Hostel

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Hostel

R

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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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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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

There's a darkly comedic edge to Hostel that works in the film's favor, but it's not quite as clever as it seems to think it is.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 29, 2020

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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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Nina E

It's quick and to the point while also being suspenseful, though the beginning is just full of sex and partying, but wait, the second half is nonstop gore. I'll break it down to four parts...First act, sex, drugs and rock and roll. You become acquainted with the trio who I'll admit come across as spoiled dbags. Then they get bored with all the sex and drugs that Amsterdam has to offer and they hear that Slovakia parties even harder...Second act, kinda the boring part where they embark on the long journey and then get accustomed to the weirdness of Slovakia. Third act, the part people came for, nonstop gorefest!...Fourth act, I won't say anymore you have to watch it for yourself.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/07/25

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Samm 2

Nothing special but an enjoyable horror movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/23/24

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Audience Member

Decent horror movie with Good acting had me on the edge of my seat

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/12/24

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Jakeem B

It was good but why did the worst guy get the only torturer who felt bad and barely did anything to him… also the way he escaped was such dumb luck that it ruined the otherwise gritty, dark vibe of the movie

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/25/24

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Jianre H

Just plain dumb... No logic no sense cliche of dumbness all through

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/08/24

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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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