Written by a 13 year old,wanting to shock his Mum and dad

Rating: 3/10 (24 March 2006)

I had waited a long time to See Hostel and with all the underground hype in the UK was lead to think this was going to be a full on Horrorfest that would leave me shocked for days.....Oh dear.
Not only was the film,slow but had the script and dialogue of a homophobic schoolboy,who was interested in nothing but tits and drugs The ,so called,shock/horror scenes were not only short but totally ineffective.If you want good,psychological horror see Saw or saw 2,in fact see the remake of The hills Have eyes,which is a far superior film in every way,down to the effects and the acting.When I saw that at the cinema a lot of people,(mostly girls with boyfriends) left after the first attack scene in the motor-home.
In Hostel most were just bored and stayed.
One thing I did think was disturbing about the film was the huge amount of homophobia.I'm a very open minded person like that and understand if it is needed for a films story and is relevant but its just put into the film as anti gay crap.everyone who they don't like is a Fag or Faggot,anything they don't like is Gay,the main nasty it is implied is a closet homosexual.With all this homophobia flying about,it makes one think that Eli Rth just may be a closet homosexual himself.
In all a childish,ineffective and long winded attempt at a shock/horror.safe you time and money and see Saw or Seven or for a really good creep out the Exorcism of Emily Rose.