Brutally, pervasively, sadistically bad

Rating: 1/10 (24 October 2007)

Hostel (2005)
Here's a director, Eli Roth, a new kid on the horror block wanting to make a big name out of himself by making Hostel: a linear film that is sick and sadistic, both elements which do not deserve praise because that's all there is in this pitiful film.
This is a morally repugnant film, an 'american tragedy' in an attempt to create a horror film for a 21st Century audience that seems to be fuelled only by empty, shallow films with violence and gore, because Hostel is really just that; it doesn't possess any qualities a film could be cherished for. Alright this is a horror film and it exploits violence and sadistic elements to a high level, but come on now this is in no way a good or even average film.
This 'hedonistic mess of a film', is a failure in terms of cinema and in my opinion horror, just an excuse for soft porn, violence and gore with no meaning, aim or point (although a lot of horror movies don't) is a waste of time, except if you are the kind of person that is attracted to garbage film-making.
This is by far one of the worse films of 2005 and a useless addition to the horror genre. All this film can inspire is more films like this and possible worse pointless infiltrations of violence on screen and it is not even entertaining. At least, films like Saw (which at best is an average film) do provide an element of entertainment with their violence and gore. Hostel fails to even entertain.
1/10