Hostel Movie Review 2006

Just another brick in the faux-snuff genre wall. This time around some hot-to-trot American dudes are led to a Slovakian hostel after several splurges into red-light debauchery and uninhibited misogyny. (They probably got distracted on the way to the history museums.) Much to their chagrin, they find that the Russian mafia has converted their lodging quarters into a pleasuredome for sickos looking to get their sadism on. Since our heroes have been developed as mindless hornballs, we're expected to almost cheer their pain and agony. The creators try, rather unsuccessfully, to disguise the charade as a parody of the snuff and torture films it actually reproduces.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 95 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Eastern Europe, Amsterdam, Femme Fatale, Sex & Sexuality, Slasher Flicks, Teen Horror

Screenplay

Eli Roth

Cast

Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Jan Vlasak, Eythor Gudjonsson, Barbara Nedeljakova, Jana Kaderabkova, Jenifer Lim

Cinematography

Milan Chadima

Director

Eli Roth

Music

Nathan Barr

Other

Tomas Belohradsky, George Folsey, David Baxa, Franco-Giacomo Carbone, Franco-Giacomo Carbone

Producer

Eli Roth, Mike Fleiss, Chris Briggs, Screen Gems, Lions Gate, Next Entertainment, Quentin Tarantino, Raw Nerve Production, Lions Gate Films