Hostel (2005)

Three backpackers head to a Slovak city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.

Director:

Eli Roth

Writer:

Eli Roth

Stars:

Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eythor Gudjonsson

4 wins & 12 nominations.

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
Lubomír Bukový	...	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

Storyline

3 backpackers are in Amsterdam where they get locked out of their youth hostel. They are invited into a man's house where he tells them of a hostel somewhere in eastern Europe where the women are all incredibly hot and have a taste for American men. When they get there, everything is too good to be true - the hostel is "to die for"

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Plot Keywords:

torture | travel | tied to a chair | death of friend | hostel | 

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Taglines:

10,000 people are killed in America each year. Over 2,000 with firearms. Americans... they have no imagination...

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for brutal scenes of torture and violence, strong sexual content, language and drug use

Details

Country:

USA Germany Czech Republic Slovakia Iceland

Language:

English Czech German Dutch Slovak Japanese Icelandic Russian Spanish

Release Date:

6 January 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hostal

Filming Locations:

Milovice, Nymburk District, Czech Republic

Box Office

Budget:

$4,800,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$19,556,099, 8 January 2006

Gross USA:

$47,326,473

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$80,578,934

Company Credits

Production Co:

Next Entertainment, Raw Nerve, International Production Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min 93 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

They stay in room 237. This is reference to The Shining (1980).

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Goofs

IN the last scene, Paxton is showed alighting from the train at Vienna-how did he cross the border from Slovakia into Austria, when one of the Elite Hunting staff had retained his passport?..

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Quotes

[first lines]
Paxton: Amsterdam, motherfucker!

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Crazy Credits

At the very end of the credits, the character of Natalya is heard to say, "I get a lot of money for you... and that make you my bitch". This is a piece of audio lifted from an earlier scene in the film.

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Alternate Versions

The unrated DVD contains three additions that weren't in the theatrical version:

• 1. A close-up of the German Surgeon's severed leg after it's cut off by the chainsaw.
• 2. A slightly extended take of Kana's eye being cut off and the subsequent puss.
• 3. A close-up of the train crushing Kana's head during her suicide.

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Connections

References Saw (2004)

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Soundtracks

How Do
Written by Paul Giovanni
Performed by Sneaker Pimps (as The Sneaker Pimps) and Chris Corner
Courtesy of Virgin Records and One Little Indian Records
Under License from EMI Film & Television Music and One Little Indian Ltd.

User Reviews

Physiological Scares

Recently I picked up Hostel at my local movie store and decided to give it a try. I finished watching it and had very mixed feelings. First off, this film is not nearly as gory and disgusting as advertised. It is although, very graphic, and NOT for the squeamish, I just expected more out of it. The pop-up scares aren't effective and the first half of the movie is all soft-core porn. So what makes this movie a decent horror movie? The physiological scares. That is what got to me. The overwhelming feeling of being tied and up and tortured to death. Having no escape. For that was very effective and stomach curdling. The sex and nudity was all not needed, but for people looking for that kind of stuff, it's all here. The acting was pretty good. No bad performances. Hostel is a kind of movie where you'll either love it or hate it. But overall, an OK horror film. Not my favorite, but not terrible.