Good movie, but nowhere near the hype!

Rating: 5/10 (7 January 2006)

Let me start out by saying that Hostel was a pretty decent horror film. The subject matter is brutal and unrelenting and the actors in this movie do a very good job. But...Hostel is going to be a victim of it's own hype. Every person I heard leaving the theater tonight was disappointed in some sense because ultimately, Hostel was not as scary, violent, or depraved as people have made it out to be. To me, Hostel was more of a thriller with horror elements mixed in. It was painfully slow to get going and by the time the climax hit, the movie was almost over. All in all I was very disappointed and let down when the end credits started rolling. Maybe I was just expecting too much but ultimately I think Hostel was a bit of a let-down.