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Hostel Details

2005 Certificate 18
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  • 60
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Two young Americans, backpacking through Europe, find themsleves lured in as victims of a murder-for-profit business... Hostel is a dark, bloody exploration of torture and evil. Read more

Starring Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Lenka Vlasakova, Eythor Gudjonsson
Director Eli Roth
Genres Horror

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Hostel

Two young Americans, backpacking through Europe, find themsleves lured in as victims of a murder-for-profit business... Hostel is a dark, bloody exploration of torture and evil.

Starring Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Lenka Vlasakova, Eythor Gudjonsson, Jan Vlasak
Director Eli Roth
Studio SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Horror
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Dubbed Spanish, Catalan
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Spanish, Dutch, English, Portugese, HIndi
Released DVD: 07 Aug 2006
Blu-ray: 16 Oct 2006
Production year: 2005
Format DVD
  • Critics' reviews (4) of Hostel

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  • HOSTEL confirms Roth as one of the brighter hopes for mainstream horror... His troubling climax lets us wallow in violent retribution

    • Sight and Sound
  • It's devastatingly effective... It's hands-over-your-eyes horrible, toe-curlingly savage and, eventually, strangely haunting

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  • 72 out of 92 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    awsome

    This movie makes 'devils Rejects' 'Wolf Creek' and all the other nex-gen video nasties look like fluffy cuddly kids films.

    The 1st half of the film is a bit of a confusing mix of american road trip comedy films and soft porn but gradually your smile will drop as the film decends into a squalid,depraved nightmarish world of unthinkable torture and violence.

    And this is where it gets good its one of those films thet is so disgusting that you find yourself laughing and reaching at the same time and when the end credit finally role your left staring at the screen in disbelief trying to comprehend what you've just seen.

    It goes with out saying this is not for the faint hearted but for anyone else who grew up intrigued by banned video nasties of the 70's and 80's strap your self in your chair and prepare to witness the most unflinching grotesque powerhouse of a horror movie your ever likely to see.

      • A customer from England
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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Worth a look

    Not really scary. More soft porn with some gore thrown in. It is watchable and has a decent storyline. The gore isnt that bad compared to Saw etc.

    Fans of 'Saw' and alike - do not expect to be shocked but def worth a look

      • Jonathon Woss from Khazakstan
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    Hostel

    Roth 'not involved' in Hostel III

    • 15 Jul 2009

    Director Eli Roth has ruled out making another installment of horror franchise Hostel - instead he's inviting other filmmakers to pick up where he left off. The filmmaker scored a box office hit in 2005 when he released the first installment of the terrifying backpacker thriller, followed by a sequel in 2007. Roth was said to be working on Hostel III - but he has distanced himself from the project and is adamant he has no plans to revive the series. He tells movie website ShockTillYouDrop.com, Read more

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35,716 Member ratings
  • 100
2,312
  • 90
2,080
  • 80
5,056
  • 70
5,599
  • 60
7,287
  • 50
4,187
  • 40
3,602
  • 30
2,051
  • 20
2,279
  • 10
1,263

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