Hostel??

[acidic_liquid]

What the hell does it mean when someone "presents" a movie anyway? He just got paid for the marketing team to tack his name on a film so people will be more eager to see it?

Cabin Fever sucked.

I'm a little iffy on this movie. Looks like a saw rip-off (no pun intended).

Trailer

[Anjew]

Umm... The commercials for this movie already scares the piss outta me.

[dj_soo]

In some instances what happens is that these big name guys like Quentin Tarantino or Peter Jackson finds a movie they really like or believe in and lend their name and/or some cash to the movie makers so that people would be more inclined to watch it.

[ja_raul]

having stayed in a few european hostels this past summer, i am very much looking forward to this movie.

yeah.. whoooooo hostel

[thechix0r]

This movie looks sick and disgusting and I am going to see it tomorrow, I don't know what to expect, but from the reviews I have read on it, it looks like it's gonna be quite the morbid and twisted one. Not to mention that in the previews they were all like "paramedics had be called during the pre-release" because audience members couldn't handle it. It's probably all hype in the end just to get people to watch it, either way I am excited :)

[crookedking]

i hope the hype lives up to it...like with blair witch project.

[thechix0r]

Originally Posted by crookedking

i hope the hype lives up to it...like with blair witch project.

Yeah... otherwise people are going to think it's crapppppyyy

[<mouse~]

i read a couple of reviews for this

basically, they said there's lots of t&a, and it's super gory
with not much of a storyline

tarantino's claiming that people are fainting in the theatre and stuff cos it's so gross!!

[bungoshlung]

i can never understand the motive of people wanting to watch others get tortured in the most gruesome ways. i know it's make believe and all but why is that entertaining?

[Lil Jenna]

I hate movies like that.

But I still get dragged by my friends to go see them.

Like with saw/saw 2... I spent the entire time watching the movie curled up into a ball on my seat with my jacket over my eyes... Not a pleasant two hours. I wouldn’t ever pay to see a movie like that.

[nabs]

wow it looks sooo, quinton tarantino-ish. theres a warning in the newspapers by Quinton Tarantino to not take this movie lightly, it is very very gruesom.

[nabs]

It does have a storyline, supposedly very deep and you have have to think about it. but... QT said that people were passing out at the screening, and the paramedics had to be called.

[baby-phat]

Originally Posted by <mouse~

tarantino's claiming that people are fainting in the theatre and stuff cos it's so gross!!

That makes me really wanna go see it now! I hate violence and gore in real life but for some reason I am morbidly fascinated almost addicted to seeing it in movies. I guess this makes me a sick freak hey? :p

[ja_raul]

Originally Posted by bungoshlung

i can never understand the motive of people wanting to watch others get tortured in the most gruesome ways. i know it's make believe and all but why is that entertaining?

you make it sound like i have some sort of problem for wanting to go see this film. im not looking forward to this movie because i like to see people get tortured or die in gruesome ways, i just like to watch movies that scare me.

i like to watch people's work that invoke feelings of fear, i am hoping this movie will do the job, since "the exorcism of emily rose" was sort of a let down.

[nabs]

^^ Agreed!

[thechix0r]

Originally Posted by bungoshlung

i can never understand the motive of people wanting to watch others get tortured in the most gruesome ways. i know it's make believe and all but why is that entertaining?

It's human nature to want to see things being massacred.. just look at the Romans and their gladiator rings. They were just more open with it back then and accepted that humans are morbid creatures. Now it's not politically correct to be like this and hence why there is so much hype around it. It's entertaining in a morbid sense, true, but it also plays to that fear that humans seem to love to so much (which is why we have scary rides, make up scary stories and in general like to be scared). It's just the way humans are. The sense of thrill, the sense of capture, chase and gore are things that humans seek... :)

[Anjew]

Critics Reviews Average Grade: B- Source Brief Review Grade* Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Christy Lemire "A truly disturbing horror film that will make you squirm in your seat." more... B- Boston Globe
Wesley Morris "...not horrifying enough." more... C Chicago Tribune
Jan Stuart "...I spent much of the second half staring into my lap while listening to a cacophony of screams and shop tools..." more... B- E! Online "It's horrifying, in the best sense of the word..." more... B Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman "...digs deep into the nightmare of a society ruled by the profit of illicit desire." more... B filmcritic.com
Blake French "As usual, writer/director Eli Roth (Cabin Fever) is more concerned with shocking audiences than delivering genuine tension and suspense." more... C Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen "Highly en-gross-ing." more... B+ New York Post
Kyle Smith "...a screaming good time, marred only by a lazy ending." more... B New York Times
Nathan Lee "...Mr. Roth's gory spectacles are too calculated to deliver the transgressive jolts they so obviously seek." more... C

[acidic_liquid]

I'm not a fan of torture films. It's just gratuitous gore. What's the point? The plot does little else but as a tool to show gore.

I do like slashers. I find those fun. But I think the whole, killing people and torturing them just sickens me. It isn't the actual gore, but the thought of people having prolonged pain, for no real good reason. Slasher flicks were more about the camp and the killing wasn't as pointless (I guess that's debatable though).

Maybe I'll give this one a shot. I just can't decide!

[Clayton.]

That is the most fucked up disturbing movie i've ever seen.

[bungoshlung]

Originally Posted by ja_raul

you make it sound like i have some sort of problem for wanting to go see this film. im not looking forward to this movie because i like to see people get tortured or die in gruesome ways, i just like to watch movies that scare me.

i like to watch people's work that invoke feelings of fear, i am hoping this movie will do the job, since "the exorcism of emily rose" was sort of a let down.

i don't understand why people would want to see a movie like this one so i'm asking for people's input to give me insight.

[Anjew]

very closed minded eh?

[acidic_liquid]

I just saw Saw. That was a load of crap. I don't know if Cary Elwes "acting" or if the characters' stupidity was funnier. Overhyped and disappointing. I still want to see Saw II to see if they made that better lol.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose was WAAAAAAAY freakier.

I hear Hostel is gory, but that could be a big marketing thing as well.

And bungoshlung, I was totally against this whole "torture" movie fad that's going on. I didn't see Saw until last night. I realize that people just want to keep on pushing the envelope since people become desensitized to past fads. It's essentially a hegemony. The most fucked up, obscure thing becomes the most popular thing. The main reason movie studios do this: money.

But I think humans (most, anyway) carry moral compasses so they know where the line is. I don't think people would see this movie and go out and kidnap people for torture.

Blah. So yeah, I think it's money for the studios, and for the audience, just something new and exciting to see. I'm sure there'll be some other fad coming up next year.

Also, I read somewhere that this gorefest fad is reminiscent of 70's horror movies. So I'm assuming much like everything else, the horror movie fads just go through cycles.

I hope that made sense. It's too early.

[bungoshlung]

Originally Posted by Anjew

very closed minded eh?

I'm closed minded because I'm asking for answers to something I don't get?

Good one!

[bungoshlung]

Originally Posted by acidic_liquid

And bungoshlung, I was totally against this whole "torture" movie fad that's going on. I didn't see Saw until last night. I realize that people just want to keep on pushing the envelope since people become desensitized to past fads. It's essentially a hegemony. The most fucked up, obscure thing becomes the most popular thing. The main reason movie studios do this: money.

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I'm not against it. Personally, I just can't bring myself to watch people get tortured in crazy ways for a couple of hours. I just want to know what it is about torture movies that appeals to people.

[Digital Over]

Best movie I've seen in a while. Its good (at least for me) to see a movie which doesn't candy coat the gore and violence....its all there for you too see :) Personally I don't think I could see a more gorey movie than Peter Jackson's
"Dead Alive" (directors cut).....UNTIL my gf and I went to see this movie.

I'd say plot wise, maybe a 7/10, definately has an interesting plot there, but didn't get the other 2 or 3 notches simply because there were point of the film where I kind've thought it was just an excuse to have a psycho. BUT how some of the characters progressed through the movie, and the entertainment elements of this movie far made up for it.

Therefore, If you like VERY gorey movies which have aspects of twisted human
psychology throwen into the mix. DON'T MISS THIS FILM (definately theatre worthy), but if you're the kind of person who gets the heeby jeebies at the sight of the slightest drop of blood, I'd definately over look seeing this. So keep in mind, for those of you who've seen the SAW series, that movie was like the carebears go to cloud 9 compared to this movie.

Overall: 9/10 =)