Hot European women, nudity, horror, gore, more horror and gore and a bit of humor in that order, what more can ye ask for.

Rating: 9/10 (29 March 2006)

Before seeing this movie I did not know it was from the same director as Cabin Fever. Realising it was Eli Roth I have to say I have become a fan most definitely. I really enjoyed Cabin Fever and thought Hostel was even better.
At first knowing it was presented by Quentin Tarantino and having read and seen a lot of hype about it on the internet I knew it was a movie I was going to enjoy.
From a cast of almost unknowns or newbies they did a good job in convincing the horror and terror of their situation although I did not like Oli the guy from Iceland who was just plain annoying.
Firstly the movie features some gorgeous eastern European women nude a lot of the time which was a plus for the guys, but as it goes on we're soon presented with the real horror, terror and gore that awaits them presented to us in graphic detail. Makes you kinda think "does something like that really exist" and could make you think twice about visiting Slovakia :) for the sole purpose of meeting beautiful women.
I think a lot of the gore could of came from ideas taken from a lot of Asian horrors as being a horror fan myself I have seen plenty of Japanese and Korean horror movies although a lot of them haven't been as good as Hostel.
Another thing was that I found myself laughing at some scenes, not in a bad way though. I'm not sure whether the humor was intended or just me. Although it wasn't the scariest of horrors I have seen I really enjoyed this movie as I thought it was pretty fresh, in particular for the US market.
I would definitely recommend any horror fan to go see this movie as I believe it is one that has resurrected the genre of horror. Will definitely get it out on DVD when it is released as I have read there is an alternative ending on it.
A final note I would like to make is that if you liked this you should definitely see Takashi Miikes 'Audition'. Probably the best horror movie ever.