European Gore Without The Bore

Rating: 6/10 (10 October 2012)

If you thought 2004's Saw was a massive step into cinematic gore, Hostel does a triple long jump and a pole vault into it. Hostel is sadistic in parts but is a very intriguing film. It is covered in blood, but sometimes there's so much blood, the story is washed away. The Dutch Businessman (played by Jan Vlasák) isn't an iconic horror villain but is one of the cleverest and deceiving villains from recent memory. There are a lot of stereotypical traits (smoking pot in Amsterdam; beautiful girls entrancing the backpackers) but these play out well. OVERALL: A gore fest that can get a bit too carried away at times but can hold itself together.