Do not see this movie!!!!! Two thumbs down, plus some fingers...

Rating: 1/10 (19 January 2006)

When I initially saw the trailer for Hostel (as a trailer for Saw2, which sucked worse), I had very high hopes for this movie. Imagining a place where total depravity could be bought in eastern Europe was extremely enticing and given that Roth put out a movie like Cabin Fever, with classic gross out scenes like the girl being finger banged and discovering that the bloke was fingering a hole in her leg, made me think that this movie could hold some promise. Sadly, I was seriously mistaken. Though this movie did sort of put out in terms of gore, as well as t and a, the plot, story, and acting sucked so hard I could hear it. Give me a box cutter, a blowtorch, some rope, a baseball bat, and a DV CAM and I could put together a 15 minute short that would really freak you out. Lions Gate needs to stop putting out "horror" movies (aside from the original Saw and the Devil's Rejects) and stick to making movies like Crash (which seems more their speed). Do not waste your time with this film, if I could have I would have given it a .5 instead of a 1. Go out and rent something like Last House on the Left if you want something from the horror genre that doesn't totally suck for starters.