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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
Awards:
4 wins & 5 nominations more
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(213 articles)
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Good horror, non-existent story more (1483 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jay Hernandez | ... | Paxton | |
| Derek Richardson | ... | Josh | |
| Eythor Gudjonsson | ... | Oli | |
| Barbara Nedeljakova | ... | Natalya | |
| Jan Vlasák | ... | The Dutch Businessman | |
| Jana Kaderabkova | ... | Svetlana | |
| Jennifer Lim | ... | Kana | |
| Keiko Seiko | ... | Yuki | |
| Lubomir Bukovy | ... | Alex | |
| Jana Havlickova | ... | Vala | |
| Rick Hoffman | ... | The American Client | |
| Petr Janis | ... | The German Surgeon | |
| Takashi Miike | ... | Miike Takashi | |
| Patrik Zigo | ... | Bubble Gum Gang Leader (as Zigo Patrik) | |
| Milda Jedi Havlas | ... | Desk Clerk Jedi |
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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.
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94 min | Philippines:93 min (cut)
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2.35 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
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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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Eli Roth wanted to have the world premiere of the finished film at the 2005 Iceland Film Festival. During the festival, Roth and Quentin Tarantino were made honorary Vikings at Viking Village, in a ceremony arranged by Eythor Gudjonsson. Roth's Icelandic name is Eli Sheldonsson, and Tarantino's Icelandic name is Quentin Conniesson. more
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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
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References The Shining (1980) more
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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.