My Opinion On Hostel

[tennjosh80]

I think one of the most overhyped movies ive seen in years was last tuesday when Hostel was released on dvd. So much buzz for what i thought was a shitty movie. The first half of the movie I felt like I was watching some cinemax softporn and then it abruptly goes to people bieng drilled, cut, burnt, chainsawed, and hacked into small pieces. The gore was almost obnoxious at some points. Dont get me wrong I love a gory well done horror flick but I felt it was too much at some points. And all this rave about Eli Roth I just dont get. I thought both of his movies sucked balls!!! The only reason this movie was so hyped was because of the mention of Tarantino having something to do with it. Im not impressed. Never seen a more overrated horror movie. Thanks for listening to me bitch. Feel free to respond.

[Cap'n Kronos22]

I thought Hostel was pretty good. I agree that it may have been overhyped, but it was better than most of the crap out there now. I didn't really care for Cabin Fever. I have to admit, he is original. He is improving as a writer and director. As far as new American horror directors, he is one of the best.( not much competition that I have seen)

[poopontheshoes7]

I personally think people hated it because they dont like Eli Roth. They think he is an arrogant prick and blah blah blah. He might be but he knows how to make a horror movie. People seem to be bitching endlessly at how juvenille the first half was. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE!!!!!!!! That was the whole point of the movie. to set up a lighthearted first half and throw you into a dark hellish place in the second.

Give Hostel a second chance.

[VincentPrice]

I love Eli Roth and I loved Cabin Fever but Hostel was a bit disappointing.

Not an entirely bad movie, but it was just okay. The first half was pretty much crap, while I dug the second half.

[Lost in Space]

It is irrefutable that everyone will, and does have a different opinion, yet that does not negate the fact that "we" will almost always disagree. That increase ten-fold when it comes to Eli Roth, I thought Cabin Fever was terrific and on the same note that Hostel was awesome . That said I do agree that the first half of the movie could have been a little less of a softcore porno, but the second half was kick ass.

[Cronos]

Roth is a moron and doesnt know how to make a horror film, Cabin Fever was a crappy laughable rip off of numerous 80s horror films and as hor Hostel, it had me laughing more than anything else. terrible script, crap acting and as for the direction, most of the angles and shots in the film seemed to be stolen from other films

and also id like to know where all the amazing gore went that he was telling us about

[tennjosh80]

Originally posted by Cronos
Roth is a moron and doesnt know how to make a horror film, Cabin Fever was a crappy laughable rip off of numerous 80s horror films and as hor Hostel, it had me laughing more than anything else. terrible script, crap acting and as for the direction, most of the angles and shots in the film seemed to be stolen from other films

and also id like to know where all the amazing gore went that he was telling us about

couldnt have said it better my friend. im glad that someone else thinks this guys movies are total shit.

[DaRkToOtH]

yea everyone was saying how "gory" this movie. please saw 2 was much more gorier than the 3 or so "cool gory" scenes in this movie. i agree the first half was pretty bad (wheres my freinds? i dunno....someone dies.....wheres my other freind? i dunno) but at least the last 40 minutes or so kicked all sorts of ass and was a cool ride. dissapointing yes, but about on the same level as cabin fever, which is really only "above average"

hey ill take his movies over the other pg13 crap hollywood keeps chumming up as horror movies

[X-Nightcrawler]

Originally posted by DaRkToOtH
yea everyone was saying how "gory" this movie. please saw 2 was much more gorier than the 3 or so "cool gory" scenes in this movie. i agree the first half was pretty bad (wheres my freinds? i dunno....someone dies.....wheres my other freind? i dunno) but at least the last 40 minutes or so kicked all sorts of ass and was a cool ride. dissapointing yes, but about on the same level as cabin fever, which is really only "above average"

hey ill take his movies over the other pg13 crap hollywood keeps chumming up as horror movies I'm starting to believe that I saw an unrated version of Hostel at theatres because I really thought it was damn gory.

And I didn't think Saw 2 was all that bad (nothing graphic in Saw 2 that I remember, all implied).

Hostel had hundreds of severed limbs, the hanging eye thing, chainsawed finger, chainsawed leg, knifed fingers, drill action, etc. It wasn't the bloodbath it promised to be but not as gory as Saw 2? I disagree . . . I thought Saw 2 was pretty harmless other than the suggested brutality.

[EvilDeadGirl]

I didn't get the chance to see Cabin Fever and don't really have much of an interest in it. Honestly I saw the ending of it and was kind of meh.

I saw Hostel on opening night in the theatre and did in fact enjoy it. The place was packed and the crowd was great. Chearing in all the right "gory" sections. It wasn't as bloody as I had hoped but what was there worked well. At least for me.

[leafboy]

It was decent but if you're going in with your expectations too high you're in for a big disappointment.

[Lost in Space]

Ok, i swear by Roth and i liked cabin fever
and i love Hostel
yet i have one complaint that i would liek to adress
the ending... i cannot articulate my iratation more than that
although i did love the murder of the creepy killer guy from teh train

[Tagia_Romero]

Overhyped? Yes, for sure. Enjoyable? Depends on your point of view and what you like. As for what I personally thought:

Horror porn.

[nekroman41]

Thought Hostel was pretty shitty. I already saw Eurotrip once and the gore has been done. overhyped

[Pandemoniac]

The hype around the movie has raised the expectations to high. Seeing this movie while having your hopes set on experiencing the shock of the decade will make it a dissapointing ride. Cause yeah, it not at all as good or disturbing as it is rumored to be.

But then agian, think about this: what if Hostel didn't have this hype around it and you just rented it with blank expectations?
Good chance that it would make much more of an expression then! After all, it has it's qualities and is a worthy contribution to the genre, expecially compared to most other recent 'horror' movies.

[XCoRyX]

I think the hype is put on to it because of the fact that half the other shitty releases have NO gore,and so when we fans.reviewers found out we would get SOMETHING recognizing older schools of horrors everybody got all antsy.

Hostel is not bad at all. I saw it 2x in theaters (first time at the pre-release screening,met Roth & Nedeljakova,both great to be around and sincere as shit to everybody). I also now own it on DVD.

Thing is (maybe this is why it was a sucess to myself), I didn't go in with huge expectations, I just went,and wound up being very entertained.

6.5/10

[MisterTwister]

I loved this movie. I love the "Eurotrip" like First Half and then how the 2nd half just goes straight to hell and was brutal and gory enough for me. I didn't listen to the hype and thank god i didn't. My 2nd favorite film of this year.

9/10

[DoubleDown11]

Yeah, according to alot of you Roth is a hack and can't make Horror movies, etc.

I dont' see any of you doing any better.

He's the future of Horror.

The end.

[X-Nightcrawler]

Originally posted by DoubleDown11
Yeah, according to alot of you Roth is a hack and can't make Horror movies, etc.

I dont' see any of you doing any better.

He's the future of Horror.

The end. Whew, well that solves the mystery of who the future of horror is.

[CletusHorniblow]

I must admit, I fully bought into the hype, and I guess that's why I left so disappointed. I was expecting a full-on bloodbath all throughout and I have to say that the first half bored me to death (though the TnA was nice); and the gore was disappointing.

I plan on giving it a second chance soon, without the hype.

As for Roth, I liked Cabin Fever and I can't wait for his adaptation of Stephen King's novel, "Cell".

[Bear]

I didn't like Hostel too much. It just didn't seem like a horror flick to me, and neither did Saw. They were psycholigical thrillers advertising themselves as slasher movies (Hostel's poster completely ripped off the poster for Maniac!).

[Cronos]

Originally posted by DoubleDown11
Yeah, according to alot of you Roth is a hack and can't make Horror movies, etc.

I dont' see any of you doing any better.

He's the future of Horror.

The end.

:rolleyes:

[JackassFan]

Originally posted by CletusHorniblow
As for Roth, I liked Cabin Fever and I can't wait for his adaptation of Stephen King's novel, "Cell".
Yeah, and he's co-producing this too which is gonna be awesome:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0436100/ :D

[rikimaru187]

Originally posted by tennjosh80
I think one of the most overhyped movies ive seen in years was last tuesday when Hostel was released on dvd. So much buzz for what i thought was a shitty movie. The first half of the movie I felt like I was watching some cinemax softporn and then it abruptly goes to people bieng drilled, cut, burnt, chainsawed, and hacked into small pieces. The gore was almost obnoxious at some points. Dont get me wrong I love a gory well done horror flick but I felt it was too much at some points. And all this rave about Eli Roth I just dont get. I thought both of his movies sucked balls!!! The only reason this movie was so hyped was because of the mention of Tarantino having something to do with it. Im not impressed. Never seen a more overrated horror movie. Thanks for listening to me bitch. Feel free to respond.

You said it all...took the words right out of my mouth.

[CHANCE]

Gory it wasn't...this type of movie is getting on my nerves.

Half of it is Porky's, the other half a bad Takashi Miike rip of.
The same shit with Dusk till Dawn, half Pulp Fiction, half badly done Fulci rip of...

What's with people these days...don't you watch movies from before the 80s?

All this has been done before;better, gorier and with better acting.

Go rent some of the old gore classics or just rent porn if you want to look at horny chicks...

[PSU80]

I hated this film. It was total shit and I couldn't think of one good thing about it when I left the theater. By far one of the worst films (of any genre) that I've ever seen. Eli Roth is like a horny teenager who's also mad at his parents. The other difference, he has money to show how he feels on film. The guy reminds me of the kid that gets picked last for kickball at recess.

[Dirtyfrog]

The car kill scene was very cool but besides that i have to agree it's a bit of a letdown. Not a horrible movie but not great either.

The only thing I remembered from the movie was that if I ever go to Slovakia , I'll give candy to the kids :D :D

[Bear]

Now I figured out why I don't like this movie or Saw. Scares take a backseat to cruelty and torture.

[CletusHorniblow]

Last week, I had my chance to view Hostel once again. Like I said in an earlier post, I bought into the hype last time and wasn't overly impressed when I originally saw it in theaters.

They had numerous copies of the unrated edition on sale for 7.99 each. I figured "Meh, what the hell? If I still don't dig it I can make half of the money back by trading it in to some used DVD store".

So I made the purchase and let me tell you that I had an absolute blast the second time around. It's still nothing amazing, but it certainly gets the job done on an entertainment level.

Plus, I enjoyed the behind the scenes featurette and the 3 seperate commentaty tracks (one featured Quentin Tarantino, who rarely does tracks).

Hostel is still nowhere near what it was hyped up to be, but if you're looking for an entertaining flick, check this out with the knowledge that you'll probably be let down gore-wise if you're a horror buff.

7/10

[MachineGunEnema]

It's a shame that Eli Roth is such a terrible director, because the guy has a fairly decent knowledge of horror films (I'm going by multiple interviews that I've seen with him, and minute film details such as in Hostel where he uses the Sneaker Pimps version of "Willow's Song" (from The Wicker Man) called "How Do", as well as the song "Wait for the Rain" found in Last House On The Left and Cabin Fever.)

I even enjoyed the premise of Hostel (The idea of paying to torture and kill someone however you please), and had it been written by anyone else, it may have turned out better. Beyond those statements however, my positive feelings on Hostel diminish.

The gore is absolutely awful, and as everyone else stated the soft core flick during the first half was pointless (and I imagine was his attempt to drag out the film since beyond the brief premise I mentioned, the rest of the movie was fluff; hence the predictable ending).

As CHANCE mentioned, I think it's best to stick to the oldies, because nothing good seems to be coming from American horror cinema as of late...and don't even get me started on the AWFUL bombardment of remakes.

[CHANCE]

Originally posted by MachineGunEnema
It's a shame that Eli Roth is such a terrible director, because the guy has a fairly decent knowledge of horror films (I'm going by multiple interviews that I've seen with him, and minute film details such as in Hostel where he uses the Sneaker Pimps version of "Willow's Song" (from The Wicker Man) called "How Do", as well as the song "Wait for the Rain" found in Last House On The Left and Cabin Fever.)

I even enjoyed the premise of Hostel (The idea of paying to torture and kill someone however you please), and had it been written by anyone else, it may have turned out better. Beyond those statements however, my positive feelings on Hostel diminish.

The gore is absolutely awful, and as everyone else stated the soft core flick during the first half was pointless (and I imagine was his attempt to drag out the film since beyond the brief premise I mentioned, the rest of the movie was fluff; hence the predictable ending).

As CHANCE mentioned, I think it's best to stick to the oldies, because nothing good seems to be coming from American horror cinema as of late...and don't even get me started on the AWFUL bombardment of remakes.

Right on!....my VCR is burning overtime with my uncut bootleg classics the last couple of YEARS...!

As for the remakes...i'll stick to the THING and the FLY and of course the exellent the BLOB remake...I'll think I'll watch Canibal Ferox now.....

[Rick,Rick]

i hated it too. it was kinda good not enough blood. i liked some of the tortures but it was kinda dull