The always-polarizing Eli Roth has returned to the big screen with Hostel: Part II, another immersion into his world of a Slovakian torture factory. There are things that I liked and enjoyed about this film, but I will tell you that if this director hasn’t won you over yet, his third feature film will not do the trick.
When I heard that Hostel:
→Tags: Eli Roth, Horror, Torture Porn, Gore, Violence
ReviewMany horror geeks rejoiced in 2003 when a young one named Eli Roth made a movie called Cabin Fever—a film about a flesh-eating virus in a small forest town. The film promised plenty of blood, plenty of humor, and plenty of homages.
→ ReviewI don’t watch many horror movies, but this is what I made of Hostel.
I can’t imagine taking this film seriously, mainly because it’s not supposed to be taken seriously. I have also concluded that:
Tags: Eli Roth, Torture Porn, Horror, Gore, Violence
Review300 is plagued by the same condition that got movies like Snatch: the cool-factor. You see the film and you’re blown away by how amazingly cool it is. Then you watch it again, or start thinking about it, and you realize that once you’re done with all of the wowing on the surface, there’s not much left to the movie.
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