Each horror movie that’s about a vacation has an obvious
rule that should have been followed; if the rule was not ignored, everyone
would still be alive. Don’t use the sauna, don’t drink the water, and don’t go
to the ruins off the beaten path. In “Hostel”, the rule might be as simply as
to not travel with a group of horny guys, make sure that there is a girl there
that will keep you from being seduced and separated by sexy foreign girls. “Hostel”
is another genre defying film written and directed by Eli Roth. Again, he
brings the viewer a different kind of horror movie with odd moments of black
comedy sprinkled here and there. And like “Cabin Fever”, there is a moment
where the main character tells a story that has nothing to do with the main plotline
but adds a certain flair to the film.
Two Americans, Paxton and Josh, and their Icelandic friend
Oli are backpacking around Europe. When they get bored of hanging around
Amsterdam, they are told about an undocumented hostel near Bratislava and how
the town there is filled with beautiful women and barely any men (because they
are all off at war). The three friends go and are quickly seduced by their
roommates Natalya and Svetlana. It turns out that Natalya and Svetlana, as well
as the guy who told them about the hostel back in Amsterdam, all work for a company
called Elite Hunting, a group that kidnaps tourists and sells them to be
totured and murdered by rich businessmen from around the world. It doesn’t take
long before Oli, and then Josh, to be taken away in the dead of night and
transported to the old factory where Elite Hunting provides its services.
Paxton finds Natalya and Svetlana and demands that they take him to his friends,
which they do. Soon Paxton learns the truth and tries to survive the rest of
his vacation…
Favorite moment - I really like that Jay Hernandez (Quarantine) plays the lead, Paxton. The casting was just a smart choice.
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