Everybody is missing the point!

Rating: 10/10 (3 June 2006)

All the reviewers missed the whole point of this movie. They say it is misogynistic and degrading to woman. However, after I read an interview of the director it became clear that the movie is the complete opposite of that! Our tourists in this movie are drawn to the hostel because they want to exploit the poor women who are desperate. Now a lot of people say could not sympathize with the characters. Well thats the whole point! They are not sympathetic characters! As Barbara says, now you are my Bitch now! It's like all the woman in the world who have been exploited are getting their just revenge on our characters. In a way that's why a lot of guys don't like it! It's a little too close for comfort. I see some people complain that they used a real European country as the setting. Of course IMO that just makes it more creepy since although Slovakia is a remote country that many Americans have never visited, it does exist! It's just like a haunted house that you remember when you were a kid. If it was some imaginary country, you could dismiss as not really existing. Now the same people are complaining about the unreal plot here when they believe perfectly in the Chucky Doll or Freddy appearing in your dreams.
I would say this is more like a European movie since the characters are not acting over the top like Robert Denero or Joe Peschi. Additionally I like the use of foreign languages in movies. God knows I've seen too many American movies with all the actors speaking English with bad German accents.