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Hostel
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Overview

User Rating:
5.7/10   59,638 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Eli Roth (written by)
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Release Date:
6 January 2006 (USA) more
Tagline:
Welcome To Your Worst Nightmare more
Plot:
Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
Good horror, non-existent story more (1484 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hostel: Part I (Australia) (DVD title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for brutal scenes of torture and violence, strong sexual content, language and drug use.
Runtime:
94 min | Philippines:93 min (cut)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | UK:18 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Germany:18 (nf) | Australia:R | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:R21 (cut) | Sweden:15 | Mexico:D | Argentina:16 | Portugal:M/18 | Brazil:18 | South Africa:16 | Philippines:R-18 (MTRCB) | Belgium:KNT | Hungary:18 | Finland:K-18 | South Korea:18 (re-rating) (cut) | South Korea:Limited (original rating) | USA:R (certificate #42205) | Italy:VM14 | Germany:Not Rated (SPIO/JK) (extended version) | France:-16 (with warning) | Norway:18 (self applied) (with warning) | Malaysia:18SG (unrated DVD version) | Malaysia:(Banned) (theatrical) | Hong Kong:III | Japan:R-18 | Italy:VM18 (re-rating) | Taiwan:R-18
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Trivia:
When Paxton is in the slaughterhouse with the German, he delivers a speech in German. He is saying, "If you kill me, it'll destroy your life. Every time you close your eyes, you'll see me. I'll be in your nightmares every night, your whole life. I will ruin it." more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the one street kid throws a stone onto the man's head from the window you can see blood on his head before the stone hits him. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Paxton: Amsterdam, motherfucker!
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Movie Connections:
References The Wicker Man (1973) more
Soundtrack:
Massacre more

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A Note Regarding Spoilers
What is the name of the song that plays when Paxton is drugged?
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300 out of 549 people found the following comment useful.
Good horror, non-existent story, 20 December 2005
4/10
Author: Todd Koerner from Hermosa Beach, CA - United States

I like a rip-roaring horror movie as much as the next guy, but this one just didn't do it for me. It certainly felt like it hit all the necessary marks, from nudity and dismemberment to bloody revenge, but at the conclusion, it just felt like eating cotton candy - no real nutritional value, just a sense that I had satisfied some of my prurient appetite without any logical payoff.

The movie was slow in getting started and then the sprinted to a singularly boggling ending. I walked out of the theater asking, "What was the point of all that?" And while this is described as horror, it really should be classified as thriller. There was no explanation or clever twist at the end. Just the end. I'm sure that it will attract an enthusiastic audience of young adults, but the evisceration by the critics will stem any hopes of huge box office.

If your expectations are low enough, and your tastes in gore sufficiently robust, then you are in for a good time. Otherwise, skip this and see a classic Hitchcock film. You'll feel better about yourself.

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