Along with "Wolf Creek" one of the best horror films of 2005.

Rating: 9/10 (7 March 2006)

Two recent college graduates Paxton and Josh,are vacationing in Amsterdam, hanging out with a horny Icelandic guy,and looking for pot and pussy.When a friendly pimp tells them that the hottest and loosest girls in Europe are in Slovakia,they take his advice and head to a hostel he recommends in a small town near Bratislava.Once there,the boys get laid and then picked off one by one,as we gradually see that the entire town is a front for an operation that allows the wealthy to torture and kill gullible touristsfor a reasonable fee."Hostel" is a great horror flick that offers plenty of nudity and sickening gore.Eli Roth actually based his idea on a Thai website that allegedly offered murders for profit and the script evolved from this premise,as horrifying as the reality is along with help from the renowned Quentin Tarantino."Hostel" delivers twisted gore and torture in spades as it features burnings,drillings,flayings,slashings and an Achilles-tendon injury.The eyeball scene made me squirm in my seat.The two leads are pretty convincing,the women are gorgeous and Jan Vlasak is absolutely horrifying as a Dutch businessman with a taste for torture and murder. Anyway,call me sick,but I enjoyed this nasty little flick.9 out of 10.