Kurt Russell fights alien beasty in winter wasteland.

Rating: 10/10 (26 July 2006)

I've always loved the movies of John Carpenter and this is definitely one of his best. A classic example of old school horror filmaking, a piece of work that some of the newer horror directors may want to take another look at and learn something from. (I'm looking at you Eli Roth!) On that note, how many other people were as disappointed by Hostel as I was? After Cabin Fever which is basically the bomb as new horror movies go, Hostel was basically crap. The violence was generally castrated, the direction uninspired and the screenplay had none of the fun of Cabin Fever. Yes, back to Carpenter, I remember recommending this movie to a friend who is a big horror buff and loves his violence bloody and nasty. He wasn't too keen on seeing The THing simply because he doesn't like 80s horror and the DVD cover did look distinctly 80s and shoddy. After tying him down and screening the movie despite his resistance all he could say was 'Jeez, that was pretty good.'