Hostel

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Hostel

R

2006

1h 35m

Horror

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Best friends Josh (Derek Richardson) and Paxton (Jay Hernandez) decide to spend the summer after college graduation on an all-out backpacking trip across Europe. While stopping in Amsterdam to indulge their tastes for drugs and sex, they meet Oli (Eythor Gudjonsson), a like-minded traveler from Iceland. When the three bachelors set off to investigate enticing rumors of a Slovakian hostel in a city populated by lusty women, they find themselves drawn unwittingly into a deadly game.

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Critics Consensus

Featuring lots of guts and gore, Hostel is a wildly entertaining corpse-filled journey -- assuming one is entertained by corpses, guts, and gore, that is.

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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.

Dec 29, 2006

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Scott Tobias

AV Club

Hostel's merely unpleasant and more than a little dumb.

Rated: C

Nov 27, 2006

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Simon Crook

Empire Magazine

The first act's filler, otherwise it's a squirmer. Bring a bucket.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 2, 2006

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Bryce Hanson

Horror Movie Talk

It’s definitely exploitative. From the generous heaping of bare tits, to the sinkfuls of mangled limbs, it’s not purporting to be high art. However... it does take extra care into providing a framework for these exploitative elements to exist believably.

Rated: 10/10

Sep 23, 2025

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Akos Peterbencze

The Screen

Inelegant, schlocky, and full-on? Sure. But it’s also a relentless B-movie hitting your nerves with a blood-soaked meat pounder.

Apr 4, 2025

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

This movie is rough all around. The gore was well done and was something different we hadn't seen before in a horror film.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 29, 2022

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Caleb L

A very disturbing yet thought provoking look at how American culture was perceived post 9/11.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/20/25

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M M

General idea of the movie is interesting and good. But the acting and the first part of these movies is really boring and drawn out. I think they need to make a third one and make the first half and second half both be active and interesting.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/04/25

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Stoner J

Soo underrated! Cast and acted PERFECTLY, directed expertly, and EVERY SINGLE jerk who did Paxton and his friends wrong get so satisfactorily revenge killed in a super entertaining fashion. And it’s not too long, short and sweet

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/30/25

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W C S

Loved the intense, graphic kills, unique plot idea, and silly breaks. Cast was solid and acting was as well. Would recommend as a solid, A tier low budget flick that will engage you.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/13/25

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Wendel L

Direção: Bom Atuação: Ok Roteiro: Bom Caracterização: Bom Soundtrack: Ok

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/07/25

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Alejandra C

Its so dumb but its so good, probably traumatized a lot of americans at that time.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/06/25

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Synopsis

Best friends Josh (Derek Richardson) and Paxton (Jay Hernandez) decide to spend the summer after college graduation on an all-out backpacking trip across Europe. While stopping in Amsterdam to indulge their tastes for drugs and sex, they meet Oli (Eythor Gudjonsson), a like-minded traveler from Iceland. When the three bachelors set off to investigate enticing rumors of a Slovakian hostel in a city populated by lusty women, they find themselves drawn unwittingly into a deadly game.

Director: Eli Roth
Producer: Eli Roth, Mike Fleiss
Screenwriter: Eli Roth
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Hostel LLC, Raw Nerve, International Production Company
Rating: R (Drug Use|Brutal Torture and Violence|Language|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 6, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $47.3M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: SDDS, DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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