Hostel

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Hostel

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Released Jan 6, 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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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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Brandon Collins

Medium Popcorn

I did not enjoy watching this at all. The decisions the characters made were nonsensical. I couldn't recommend this less unless over the top gore with little substance is your thing.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 29, 2022

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Daniel N

Not bad for an old school horror / thriller. You can see why these movies had a bit of a cult following. The naked beauties were a nice touch.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/15/25

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Jason W

Once you get past the barrage of overdone sexual/nudity aspect in the beginning of the film, it becomes a great, gory, grotesque beast. One major con for me, the score! Took me out of it at points because the music with horns and strings did not fit the tone at all, this should be a gritty, grungy feel, not a Spielberg film with giant scores trying to make you feel like it's an epic movie. That was a big fail, it should have almost be silent at times to get that icky effect. Otherwise, I enjoyed it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/24/25

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Otávio A

The first time I watched it, well, I don't remember exactly, but I think it was in 2011, I really liked the acting and the story, Jay Hernandez's character is my favorite... I love this movie! 5 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/15/25

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Carter D

If you can handle very gory horror movies, WATCH THIS! The whole movie is said by the creator to be a story about exploitation. It's amazing seeing this dummies be ass holes to everyone and then you really feel bad for one of them. You really want that guy to survive. Great movie...

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/06/25

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Todd B

An obscure, weird movie with torture scenes, but enjoyable. I loved every minute of it. I loved Jay, the Oli character, etc.. A good horror film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/17/25

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Frank J

It's a comedy movie...kinda

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/15/25

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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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