World Famous Comics: Hostel (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Hostel (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eythor Gudjonsson, Barbara Nedeljakova, Jan Vlasák Directed By: Eli Roth Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Lions Gate Films Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 99 Release Date: April 18, 2006 Running Time: 94 minutes Theatrical Release Date: January 06, 2006
Amazon.com: Well-made for the genre--the excessive-skin-displayed-before-gruesome-bloody-torture-begins genre--Hostel follows two randy Americans (Jay Hernandez, Friday Night Lights, and Derek Richardson, Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd) and an even randier Icelander (Eythor Gudjonsson) as they trek to Slovakia, where they're told beautiful girls will have sex with anyone with an American accent. Unfortunately, the girls will also sell young Americans to a company that offers victims to anyone who will pay to torture and murder. To his credit, writer/director Eli Roth (Cabin Fever) takes his time setting things up, laying a realistic foundation that makes the inevitable spilling of much blood all the more gruesome. The sardonic joke, of course, is that Americans are worth the most in this brothel of blood because everyone else in the world wants to take revenge upon them. This dark humor and political subtext help set Hostel above its more brainless sadistic compatriots, like House of Wax or The Devil's Rejects. In general, though, there's something lacking; horror used to suggest some threat to the spirit--today's horror can conceive of nothing more troubling than torturing the flesh. For aficionados, Hostel features a nice cameo by Takashi Miike, director of bloody Japanese flicks like Audition and Ichi the Killer. --Bret Fetzer
Product Description: Presented by genre master Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2) and directed by Eli Roth (Cabin Fever) Hostel is a shocking and relentless film in the tradition of Saw about two American backpackers (Jay Hernandez Friday Night Lights and Derek Richardson Dumb and Dumberer) in Europe who find themselves lured in as victims of a murder-for-profit business.Paxton and Josh two college friends are lured by a fellow traveler to what's described as a nirvana for American backpackers a particular hostel in an out-of-the-way Slovakian town stocked with Eastern European women as desperate as they are gorgeous. The two friends arrive and soon easily pair off with exotic beauties Natalya and Svetlana. In fact too easily...Initially distracted by the good time they're having the two Americans quickly find themselves trapped in an increasingly sinister situation that they will discover is as wide and as deep as the darkest sickest recess of human nature itself if they survive.System Requirements:Run Time: 94 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: UNRATED UPC: 043396138384 Manufacturer No: 13838
Ghastly I really enjoyed Cabin Fever, which is partially what made Hostel such a letdown. Hostel is a movie that revels in pure sadism. It's not the first movie to do that sort of thing, but it does so in a way that is gratuitous and rather pointless, as though the writers and producers had lost interest in the plot and were trying to one-up each other to see who could come up with the grossest torture and nastiest injuries. Atmosphere is not a problem in the movie, but the gore-for-the-sake-of-gore element that drives the movie renders it unfulfilling as a viewing experience. The ending is also somewhat silly. Overall, a ghastly movie full of rather grotesque tortures that really don't aim towards any greater contextual purpose except to show off the crew's vivid imaginations. The film is not for those lacking strong constitutions.
So bad it's bad. I saw this movie hoping it might be like the first Saw (i.e. have some orginality and true scariness - unlike the sequels), but was highly disappointed. There is nothing scary, just disgusting torture and violence (that you know is completely fake), so the movie just looks gross, nothing more.
Not that good... Really though, what can you expect from the director of that Cabin movie??
I thought this would be like the new name in terror films from the way people were talking, but overall, this was just kind of weak.
The movie had some good gore scenes if that is what you are into and some naked beautiful women which I always enjoy, but as a movie...ehhh...not very exciting.
The story is really linear and boring, not thought-provoking at all, and although I usually love the films that Tarantino endorses, after watching this all that I could think of is, "What the heck was that piece of crap?"
The movie is not completely without merits, as I mention women and gore, but really it was not entertaining. If I wanted to watch a good terror type of film that is also entertaining and meaningful, I would NEVER watch this.
We bought this, watched it once, and then gave it to a friend. Really, if you are a fan of the genre, then check it out, but I would not suggest wasting your money on this. By buying it, you are giving people hope for this level of film making, and really, that is just not right at all.
zero stars for this waist of money very bad movie, very disappointing ......I almost fall asleep to it.....just another soft porn with no taste or good story....I am disappointment in Quentin Tarrentino's taste......I loved Kill Bill was very good if you like to see a lot of blood.....but this doesn't has a story that is interesting enough to be made into a film...plus nothing interesting at all happens until the last 25 min. of the movie....so boring, so slow....this is the last Quentin Tarrentino film I will pay money for to see...he obviously has lost his talent.
Make sure you don't eat anything before watching (some spoilers) I've watched my share of horror movies that include substantial amounts of blood and gore, had disturbing and squeamish content that leaves you squirming in your seat in discomfort, and when it comes to the horror genre I'll watch it all. If you like lots of blood and gore and uncomfortable content in your horror movie, this movie would be perfect for you.
Some annoyances I found with Hostel:
While I'm not a big fan of lots of blood and gore, that wasn't what annoyed me about this movie. The characters, 3 young males out having a fun time in Europe, partying and meeting women, were. I couldn't help but roll my eyes in exasperated amusement when their eyes seemed to light up at the mention of easy women for the taking in some Easter European country. This is what gets them into the trouble they find themselves in later on, when all the hacking and cutting begins. I just shook my head and thought, "Men" when they eagerly trekked off to this out-of-the-way country to get some booty. Of course, it seemed like poetic justice that they got their just rewards later on after being lured by 3 beautiful women (bait, if you will).LOL.
Oh, another annoyance I had was the first 30 minutes was a showcase of naked women, and being a woman myself, I didn't find it all that appealing to watch women parading around with no shirts on baring their breasts to all. I don't know about everyone else, but watching 3 young men visit a whorehouse to get laid is not that interesting. I kept waiting for the good stuff to begin!
Anyways, two of the men end up becoming unwilling entertainment to rich men who pay top dollar to torture wayward tourists in all sorts of sadistic and cruel ways. One of the characters gets side-tracked before he can be taken, and slowly realizes that they all were duped and are the "meat" in this little twisted game.
I've seen Hostel 2 as well, and I actually thought that movie had more graphic torture scenes. Hostel isn't all that bad (perhaps for the uninitiated to horror, the "newbie", it would be very shocking and revolting). Yes, I will admit there is a lot of parts that would unsettle and horrify most people, but after watching this movie a 2nd time around its shocking content of torture, blood, and gore seemed diminished somehow. When I first saw this movie, it sickened and disgusted me and I thought, "This is horror??", but after watching it a 2nd time it grew on me and it didn't seem as terrible, so go figure.heh.
This movie is not for everyone. If you can't stomach watching a movie that's story-line revolves around torture with generous amounts of blood and gore, then you won't like this movie. If you want to be disturbed, shocked, disgusted, and horrified give this a try.
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