The movie "Hostel" is gross. Not just gross but the squirm-in-your-seat gross, the kind of gross that has you either looking away or putting your hands over your eyes.
And I loved it.
This is what a good horror/slasher movie is supposed to do.
"Hostel" starts off as a "Porky's in Amsterdam" kind of movie. We have three guys backpacking in Europe, all looking to get smashed and laid.
And when a nerdy looking guy shows them pictures of beautiful naked women who can only be found in Slovakia, they hop a train and head for what they think will be nights of debauchery.
They do. For awhile, fun is had by all.
Then, as in movies like this, something goes horribly wrong. Toes are chopped off. Heads become detached from bodies. Drills go into flesh.
Nasty stuff.
Helming this is Eli Roth, who made the cult classic Cabin Fever a few years ago. I never thought much of "Cabin Fever," but Roth blesses this movie with gorgeous cinemotography, believable acting and teeth-clenching suspense.
"Hostel" is simply put an adrenaline rush. This is a good gory mess.
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2 comments:
I cringed at the trailer, so i knew it would be an intense experience.
yeah, I figured it wouldn't be strictly your run-of-the-mill horror flick since Quentin Taratino was hitched to the project.
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