HOSTEL is absolutely amazing....some people do not get the point...Go see it!!

Rating: 9/10 (9 January 2006)

First of all, some people that have given this movie bad reviews on this site are people that like to see visual gore like in Braindead, which is extremely laughable by the way.
Hostel is more psychological than visual. In order to feel the terror, you have to imagine that you are part of it. For example, imagine if you are Paxton strapped in that chair with that German man revving the chainsaw right in front of your face. Now that is complete terror, especially because of the stuff that Paxton sees when he is being dragged to the room.
Many people complain about the nudity and there is a good amount. However, that is what makes this realistic. I know many people that want to go to Europe to look for women and smoke. It is something many adolescents want to do and I thought that these characters were extremely realistic in that aspect. The nudity sets the tone and makes the torture even more horrifying because of the humorous tone during the first half.
I read a review with the writer not knowing why Paxton went back to save the Japanese girl. Well, if you paid attention during the movie, you would have heard Paxton talk to Josh and telling him about a traumatizing experience he had when he was kid, with another kid drowning and him not doing anything about it....and constantly waking up with screaming sounds of the mother of the drowning child.
Another person did not know how Paxton knew that the Dutch businessman was part of it at the end. Well, that man was the first room he saw when he entered the "art exhibit" and he saw the Dutch man clearly dissecting another body (Josh I believe).
Anyway, this movie was amazing and had me very excited at the end. The movie theater I was in started clapping when it ended, and the movie deserved it. You really feel for the characters because you can relate to them; Josh reminded me of my friend Eric and Oli was the hilarious horny dude everyone knows.
Overall, the "art exhibit" is very creepy and the killers are even creepier. Once again Hostel is movie is more psychological than visual, and I think that makes it even scarier; Braindead was a comedy with a bunch of cheesy gore. If you want to see a very good horror movie with enough gore, go see Hostel...you will not be disappointed
KB