About this movie
- Genres:
- Horror, Mystery & Suspense
- Language:
- English
- Running time:
- 1:33:27
- Partner rating:
- Released:
- 2005
- Quality:
- 480 (DVD equivalent)
Cast & Crew
Cast
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Jay Hernandez
Paxton
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Derek Richardson
Josh
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Eythor Gudjonsson
Oli
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Jan Vlasák
The Dutch Businessman
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Barbara Nedeljáková
Natalya
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Jana Kaderabková
Svetlana
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Jennifer Lim
Kana
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Rick Hoffman
The American Client
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Miroslav Táborský
The Friendly Police Officer
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Takashi Miike
Miike Takashi
Directors
- Eli Roth
Producers
- Franco-Giacomo Carbone
- Mike Fleiss
- Eli Roth
- Christopher Briggs
Writers
- Eli Roth
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Hostel
Cabin Fever director Eli Roth skips the humor of his freshman feature and goes straight for the jugular in this unrelenting scare-fest about a pair of libidinous American backpackers seeking cheap thrills in the European countryside. Their carefree college days close behind and the responsibility of the real world looming ever closer on the horizon, Josh (Derek Richardson) and Paxton (Jay Hernandez) strap on their backpacks and prepare for a stratospheric last hurrah of booze, babes, drugs, and debauchery halfway across the globe. It's during a visit to Amsterdam that the pair meets up with raucous Icelandic backpacker Oli (Eythor Gudjonsson), and after the three globe-trotting thrill seekers catch wind of a Slovakian city whose male population has dwindled as a result of civil strife -- leaving the ladies ready and willing to accept any male companionship that might turn up at the local hostel -- the trio quickly beats a hasty retreat to the out-of-the-way oasis. Upon check-in, the trio is greeted by a bevy of beautiful locals and is quickly convinced that the hedonistic hideaway is indeed the real deal. Hazily awakening the following morning to find no trace of backpacking buddy Oli, Paxton chalks his former traveling companion's disappearance up to capriciousness and prepares for another day of debauchery, despite Josh's rapidly elevating sense of unease. Now trapped defenselessly in a foreign land without any means of escape and no way of anticipating the unimaginable hell that lies ahead, the pair is plunged into a torturous netherworld where the screams of the damned fill the air with dread and the warm rays of the sun are little more than a fading memory.
Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes
59%
percent positive reviews
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Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Whether or not this kind of horror movie is your cup of tea, you have to at least admire Roth for the daring and creativity with which he illustrates that concept.
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Simon Crook, Empire Magazine
The first act's filler, otherwise it's a squirmer. Bring a bucket.
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Nigel Floyd, Time Out
Sadly, as with [director Eli] Roth's promising but flawed debut feature, its central conceit is more compelling than what ended up on screen.
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Nev Pierce, BBC
Beyond its 'How far can I go?' attitude to violence, Hostel has no reason to exist.
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Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile
Don't book into this Hostel unless you're a horror fan. Or if you do, don't complain ...the premise is as twisted and terrifying as the acts themselves.
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Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
All this in a 94-minute movie that takes 45 minutes getting started!
– Full review
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