, Paxton and Josh, backpack through Europe eager to make quintessentially hazy travel memories with new friend Oli, an Icelander they've met along the way. Paxt...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 18, 2006
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Stats: 29,521 reviews
Flixster Reviews (29,521)
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September 29, 2009I liked it a lot, it is probably one of the best and most original horrors of the last 10 years. Only watch if you like your horror to be dark though as this isn?t your run of the mill highschool slasher movie!
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June 21, 2009There are two aspects to analyzing film: what the viewer gets from the film, and what the filmmaker intended the viewer to get from the film.
Eli Roth's Hostel is a four star satire on the American horror film. It criticizes, especially in its first half the viewer's obsession w...( read more) -
June 20, 2009"Welcome To Your Worst Nightmare"
Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
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February 7, 2009Seems like Eli Roth is a protege for Quentin Tarantino. His first feature, "Cabin Fever" was a total fuck-up, a perfect example of a film that has nothing original in it. Tarantino's sin every now and then... But Tarantino is a good filmmaker and especially a writer.
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September 14, 2008Awesome 70's inspired horror. Simple story, some sick killings, and a cameo from Takashi Miike. Couldn't ask for more in a horror.
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November 19, 2009An original movie that shows how Eli Roth is one of the best upcoming horror directors. This movie will please anyone who loves gore
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November 17, 2009Another example that Eli Roth is exactly what the horror genre needs right now. Directors are too afraid to have fun in their movies, it's all about shock and awe. This film is such a brilliant piece in that it allows the audience to have fun at the movies again. It makes you lau...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
February 7, 2006
Kurt Loder, MTV
January 11, 2006
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
Wants to be preeminent shock cinema, but doesn't have the [courage] to fully follow through on its promise of unbridled carnage. full review
January 6, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Hostel is a screaming good time, marred only by a lazy ending. full review
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February 16, 2009Wake up everybody!"Hostel" is the most innovative horror movie of the last decade,it stands alone as a whole horror-genre and Eli Roth is the king!!!Love it or hate it,one thing is sure:"Hostel" will live for ever!If you don't like gore,go watch "El orfanato","The others" or any of these gay craps...
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September 19, 2008What a waste of film and money!!!!!! The first half of the movie is like a porno and the rest graphic murder - it's pointless, not to mention grotesque!!!! The people who made this junk need help!!!
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July 20, 2008Best horror movie I've seen in awhile. Totally mind bending & insane nail biter. Especially if you think that maybe, just maybe that "could" actually happen? lol. I dread to think it might... Yikes...lol ;) Enjoy.
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May 23, 2008This movie almost bored me to sleep. All it was for the first like hour was nothing but naked chicks and sex and boobs. This is not supposed to be a porn flick!! And once it did get to the "real" point of the movie, it barely lasted long enough to even make a point. Plotless, long, boring, and pretty much soft core porn. Don't waste your time. The second one is better, although i think it scarred me for life....
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February 8, 2008Although the people say it's an horror movie, I disagree. The first torture scene of the movie happens in it's middle and lasts for 5min. The rest of the supposed scenes of horror only began at the end. The rest of the movie is spended with crap scenes with nothing interesting (unless you like porn movies).
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December 7, 2007i do agree some of the voilence in this film is pretty graphic and don't get me wrong i (L) that shit!
BUT this movie realli didn't a plot to it, was practical soft core porn for the first half of it and nothing realli to 'make' u want to watch it. the acting was pretty good and i guess they got there point across that people can do horrible things to each other...i just dont understand why they felt they needed to make a movie about? -
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October 23, 2007Gruesome, pointless gore used to scare young, care-free, male American tourists from backbacking across Europe. A mix of softcore porn and sadism. Old guys torturing stupid tourists for kicks...not my idea of entertaiment. Moral of the story: Don't sleep with slutty strangers you just met...they might just be baiting you for serial killers. (Messed up stuff!)
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