this movie is utter crap

Rating: 3/10 (5 June 2006)

this movie is so stupid and tasteless that i don't know why i gave it such a high rating, 3 outa 10 is really pushing it and i only gave it a 3 because i thought i'd show a little respect to those actors who had to put up with the crappy directing and totally crappy plot line.
now i will explain my reasoning behind my '3 outa 10' rating....
this movie is supposed to be scary, it's not even close to scary, it's simply disgusting and totally tasteless. it was so bad that after the movie was over i took it out of my DVD player and played Frisbee with it (btw, dvds can take a lot of abuse, it took more than 3 tries to bust it against my living room wall, lol). I guess i was expecting something a little more intelligent and entertaining after listening to all the hype my roommate put into it, "man, ya gotta see this! it's SO cool!' (note to self: Don't listen to the roommate's advice after this debacle, lol!)
to me, a good horror movie needs a plot that breaks some new ground, Hostel does break new ground, it's unfortunate that the new ground was more tasteless gore in an era where tasteless gore takes the place of intelligent plots and villains with style in horror movies. this movie has no style at all, it's just sick. (i wish the director would take some cues from 'See No Evil' now that movie has some style and the gore isn't needlessly wasted, it actually serves a purpose in the plot, and the villain is genuinely scary and very capable of giving ya the creeps and that's what a good horror movie needs).
i could go on all day about this stinking pile of horse manure that's supposed to be a horror movie but i already wasted 2-3 hours of my life watching the movie and writing my less-than-enthusiastic opinion of the movies' merits. if i ever catch my kids watching 'Friday the 13th' or 'Nightmare on Elm Street' i would probably condone that, if i catch them sneaking 'Hostel' into my house (or any other house for that matter) they will spend more time being grounded than most convicted felons prison sentences and they would also have write a 10 page essay to me on why it's crap and convince me that they have seen the error of their ways before i allow them a taste of freedom ever again, i would want my kids to make intelligent choices when it comes to horror movies and to me 'intelligent' and 'Hostel' cannot be used in the same sentence.