This is called horror?

Rating: 1/10 (9 August 2007)

I had no expectations what-so-ever when I went to see "Hostel", all I knew was that it was a so-called horror movie; what I did not know was that I was about to sit through equal parts of porn and slaughter. It seems as if the makers tried to put together all the ingredients that they thought made teenagers (and some adults) watch films: drugs, (hot) nude women, road trips and sickening horror. For me, Hostel was a failure.
It is not that I do not like horror, horror is great! ...As long as it is done properly. In "Hostel" there were none, or very few, surprise moments and no moments of "he's coming, he's coming!" (if you don't count the sex). Personally, I don't think that human beings have come to such a low level that they need to see bodies being mutilated in the worst kind of ways in order to get satisfied with a horror movie and I can not understand why the makers of "Hostel" would think so either.
If you like a good scare, don't watch this.