This was supposed to be scary?

Rating: 1/10 (6 January 2006)

I am usually quite easily scared by movies and so I expected Hostel, based on its marketing, to be truly gory and frightening. I was thoroughly disappointed, as were the people I saw it with. I saw it tonight, the first night it came out, and I, as well as the majority of the moviegoers in my sold-out theater, laughed through the entire movie. Some of the scenarios were just laugh-out-loud funny. The acting was horrible. I'm a Jay Hernandez fan and can't believe he did this movie. The plot was incredibly weak and Tarantino's attempts at suspense were not effective. We actually walked out of the movie questioning if it was supposed to be a parody of the horror movie genre. I really wouldn't waste your $9.25 to see this movie.