Immersed with blood, gore, nudity, drugs and anything else mumma doesn’t wanna know about, Hostel
is Roth’s tribute to the vomit-inducing horror classics of
yesteryear. Quentin Tarantino loved the idea – based on true
stories discovered by Roth and Aint it Cool News’ Harry Knowles
– and as such, lent his credentials to the film. If that’s
not going to get young bucks into the film, than the goosebumpy
synopsis might. Three ridiculously-horny youngsters, backpacking
through Europe, book in at a Slovakian city hostel that immediately
meets their requirements: comfort, neighbouring disco and drinks, but
most of all, naked women just wandering around beseeching a good
spankin’. Of course, they’re being played. Seems
these buxom beauties have already sold the lads to a local firm that
gives folks the chance to chop up Americans. Suddenly, it doesn’t
matter so much that they didn’t use protection. If
there’s one thing you can say about Eli Roth’s films,
it’s that they’re wickedly entertaining. You’ll
cringe, you’ll laugh, and you’ll smirk and most of all,
feel as if you’ve just been given a good time, every time.
He’s a filmmaker that’s making movies that he loved growing
up, and they weren’t the ones that especially appealed to the
voting members of the Academy. Hostel - as if you
haven’t heard already - is quite disturbing at times, but
it’s more of a ‘what you don’t see’ situation
that plays on your fears. You’ll hear their shrieks, you’ll
see the blood splatter…but you don’t get a zoom-in on
anything slice or dice. Well, besides one good ‘eye popper’
of a scene. It’s not as ‘enjoyable’ as Cabin Fever
perse, but it has enough ingredients to make a tasty, well-blended
cocktail of horror that blood buffs won’t need a straw to sip
down. Hostel is 4 star accommodation – complete with complimentary continental chills. EXTRAS An
excellent assortment of extras includes multiple audio commentaries -
which even Eli Roth says will take you a couple of years to get through
- a comprehensive making-of, and much, much, more. A real treat! Conclusion:
Movie 70% Extras: 65% 
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