Hostel

Rating: 9/10 (27 September 2008)

First of all, to all the negative critics of Hostel 1, stop the hating. As far as critics go, usually they only give an A rating for complex, thought-provoking, intelligent stories. zzzzzz.... Eli Roth, to me, is over the top but that is his style. I enjoy entertaining horror movies and that is exactly what Hostel is. From watching a preview, you know the kids are going to end up getting tortured. We all know all the happiness was going to end at some point. Regarding the movie being pure entertainment, I liked the script. Josh was awkwardly funny and the Icelandish guy was hilarious. The girls weren't just hot because of their looks and the much-needed nudity (horror movies always used to have nudity!!!!). The accents were great and brought creepiness to the movie. "Sirious Ameriken" . My only issue with Hostel and all the other horror movie that comes out nowadays is that it's just not scary at all. I think Eli Roth wanted it gory more than scary but still. I feel like the last scary movie I saw was Candyman. Eli Roth has been great but the fact that he's over the top at times turns people off. I mean Texas Chainsaw Massacre was kind of funny, especially part 2, and I like funny, but let's lean towards scary sometimes, especially for a horror movie. That's just an example of a classic horror movie that can be a bit comical. Hostel was by far Eli's best because he kept it pretty morbid. It is one of the most entertaining horror movies I have seen in a while. Hostel 2 was also pure entertainment, but he went Eli Roth on it and took it one step too far on the jokes (Goalllllllll).
So overall, good script, good acting, good production, good nudity and good torture. 9 out of 10.