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	Beardy Freak Reviews
		Initially (and very satisfyingly) carrying straight on from the finale of the first “Hostel” film we already see that writer/director Roth, because the mystery of what happens in the village and who is involved has now been revealed, is attempting to widen and open up the scale of his sequel.
		And as “Hostel part 2” leaves the original movie’s hanging strands behind to settle down into it’s own plot the additional input of those involved in running the organisation and the two would-be killer clients adds more interest to the (once again rather overly long) build-up that was missing from the first movie.
		But both films are worth a look and #2 is in fact much better than the general mob hate on the Internet (something that also wrongly swamped “House of a 1000 Corpses”) would have you believe or the relative lack of major box office would elude to.
	www.beardyfreak.com /rvhostel.php (1047 words)

	Torture Garden: Hostel's purveyors of terror are ordinary human beings who have a depraved sense of what ...
		This is one of those rare films where you never quite become desensitized to the deluge of gore, the bits of strewn flesh, the piles of severed limbs.
		Hostel, which draws inspiration from the recent epidemic of extreme Asian cinema, suffers from a similar fate, as the initial horror evaporates under the imposition of an absurdly-wrought third-act narrative focused on escape and revenge.
		Lured to a secret Slovakian youth hostel by the promise of busty, lusty, ever-so-willing women, they are so blinded by their hormones, they don't realize that they are, in fact, a commodity to the cash-starved locals.
	www.metroweekly.com /arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1941 (1249 words)

	Reeling: the Movie Review Show's review of Hostel
		"Hostel's" concept may be horrifying should the urban legend at its source ever prove true, but in execution it is nothing but a reined in gorefest for aficionados of torture, and even they won't be happy until the director's cut DVD is issued.
		The film also builds well (although initial scenes in Amsterdam coffee bars are cartoonish) with a sense of doom closing in around Paxton as the fairy tale-like pleasure town turns distinctly dark (even if there is no logic as to why prostitutes must pleasure their captives before turning them over to their real fate).
		"Hostel" arrives on a wave of notoriety that it never delivers on, even with the imprimatur of Tarantino and cameoing Japanese genre director Takashi Miike.
	www.reelingreviews.com /hostel.htm (563 words)

	Political Film Society - Hostel
		That said, the film is about two ugly American college males on vacation in Europe, taking a summer break (one from law school, another from Ph.D. dissertation writing) to enjoy drugs and profanity while misogynistically dominating foreign-accented beauties, preferably at cut-rate prices.
		Because they return to their hostel after midnight, the doors are closed, so they climb up a fire escape to someone's room, where a woman is on top of a man with an onlooker who welcomes them.
		Presumably the film would have been classified as a gay SM film, and thus raise hackles within MPAA, so the writer had to insert a few female victims into the story to portray the grisly characters as equal opportunity torturers.
	www.geocities.com /polfilms/hostel.html (764 words)

	Horrorview Review: Hostel: Part 2
		Hostel: Part 2 promised to be scarier, gorier, and more outrageous than the first film.
		I was ultimately disappointed by Hostel: Part 2, but that’s mainly due to the high regard in which I hold the original, and, being a sequel helmed by the same director, I just couldn’t help but to constantly compare the two.
		I still found the film fairly entertaining, and, judging by the reactions of both audiences I watched the film with, Roth’s crafted something of a crowd-pleaser in respect to the innovative methods in which both heroes and villains are dispatched.
	www.horrorview.com /Reviews/H/Hostel_2.htm (558 words)

	The Film Asylum Review - Hostel (Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson)
		Hostel is a decent horror film mixed with some 70's style exploitation and grindhouse elements.
		Anyway, Paxton and Josh learn of a particular hostel in a Slovakian town that's supposedly filled with beautiful women who love to lead dopey American guys to their deaths, ahem...excuse me, I mean to show handsome American gents a grand old time.
		Hostel is an improvement for Eli Roth which is promising as, despite the hype surrounding him, he's still a fledgling talent who has a lot to learn, but he is on the right track with this slice of grim death.
	www.thefilmasylum.com /reviews/hostel/hostel.htm (746 words)

	Blu-ray Review: Hostel: Part II \| High-Def Digest
		These are by far the most interesting scenes in the film, as we meet Todd and Stuart (Richard Burgi and Roger Bart), two American businessmen who are looking for a little thrill in their dull suburban lives and figure that buying a couple of girls to murder is just the ticket.
		Although his contention that the 'Hostel' flicks are in fact critiques of "capitalism" (this from a man whose made millions off of the exploitation of human suffering) is laughable, it's clear that he believes absolutely everything he's saying with complete sincerity.
		Similar to the full-length doc on the first 'Hostel' disc, this one is a video diary of sorts from the shoot in Prague, from the first pre-production meeting through to the editing and scoring of of the flock.
	bluray.highdefdigest.com /1027/hostelpartii.html (2491 words)

	DVD Review: Hostel - DVD
		The film did feature some nudity and gore however, and the horror genre in America has become so watered down in recent years as to convince people that even an R rating deserves accolades.
		From this point on, the film basically becomes a fight for survival grind house picture, the torture is unflinching, the close-ups of the individuals screaming in agony unwavering.
		The film will be released in rated and unrated editions with the unrated edition containing “27 seconds of extra eye goo.” I’m not sure why anybody who would be piqued by Hostel’s concept would want to pick up the rated edition, but it’s out there for some reason.
	dvd.monstersandcritics.com /reviews/article_1155983.php/DVD_Review_Hostel (2145 words)

	Hostel Film Review - The Oscar Guy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hostel, though an interesting story, buries the moral imperative and opts to make a realistic experience with a clear delineation between good and evil.
		They uncover word that a hostel in a small Slovakian town may provide their best experience, so they take a train there only to discover that the beautiful town holds a dark secret.
		We know by film’s end that the concept is perfectly possible but the reality of the capture and torture is what keeps the film alive.
	www.oscarguy.com /Reviews/2006/Hostel.html (643 words)

	Hostel DVD Review - Digital Retribution
		Hostel was originally intended to have a far more sinister ending, and some of the set ups for that are still in the film.
		This Hostel release is oddly lacking in deleted scenes, and the film's trailer for that matter, which is too bad because there is an additional alternate ending (tweaked from the original ending that I mentioned before) that I would've liked to see.
		Film technique is interestingly discussed, as are their opinions of the alternate endings.
	www.digital-retribution.com /reviews/dvd/0445.php (1566 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Horror film Hostel topples Narnia
		Hostel, which was produced for less than $5m (£2.8m), was purportedly inspired by true events and is described as "graphic and deeply disturbing" by the film-makers.
		The film, which is based on events that transpired after the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics, has earned $25.2m (£14.26m) after three weekends on limited release.
		The Disney film follows the Pevensie children, who discover a wardrobe which is a gateway to the magical land of Narnia.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/2/hi/entertainment/4594190.stm (367 words)

	Film Review: Hostel
		With a firm eye on the box-office, Hostel is a mixed bag of gore goodies with plenty of inspiration but a shortage of creative originality.
		Since Hostel is no better or worse than any reasonable gore flick, yet was well-marketed, it at least might succeed simply by attracting audiences that are either undemanding of the genre or are shocked because of lack of exposure to good horror films.
		Yet the most artistic moments are those derived from better films: as a sadist surgeon approaches his victim and gasps for air beneath his mask it recalls the similar scene in Blue Velvet.
	www.iofilm.co.uk /fm/h/hostel_2005_r4.shtml (868 words)

	Hostel - The Hollywood News - www.TheHollywoodNews.com - The Ultimate News and Previews Website
		Hostel is an immensely entertaining thriller from the much ballyhooed horror newcomer Eli Roth, the man responsible for the sporadically entertaining but terribly uneven Cabin Fever.
		Hostel manages to drive this point home without losing one iota of suspense, alot of which, surprisingly enough is character dirven.
		These things aside, Hostel is a surprisingly accessible horror film (much more so than Cabin Fever), and I think part of that has to do with the fact that the film does offer up a hero of sorts, and one who isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty.
	www.thehollywoodnews.com /reviews/4039.php (1334 words)

	The Evening Class: HOSTEL 2
		Tonight I was among the first audience to see the world premiere of Eli Roth's anticipated sequel Hostel 2, with Roth in attendance to introduce the film and to field questions afterwards.
		Whereas while he was toying with Hostel 2 and writing the sequel, Roth went to Rome where he met such great Italian directors as Sergio Martino, who made the amazing I Corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale (Torso, 1973).
		The Italian detective in the opening hospital sequence is Luc Merenda, the star of many 70's polizia films and famed director Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust, 1980) flew from Rome to portray Hostel 2's cannibal (in an over-the-top scene that puts Hannibal Lecter to shame).
	theeveningclass.blogspot.com /2007/05/hostel-2.html (1322 words)

	Slant Magazine - Film Review: Hostel: Part II
		Roth's follow-up to last year's Hostel is just about worthless, though this slam has little to do with its copious gore, which will surely raise the hackles of certain critics and filmgoers who'll find it gratuitous, revolting, and offensive.
		Hostel: Part II's central novelty is that rather than male victims, this time around it's women who suffer at the hands of degenerate businessmen.
		All he's really done, though, is made a preeminent pseudo-horror film, one that ignores its decree to frighten audiences, wholly fails to unsettle them (even via goriness), and thereby operates as simply one long, tedious, immature, and pointless excuse for a flaccid money shot of a castrated cock being fed to dogs.
	www.slantmagazine.com /film/film_review.asp?ID=3020 (997 words)

	Hostel
		The main problem here is the break from one traditional aspect of the horror film; the audience has to care about the plight of at least some of the victims.
		When the providers of gruesome special effects hear that Eli Roth is planning a new film they must run home to tell their wives to plan that new in ground pool.
		This film is definitely not for the whole family unless you just happen to belong to the Manson family.
	www.hometheaterinfo.com /hostel.htm (1232 words)

	Hostel - Chapitre II
		Hostel - Chapitre II - Bande-annonce 1 (Français)
		Hostel - Chapitre II - Bande-annonce 3 (Anglais sous-titré)
		Hostel - Chapitre II - Teaser 1 (Français)
	www.allocine.fr /film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=114997.html (160 words)

	WOLF CREEK (UNRATED VERSION) + HOSTEL (UNRATED WIDESCREEN CUT) - DVDs
		There are films that adhere to the philosophy that life is meaningless, that there's not much hope, that we might be in Hell or, better, a godless maelstrom of happenstance and entropy.
		After getting locked out of their hostel, they find themselves in the apartment of a seamy Russian who advises them to take a train to Bratislava, where the women are beautiful and desperate.
		Hostel revels in its venality and arrogance, rubbing it all over itself like the gouts of blood it uses to soak every non-victim in the picture.
	filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/wolfcreekhostel.htm (1760 words)

	Hostel (2005)
		In contrast to the jocular humour of the early scenes, the mood throughout this half of the film is unrelentingly grim.
		The film does go out on a sting with the hero resorting to ultra-violent revenge that almost as nasty as that exacted by his tormentors.
		What we end with is a film where you are not entirely sure if Eli Roth is making some point about how violent extremes breed a hunger for violent vengeance, or if he is just serving up ultra-violence and sadism for our delectation without any kind of a moral compass to it.
	www.moria.co.nz /horror/hostel.htm (1129 words)

	Hostel
		Although “Hostel” doesn’t have much of a purpose other than to entertain and sicken the viewer, it is a darn good film.
		I’m not sure how much Tarantino had to do with the production of the film, if anything at all, but him being a part of this film is always a good thing.
		I’m fairly sure there will be a lot of films that will be better this year, but “Hostel” was better than the majority of horror films from last year.
	www.worldofkj.com /reviews/Zach/Hostel.php (722 words)

	Review: Hostel - Film Junk
		Although Eli Roth’s 2003 debut film “Cabin Fever” received mixed reviews, it certainly left an impression on me. Not only was it a fun throwback to the teen gore films of the 80’s, but it was filled with a bizarre and campy sense of humour that completely caught me off guard.
		Hostel also does not provide quite as many outright scares, instead choosing to slowly surround you with a sense of dread before confronting you in a visceral way.
		Hostel is certainly not for everyone, and I can see it coming under criticism for a number of things.
	www.filmjunk.com /2006/01/09/hostel (1310 words)

	Horror Bob Presents: The Horror Review - Egregious Gurnow's Review of "Hostel: Part II " (2007)
		For people who enjoyed the intent of Hostel, such individuals will find the sequel viewable while fanboys will yawn at what can, for the first time in the franchise, be rightly designated as horror porn for the feature does little to top what preceded it.
		For example, Roth’s sequel prompted James Berardinelli to rise to his subjective best as he, in a one fell swoop, wholeheartedly dismisses an entire film genre, “Hostel Part II isn’t a good film, it’s a horror movie” as he dogmatically refuses to even consider the notion that he might be passing haphazard judgment, i.e.
		Whereas Hostel preoccupied itself with the political, moral, and economic aspects of the disproportionate distribution of wealth, i.e.
	www.horrorreview.com /old/eghostelpart22007.html (694 words)

	Hostel: Part II - Film Reviews - Film - Entertainment - theage.com.au
		The charming premise of the Hostel films goes something like this: young American backpackers touring through Europe are lured into a Balkan backwater where they are ritually tortured, then murdered by rich people who have bid online for the privilege.
		Indeed, the only point of the film is to stage, as graphically and in as much grotesque detail as possible, the torture, dismemberment and killing of women.
		Example: in the film's most repulsive scene, a gagged girl is suspended over a tiled bath and then slowly sliced open with a scythe by a naked woman who appears to masturbate as the blood drips over her.
	www.theage.com.au /news/film-reviews/hostel-part-ii/2007/06/07/1181089221089.html (524 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Slovakia angered by horror film
		Mr Galbavy called Hostel, which was shot in the neighbouring Czech Republic, "this monstrosity that does not at all reflect reality" and added it would "damage the good reputation of Slovakia".
		The film, which was executive produced by Quentin Tarantino and cost less than $5m (£2.87m) to make, was shown unedited in Slovakia.
		Hostel has been described by Slovakian newspaper SME as showing the country as "a backward country, where our beautiful young girls are the lowest whores".
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/4754744.stm (307 words)

	Eli Roth's Hostel - Associated Content
		It is a splatter film, with all the requisite nudity and gore the genre demands.
		There is nothing wrong with a good splatter film every now and then, but to hear Roth tell it, he’d made the CITIZEN KANE of gore.
		HOSTEL is not a date film, unless you are seeing Courtney Love, but this will definitely be a hit with the Chino and baseball cap crowd, and; if they can pay attention for 95 minutes, the criminally insane.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/18362/eli_roths_hostel.html (480 words)

	The Wire - 'Hostel' (Site not responding. Last check: )
		“Hostel” is a dirty, vicious exploitation flick, one better suited to the seedy, sticky-floored grindhouses of 1970s Manhattan than the shining, gleaming multiplexes of today.
		Then again, the whole film is so dark and misanthropic that it’s tempting to think Roth doesn’t care much for people in general.
		The audience is tempted to laugh and cheer, bringing out that same sick glee the film’s torturers express when they’ve got a hysterical tourist under the knife.
	www.wirenh.com /Film/Film_reviews/'Hostel'_200601111002.html (709 words)

	Slant Magazine - Film Review: Hostel
		Film Freak Central's Walter Chaw was revolted by the film's pointlessness and artlessness.
		Hostel is in the tradition of nasty cinema from the '70s and '80s that wondered how much gore spectacle a viewer could endure.
		As Hostel moves into its funhouse final act where the sole survivor works overtime to escape the charnel-house, Roth pulls off the impossible, in that we want "Paris Hilton" to live (maybe minus a few fingers, though).
	www.slantmagazine.com /film/film_review.asp?ID=1988 (1001 words)

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