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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 |
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| Director | Eli Roth |
| Genres | Horror |
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Moviemaker Eli Roth has warned horror fans not to take their kids into his maze of terror during Universal Studios theme park's Halloween celebrations this year (11) - because the attraction is strictly R-rated. The Hostel director has been working on the idea with Universal bosses for the past eight months and he's convinced it will shock and terrify the hardiest film fan when it opens in the run-up to 31 October (11) at the California theme park. Roth has been a regular at the park's annual... Read more
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
Moviemaker Wes Craven has taken aim at the modern crop of gory horror films, branding the numerous sequels tiresome and "exploitative". The veteran slasher movie director admits he enjoyed the so-called 'torture porn' genre when it first became popular in the 2000s through movies such as Saw and Hostel. But he's adamant the gruesome, explicit images of pain and suffering quickly lose their impact in the follow-up films. The Scream moviemaker tells Total Film magazine, "When things go on too... Read more
Actor Jay Hernandez is warning sensitive types that his new horror movie Hostel may not be for them after seeing horror fans pass out at festival and test screenings. Hernandez, best known for Crazy/Beautiful says that the Quentin Tarantino co-produced Hostel, which features some graphic and explicit torture scenes will not be for everyone. "At the Toronto Film Festival two people had to be taken out of the theatre by ambulance during the first torture scene," he said. "It's a... Read more
Director Eli Roth has slammed critics of his horror films, accusing reviewers of failing to "understand" his movies. The actor/filmmaker gained notoriety with his graphic 2005 slasher movie Hostel, which provoked a storm of controversy and led some film critics to label the shocking project 'torture porn'. But the star insists reviewers are just not interested in watching horror movies. He says, "I think the term 'torture porn'... says more about the critics than it does about the film and... Read more