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  • Actors: Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eythor Gudjonsson, Barbara Nedeljakova, Jan Vlasák
  • Directors: Eli Roth
  • Writers: Eli Roth
  • Producers: Eli Roth, Boaz Yakin, Chris Briggs, Daniel S. Frisch, Mike Fleiss
  • Format: Anamorphic, Box set, PAL, Special Edition
  • Language Czech, Dutch, English, German, Icelandic, Japanese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 18 Jun 2007
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (141 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000PI3VBM
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,408 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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 afficionados, Hostel features a nice cameo by Takashi Miike, director of bloody Japanese flicks like Audition and Ichi the Killer. --Bret Fetzer


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The hallowed tradition of the post-college European backpacking trip turns into an unimaginable nightmare for two unsuspecting American 20-somethings in Eli Roth's (CABIN FEVER) sensational second outing. Paxton (Jay Hernandez) and Josh (Derek Richardson) have embarked upon a hedonistic tour of the continent, and somewhere along the way pick up travelling companion Oli (Eythor Gudjonsson). In Amsterdam the trio partakes of the pastimes most dear to frat boys everywhere: weed, prostitutes, and nightclubs. But when a fellow traveller tells these thrill-seekers about the decadent scene that awaits them in Bratislava, they find themselves unable to resist its lures; enticed by the promise of a hostel full of beautiful girls who love Americans, they set out for the remote areas of Eastern Europe. There, the sex farce to which the film's first half is devoted slowly turns ominous, as the boys hook up immediately with the gorgeous Natalya (Barbara Nedeljakova) and Svetlana (Jana Kaderabkova), whose eagerness masks more sinister intentions. Soon, the disagreeable backpackers find themselves on the other side of the flesh trade, sold by the girls into an exclusive human trafficking operation that gives its customers the opportunity to torture and kill a helpless victim. Much of what follows consists of the squirm-inducing surgical horrors that characterise precursors such as SAW, with the implications regarding the capitalist system and the human soul becoming ever darker. Produced by Quentin Tarantino, the film amps up the gore factor as much as it can get away with, and, in the tradition of the best horror films, offers a satirical socially conscious commentary.

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39 of 51 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Just plain poor, 7 Jun 2007
By Andrew Kerr (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quentin Tarantino Presents : Hostel [2005] [DVD] [2006] (DVD)
Despite being advertised by the Daily Mirror as "...The Goriest, Sickest, Bloodiest Movie You'll Ever, Ever See," Hostel is a dirt poor attempt at a horror and a big let down considering. The best way to describe the movie is unimaginative, unoriginal, and a waste of ninety minutes of your precious life. Presented by Quentin Tarantino the writer and director of the masterpieces Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2, Hostel seems to be less like a work of genius and more like a seventies Vipco's Vaults Of Horror release - i.e. a rubbish film and generally just an excuse to milk money out of us. (My apologises to any Vipco's fans for using this metaphor but I believe it is necessary in this case.) Despite it eighteen classification and hype about being `graphic and deeply disturbing,' I found Hostel unusually tame, especially compared to other films of the same genre such as Slither, 2001 Maniacs, and Saw. The film follows two American backpackers through Europe who find themselves soon to be victims of a murder for profit company. That last sentence is pretty much the entire film explained. I am a fan of anything remotely horror, but when a main character gets killed in Hostel you just don't care. Why? because they are two dimensional emotionless wrecks. A few people seemed to have somehow found Hostel slightly more `bearable' than me. Personally I have no idea how, and I would quite like to meet such a person to find out how. Considering how many preowned DVD's of Hostel are avivable and how fast the price plummeted after its release, I doubt the average viewer would like the film. So, in summary don't waste you time and money on it.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Its Gore to the Fore and Little More, 27 Sep 2008
By Eddie (derbyshire) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Quentin Tarantino Presents : Hostel [2005] [DVD] [2006] (DVD)
If you are expecting to watch Hostel and be subjected to two hours of unimaginable horror, degredation and fear, you may well be disappointed. Even if this is not what you are expecting, you may well still be perplexed, frustrated or even annoyed. Here's the synopsis: Paxton and his two mates have a ball in Amsterdam and then discover that there are greater treats in store for them in a town in Slovakia. The arrive there and find that they have been duped into a torture den where the perverted customers of a snuff ring pay huge amounts of money to participate in their sickest fantasies. All three are tortured and Paxton escapes, carrying out a revenge which echoes the actions of the sadists, making him...wait for it...just as bad as them. Possibly. And that's about it. So while there is the possibility of an an interesting premise here, it's one which remains undeveloped and unsure of its intent.

Eli Roth started making films on super 8 when he was eight years old. So, at thirty-four, you'd think that he'd learnt something. Apparently not. His first feature, Cabin Fever, was weak and directionless (both meanings of the word apply), and Hostel follows suit. So what, if anything, is Roth trying to say here? Is this an essay on sadism? Paranoia? Evil? Good and Evil? Xenophobia? The ethics of vengeance? Is he challenging the audience's response to titillation or voyuerism? Whoa! Steady on there. None of these things are dealt with in a way which gives the film any substance, something which it desperately needs. The drug fuelled sexual activities of first part are paralelled in the second, darker section which presents us with two sides of the concept of pleasure and this is itself is fascinating enough for exploration, but no. Any conclusion regarding Roth's intent remains entirely elusive. Despite that, the film seems to want to generate a serious tone but it just never gets into gear. The final half hour runs the risk of becoming comical, especially with a series of ludicrous contrivances which seem to be there simply to get it all over with. There's no tension, no heart and little brain, all of which makes for a film which is uninteresting and utterly pointless.

Most of the unpleasantness which is dealt out by the torturers takes place off screen or is simply glimpsed in passing but there is plenty of gore which becomes a substitute for tension. Paxton's revenge is shown in more graphically, presumably to reinforce the notion that he has became what he is trying to escape from. It's not easy to empathise with the characters so that by extension, it's not that easy to care either. And for violence to be effective (unless you actually get off on that kind of thing), and for the viewer to fear for the victims, we need to care. It's all so woolly that it becomes difficult to come to any kind of conclusion, except that you may have wasted a small part of your life by watching it. And the fear that Roth will go on to make another.


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1.0 out of 5 stars Quite Frankly I'd Rather Stay in the Hostel than Watch it Again !!! , 6 Sep 2008
By D. Wright "GrumpyGeezer" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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Are you 15? Have never seen a naked woman? Are you an American who believes every foreigner will have sex with you for money or kill you, or both? If you've answered yes to all these questions you'll love this tosh.

There is little tension in this cynical half softcore porn /half hardcore torture movie and precious little horror but plenty of disgust at women. Real horror movies can disturb us with their almost sympathetic villians like Dracula or Frankenstein's monster or by unbearable tension.

Okay, Roth may be trying to make hamfisted comment about American foreign policy but really this is a movie about women as temptresses and the vessels of Satan.

A telling moment is in a commentary is when Quentin T points out that he went to a screening where the audience screamed misogynistic encouragements to the "hero" as he mows down the 2 temptresses- just proof of the movie's gutter level of an audience. Roth comes across as an arrogant and self-centred figure throughout the extras; tellingly he gloats about the number of nude East European girls he had to audition for minor roles.

Creepy, but not in a good way.

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