Hostel: Part II (2007)

Director:

Eli Roth

Writers (WGA):

Eli Roth (written by)
Eli Roth (characters)

Release Date:

8 June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it.

Plot Keywords:

Hostel | Slovakia | American | Torture | Murder

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Lauren German	...	Beth
Roger Bart	...	Stuart
Heather Matarazzo	...	Lorna
Bijou Phillips	...	Whitney
Richard Burgi	...	Todd
Vera Jordanova	...	Axelle
Jay Hernandez	...	Paxton
Jordan Ladd	...	Stephanie
Milan Knazko	...	Sasha
Edwige Fenech	...	Art Class Professor
Stanislav Ianevski	...	Miroslav
Patrik Zigo	...	Bubblegum Gang Leader
Zuzana Geislerová	...	Inya
Ivan Furak	...	Big Guard
Monika Malacova	...	Mrs. Bathory
Davide Dominici	...	Riccardo
Petr Vancura	...	Pavel
Roman Janecka	...	Roman
Milda Jedi Havlas	...	Desk Clerk Jedi (as Milda Havlas)
Liliyan Malkina	...	Make-Up Woman (as Lilian Malkina)
Susanna Bequer	...	Italian Translator (as Susana Bequer)
Luc Merenda	...	Italian Detective
Ruggero Deodato	...	The Italian Cannibal
Philip Waley	...	Monitor Guard Czelsifan
Rostislav Osicka	...	Monitor Guard Boxr
Peter Bláha	...	Drunk Italian
Jiri Barton	...	Knife Wielding Italian
Michaela Kaplanova	...	Todd's Hooker
Nada Vanatkova	...	Italian Nurse
Jan Nemejovský	...	The Doctor
Pierre Peyrichout	...	Army Man
Riccardo Trombetta	...	Electrocution Victim
Ota Filip	...	Muttonchop Guard
Jiri Hajdyla	...	Train Waiter
Mirek Cipra	...	Tub Guard
Mark Taylor	...	Sir Bruce Bonus
Guilherme Bolliger	...	Paul Bullen
Chris Hewitt	...	Drunk British Slob
Karel Vanásek	...	Devilku Puppet
Daniel S. Frisch	...	Decapitated Fanny Pack Man (as Dan Frisch)
David Baxa	...	Hammer Man
Jaromír Nosek	...	Van Driver (as Mira Nosek)
Martin Faltyn	...	Senior Cozzi
Monika Hladová	...	Train Waitress
Iveta Rucka	...	Stuart's Hooker
Stephanie Bauman	...	Axelle's Next Victim
Mollie Andron	...	Axelleâ's Next Victim #2
Adam Gazik	...	Bubble Gum Kid
Adrian Kotlar	...	Bubble Gum Kid
Adriana Godlova	...	Bubble Gum Kid
Ales Kotlar	...	Bubble Gum Kid
Andrea Varadiova	...	Bubble Gum Kid
Dana Matiova	...	Bubble Gum Kid
Ervin Varadi	...	Bubble Gum Kid
Frantisek Dumka	...	Bubble Gum Kid
Frantisek Kotlar	...	Bubble Gum Kid
Jakub Surmai	...	Bubble Gum Kid
Josef Adamovic	...	Bubble Gum Kid
Lucas Cajkovsky	...	Bubble Gum Kid (as Lukas Cajkovsky)
Nikolas Conka	...	Bubble Gum Kid
Ondrej Cajkovsky	...	Bubble Gum Kid
Petr Conka	...	Bubble Gum Kid
Radek Entner	...	Bubble Gum Kid
Radek Hrdlicka	...	Bubble Gum Kid
Stanislav Conka	...	Bubble Gum Kid
Vladimir Churan	...	Bubble Gum Kid
Rick Hoffman	...	The American Businessman
Derek Richardson	...	Josh
Jana Kaderabkova	...	Svetlana
Barbara Nedeljakova	...	Natalya

Directed by
Eli Roth

Writing credits (WGA)
Eli Roth		(written by)
Eli Roth		(characters)

Produced by
Mark Bakunas	....	associate producer
Chris Briggs	....	producer
Leifur B. Dagfinnsson	....	executive producer: Iceland
Mike Fleiss	....	producer
Daniel S. Frisch	....	co-producer (as Daniel Frisch)
Eythor Gudjonsson	....	associate producer
Eythor Gudjonsson	....	producer: Iceland
Finnur Jóhannsson	....	line producer: Iceland
Eli Roth	....	producer
Gabriel Roth	....	associate producer (as Gabriel A. Roth)
Scott Spiegel	....	executive producer
Quentin Tarantino	....	executive producer
Philip Waley	....	co-producer
Boaz Yakin	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Nathan Barr

Cinematography by
Milan Chadima

Film Editing by
George Folsey Jr.

Casting by
Ivan Vorlícek
Kelly Wagner

Production Design by
Robb Wilson King

Art Direction by
David Baxa
Daniel Newton		(supervising art director)

Costume Design by
Susanna Puisto

Makeup Department
Howard Berger	....	special makeup effects designer and creator
Ann Buchanan	....	hair designer
Ann Buchanan	....	makeup designer
Lisa Buscher	....	makeup artist
Jana Dopitová	....	makeup artist
Frida M. Hardardottir	....	makeup artist: Iceland
Grady Holder	....	mold technical department
Grady Holder	....	special makeup effects artist
Barbara Kichi	....	hair stylist
Barbara Kichiova	....	hair stylist
Lucie Liskova	....	makeup artist
Mike McCarty	....	special makeup effects artist
Gregory Nicotero	....	special makeup effects designer and creator
Khanh Trance	....	special effects hair: KNB EFX Group Inc.
Kevin Wasner	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Vlasta Hynek	....	production manager: second unit
Vaclav Mottl	....	production manager
Philip Waley	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jakub Eliasek	....	first assistant director
Martina Götthansova	....	second second assistant director
Andy Howard	....	first assistant director: second unit
Petra Ratner	....	co-second assistant director (as Petra Meisnerova)
Gabriel Roth	....	second unit director
Philip Seeger	....	second assistant director
Michaela Strnadova	....	first assistant director
Mark Taylor	....	first assistant director
Davíd Óskar Ólafsson	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Milan Babik	....	property master
Jindrich Budicek	....	stand-by props
Frantisek Copf	....	art department interpreter
Jaroslav Fiala	....	set dressing
Sarka Halastova	....	assistant to production designer
Milan Janostik	....	on-set prop master
Martin Jelinek	....	stand-by construction
Radan Kapinos	....	assistant property master
Martin Kubricht	....	on-set art director
Tomás Lehovec	....	stand-by construction
Marija Nikolic	....	art department coordinator
Chris Rosewarne	....	concept artist
Michal Soun	....	draftsman
Kurt Van Der Basch	....	illustrator
Karel Vanásek	....	set dresser
Jaromir Vaverka	....	set dressing

Sound Department
Kami Asgar	....	supervising sound editor
Tomas Belohradsky	....	sound mixer
Brian Best	....	supervising sound editor
Joseph R. Branca	....	apprentice sound editor
Vincent Guisetti	....	foley artist
Scott G.G. Haller	....	supervising dialog editor
Devin Joseph	....	dialogue editor
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist
Sean McCormack	....	supervising sound editor
James Morioka	....	sound effects editor
Jason Oliver	....	adr recordist
Ales Pekárek	....	boom operator
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Jacob Riehle	....	assistant sound editor
Kyle Rochlin	....	foley mixer
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Tim Tuchrello	....	sound editor
Pavel Vencl	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Anthony Fung	....	special effects technical director
Joe Giles	....	special makeup effects crew: KNB EFX Group
Brian Goehring	....	special makeup effects crew: KNB EFX Group
Eggert Ketilsson	....	special effects
Martin Mottl	....	special effects technician
Jason Pinsker	....	special effects technician: KNB EFX Group
Martin Pryca	....	special effects supervisor
Ondrej Pryca	....	special effects technician
Pimentel A. Raphael	....	lead animator
Dirk Rogers	....	special effects technician: K.N.B. Effects group
Andy Schoneberg	....	special makeup effects artist
Lino Stavole	....	special effects makeup technician: mold department, K.N.B Effects Group
Johannes Sverrisson	....	special effects
Patricia Urias	....	3D transfer technician
Patricia Urias	....	foam runner
Lindsay Vivian	....	special effects runner
Jirí Vojtech	....	special effects crew

Visual Effects by
Robert Adams	....	digital compositor
Bridget Allen	....	visual effects producer: Barbed Wire FX
Ron R. Anantavara	....	visual effects coordinator
Gary E. Beach	....	visual effects supervisor
Alfred Berger	....	digital compositor: Barbed Wire FX
David Brickley	....	visual effects technical director
Ozzie Carmona	....	digital artist
Chris Chappell	....	compositor
Jeremy Chinn	....	modeler: Barbed Wire FX
Vincent Cirelli	....	visual effects supervisor: Luma Pictures
Daniel Craemer	....	visual effects
Minh Huyen Dang	....	visual effects artist
Avi Das	....	visual effects supervisor
Anthony Davis	....	digital compositor: Barbed Wire FX
Andi Dorfan	....	roto/paint artist
David V. Fedele	....	visual effects: Luma Pictures
John R. Hazzard	....	animator: Luma Pictures
Chesley Heymsfield	....	visual effects associate producer
David Hochstadter	....	digital artist: Luma Pictures
Justin Johnson	....	digital effects supervisor
Wendy Klein	....	visual effects: Luma Pictures
Jason Locke	....	matchmover
Valy Lungoccia	....	digital compositor
Wolfgang Maschin	....	digital compositor
Jenna Mateo	....	optical compositor
Ashok Nayar	....	visual effects coordinator: Luma Pictures
Ben Neall	....	visual effects artist
Jordi Ortega	....	visual effects assistant coordinator: Barbed Wire FX
Tyler Phillips	....	compositor
Pavel Pranevsky	....	digital artist: Luma Pictures
Pimentel A. Raphael	....	lead animator
Abe Saleh	....	digital artist
Walter Schulz	....	lead cgi artist
Charles Scott IV	....	digital compositor
Gabe Shedd	....	visual effects staff
Payam Shohadai	....	visual effects supervisor: Luma Pictures
Joey Sila	....	digital effects artist: Luma Pictures
Raena Singh	....	digital artist: Demiurge
Raena Singh	....	visual effects producer: Demiurge
Thanapoom Siripopungul	....	visual effects artist: Luma Pictures
Philip Sisk	....	digital compositor
Ondrej Stibinger	....	telecine colorist dailies
Steven Swanson	....	visual effects supervising producer: Luma Pictures
Sarote Tabcum Jr.	....	visual effects producer
Giuseppe Tagliavini	....	visual effects artist: Barbed Wire FX
John L. Weckworth	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Pavel Bousek	....	stunt double: Richard Burgi
Pavel Cajzl	....	stunt player
Jindrich Klaus	....	stunt double
Robert Lahoda	....	stunt rigger (as Robin Lahoda)
Miroslav Lhotka	....	stunts
David Mottl	....	stunts
Pavel Vokoun	....	stunt coordinator
Kamila Zenkerová	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Sigurbjörn Búi Baldvinsson	....	video assist operator
Jan Brumlich	....	electrician
Petr Cejka	....	electrician
Michal Chadima	....	video assist operator
Shane Daly	....	director of photography: second unit
Jonathan Devaney	....	gaffer: Iceland
Lenka Dimitrovova	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Lenka Dimitrova)
Arnar Einarsson	....	key grip: iceland
Ingo Gardner	....	balloon light technician
Goði Már Guðbjörnsson	....	focus puller: Iceland
Bergur Hinriksson	....	electrician
Vladimir Holzknecht	....	rigging gaffer
Michal Houzvicka	....	best boy grip: second unit
Ludek Hynek	....	key grip
Daniel Kafka	....	rigging electrician
Thorfinnur Karlsson	....	grip
Ales Kohout	....	electrician
Petr Konrád	....	gaffer
Michal Krbecek	....	second assistant camera
Adam Krulis	....	second assistant camera
Pavel Kurak	....	co-first assistant camera
Filip Majer	....	assistant camera
Jan Matejka	....	electrician
Zdenek Pozar	....	rigging electrician
Pavel Proisl	....	dolly grip
Jaromir Sedina	....	Steadicam operator
Werner Shelzig	....	rigging best boy
Ævar Páll Sigurðson	....	electrician: Iceland
Marcin Studniarek	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Dalibor Suchy	....	electrician
Petr Sulc	....	best boy
Martin Tichy	....	rigging electrician
Rico Torres	....	still photographer
Petr Vladyka	....	central loader

Casting Department
Hinkinson Ashton	....	casting: UK (as Ashton Hinckinson)
Chris Gehrt	....	casting assistant
Celeste Leger	....	casting associate
Bjarney Lúðvíksdóttir	....	extras casting: Iceland
Zuzana Studena	....	casting assistant
Sona Tichácková	....	casting director: Prague
Ivan Vorlícek	....	casting director: CZ

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Maria Hubackova	....	costumer
Patricie Soptenková	....	set costumer
Jitka Svecova	....	costumer
Dita Valentinova	....	costume assistant
Sarka Zvolenska	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Corinne Bogdanowicz	....	digital intermediate colorist
Kate Crossley	....	digital intermediate editor
David Kennedy	....	digital intermediate assistant
David Marks	....	post-production assistant
Brad E. Wilhite	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Andrew Dudman	....	music mixer
Andrew Dudman	....	music scoring engineer
Danail Getz	....	orchestrator
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Karen Guthery	....	orchestrator
Ricky Hernandez	....	musician
Adam Klemens	....	conductor
Penka Kouneva	....	lead orchestrator
Petr Pycha	....	orchestra contractor
Julie Sessing	....	music clearance

Transportation Department
Miroslav Holy	....	driver
Jakub Kadlec	....	transportation coordinator
Miroslav Kolacek	....	driver
Rudolf Merta	....	driver (as Ruda Merta)
Libor Muller	....	driver
Jirl Nekolny	....	driver
Tomas Pelc	....	driver
Frantisek Sladek	....	driver
Lada Vacik	....	driver: camera truck
Jiri Ventura	....	driver

Other crew
Lucie Almasyova	....	stand-in
Ota Bares	....	animal trainer
Tawnya Brown	....	assistant: Mike Fleiss
Veronika Brtova	....	production coordinator: second unit
Alisa Buckley	....	unit publicist
Karen Davidsen	....	assistant: Eli Roth
Eva Dvorakova	....	on-set medic
Olina Edney	....	assistant to production coordinator
Toni Embry	....	set publicist
Jana Havlickova	....	stand-in (as Hana Havlikova)
Charles Heaphy	....	production financing
Rick James	....	production assistant
Lubomir Janci	....	stand-in: Roman
Silvie Janculová	....	production coordinator
Conall Jones	....	set production assistant
Kazi Kopecka	....	script supervisor
Lukás Kraina	....	second assistant accountant
Karel Kubis	....	set production assistant
Tereza Mandic Listikova	....	assistant production coordinator
Arianne Meade	....	product placement
Josef Novotny	....	behind-the-scenes
Honza Ondrovcak	....	location manager
Peter Petrik	....	assistant location manager
Katerina Ryskova	....	accounting clerk
Michal Snajdr	....	first assistant accountant
Jan Soufek	....	production assistant
Adam M. Stone	....	product placement
Cat Stone	....	product placement
Jed Strahm	....	assistant: Raw Nerve
Quentin Tarantino	....	presenter
Tony Vizina	....	production assistant
Ludek Vomacka	....	set production assistant
Katherin-Ellen Zabehlicky	....	product placement
Vladimir Kesl	....	computer technician (uncredited)
Jesse Rosenblatt	....	legal services: co-production (uncredited)

Thanks
Stephanie Bauman	....	special thanks
Ruggero Deodato	....	special thanks
Edwige Fenech	....	special thanks
Lucio Fulci	....	special thanks
Sarah Greenberg	....	special thanks
Simon Halls	....	special thanks
Harry Jay Knowles	....	special thanks (as Harry Knowles)
Drew Kuhse	....	thanks
Aldo Lado	....	special thanks
Sergio Martino	....	special thanks
Luc Merenda	....	special thanks
Robert Rodriguez	....	special thanks
Pilar Savone	....	special thanks
Riccardo Trombetta	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Lionsgate
• Screen Gems
• Next Entertainment
• Raw Nerve
• International Production Company

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Lionsgate (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Screen Gems (2007) (non-USA) (theatrical)
• Acme Film (2007) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Columbia Films (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Pyramid (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Independent Film Channel (IFC) (2008) (USA) (TV)
• LK-TEL (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Mill Creek Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray)
• Nelonen (2010) (Finland) (TV)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic (2007) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Veronica (2010) (Netherlands) (TV)

Special Effects

• K.N.B. Effects Group (special makeup effects) (as KNB EFX Group, Inc.)
• Barbed Wire (visual effects) (as Barbed Wire FX)
• Beach VFX (visual effects)
• Luma Pictures (visual effects)

Other Companies

• 424 Post  sound post-production
• AFM Lighting  grip and lighting equipment
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies provided by
• Barrandov Studios  studio facilities provided by
• Behind the Scenes Freight  shipping by
• CE VideoAssist Rental  VideoAssist equipment provided by
• CNSO Studios  recording studio
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Film Makers  location services
• Identity Studios  visual effects
• Macwell  computer services provided by
• NPI Entertainment Payroll  payroll services - post production sound editors (as NPI Production Services)
• Panther R.F.O., Praha  crane equipment
• Stone Management  product placement
• Truenorth Productions  production services
• Vantage Film  camera equipment provided by
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack
• audiomachine  advertising

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for sadistic scenes of torture and bloody violence, terror, nudity, sexual content, language and some drug content

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Slovak | Italian | Czech

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS | Dolby

Certification:

USA:R | Brazil:18 | Australia:R | Malaysia:(Banned) | Argentina:18 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Sweden:15 | Netherlands:16 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Iceland:18 | Ireland:18 | UK:18 | Singapore:R21 (cut) | Italy:VM18 | France:-16 (with warning) | Portugal:M/18 | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | Japan:R-18 | New Zealand:(Banned) (uncut version) | New Zealand:R18 (cut) | South Korea:18 | Germany:18 (heavily cut version) | Germany:(Banned) (uncut version) | Germany:Not Rated (slightly cut) | Canada:R (Manitoba) (director's cut) | Mexico:C | Iran:(Banned) | Ukraine:(Banned) | Finland:K-15 (TV) (2010) | Norway:18

Filming Locations:

Barrandov Studios, Prague, Czech Republic

Company:

Lionsgate

Trivia:

Mrs. Bathory (Monika Malacova) who bathes in virgin blood is based on a real woman. Elizabeth Bathory was the "Blood Countess" of Hungary who struck terror throughout that region in the late 1500s and early 1600s, and is said to have killed more than 600 young female servants and peasants throughout her life. The legend is that she bathed in the blood of virgins in order to retain her beauty.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: While Lorna is suspended upside down her feet are clearly being held by thick cuffs designed for suspending a person in this way, however when a close up of her feet is shown she is supposed to be bound by some thin rough looking rope. This obviously would not have been possible to film with the actress actually hanging by such a thin rope as the weight of the human body hung by the ankles in this way would have caused injury to the actress.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Italian Police Officer:[to Paxton] Signore?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film (2009)

Soundtrack:

Synecku Synecku

What It Doesn't Borrow It Steals

Apparently, Director Eli Roth has a fetish for "snuff." If fact, in a documentary I watched on the subject recently, Roth is interviewed and becomes visibly "giddy" when he comments on the realism of "Cannibal Holocaust." It is no small wonder that he developed the idea for, and directed the two Hostel films. I don't see that as an admirable quality, but then... I am old school and still believe the best horror isn't in-your-face-gore. I realize I am in the minority these days.

The first "Hostel" was not a great film. It was, in fact, not very good, but what it did have was an intriguing premise: a club whose wealthy members pay to torture and murder abducted people. What worked was that such an idea was not entirely inconceivable. I would argue that such clubs, just like "snuff" films, currently exist, and that was what made the film interestingly creepy for me.

Hostel Part 2, however, offers nothing original. Instead, it robs from various horror films of old. For example, the opening scene mirrors that of Friday The 13th Part 2. In another scene, as I watched a female club-member bathing in the blood of her "purchase", I couldn't decide which vampire film the scene reminded me of most, there are so many. It was at the ending that I actually let a laugh slip. The foiled attempt at irony was followed by a scene reminiscent of "Blood Sucking Freaks". "Hostel" provided solid potential for a redeeming sequel, but instead, "Hostel Part 2" ended up being nothing more than a compilation of already tried and over used gimmicks.