Yawn

Rating: 2/10 (17 May 2007)

**mild spoilers** In the last few years, Hollywood has made lots and lots of horror movies. Unfortunately, they have been mostly gore and no scare. "Hostel" was perfect example. There was plenty of gore, as well as nudity. The nudity wore me out after a while, but I'm a woman and boobs do nothing for me. When are these characters going to learn that backpacking Americans in creepy, back-road villages is just asking for trouble? It's not hard to guess who's the first to get killed and we feel nothing for these characters. Josh was the only normal guy, the other two were like little horny frat boys who had never seen a breast before--shesh. The torture scenes are very odd. We see very little, hear a lot and then it's over. What I didn't get was "Igor" who was chopping up the body parts to toss in the fire--why did he chop them up? He could've just tossed them right in whole. Anyways, I digress. There was absolutely no fear factor. I never got scared, no "jump out of your seat scenes" and nothing that made me cover my eyes. And trust me, I'm a horror flick wuss. I spent most of "Silent Hill" in my husband's lap with my eyes closed. That movie scared the bejeezus out of me. I'm disappointed to hear that they made a second one--probably more of the same. And it's sad, Tarantino is a very talented guy, he can do much better than this. I'll pass on the sequel.