Hostel

20052005
RR
1h 34min

Hostel (2005)

Theatrical Trailer from Lionsgate

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

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Awards
- 6 wins & 14 nominations

Videos6

Hostel

Hostel

Hostel

Hostel

Hostel

Hostel

The Bubble Gum Gang.

The German Surgeon.

The Ram Man.

Josh.

The Factory.

Enjoy your stay.

Paxton.

Miike.

Kana.

The Butcher.

The guys check in. (L-R Derek Richardson, Jay Hernandez, Eythor Gudjonsson.)

The Surgeon approaches.

Hostel: Part II

5.5

Hostel: Part II

Hostel: Part III

4.6

Hostel: Part III

Cabin Fever

5.6

Hostel

5.2

The Green Inferno

5.3

The Green Inferno

The Hills Have Eyes

6.4

The Hills Have Eyes

Wrong Turn

6.1

Hostel

5.9

The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

4.4

The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

I Spit on Your Grave

6.3

I Spit on Your Grave

Saw II

6.6

The Collector

6.4

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" —CROESKE

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Taglines
- Welcome to your worst nightmare.
Genre
- Horror
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for brutal scenes of torture and violence, strong sexual content, language and drug use
Parents guide

Trivia
The interior of the slaughterhouse was filmed at a functioning mental hospital in Prague built in 1910, in a wing that had been closed for over 50 years. Building 10, where many of the scenes were filmed, was where the craziest patients were taken. The basement was so creepy that Eli Roth had a string quartet playing classical music to make it feel cozier while shooting.

Goofs
(at around 1h 1 min) When Paxton is handcuffed to the chair and his torturer grabs the three-pronged metal pole, Paxton is shown with bloody hole marks on his shirt. Then it shows the guy holding the rod, then hitting Paxton twice, then the shot goes back to Paxton and the bloody holes are there. The holes were added and filmed before the torturer hit him.

Quotes
[last lines]
Natalya: [after all the credits have rolled] I get a lot of money for you, and that makes you MY bitch.

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.

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 pus.
3. A close-up of the train crushing Kana's head during her suicide.

Connections
Featured in The Dark Side of Porn: Does Snuff Exist? (2006)

Soundtracks
The Surgeon
Written by Eli Roth

Top review

Honey Trap...

HOSTEL is best seen knowing nothing about it. Director Eli Roth has made a tricky movie here, with a lot of seemingly harmless buildup leading to a crescendo of visceral terror and anguish. The three western tourists are likable, young males out for a bit of fun. They are oblivious to the trap into which they've fallen. Hell has to literally open up around them before they take notice.

Part horror / cautionary tale, part sadistic blast of jet-black humor, and part social / political commentary, Roth builds the story slowly, revealing the truth in one big, shocking switch. The motivation behind the ordeal is what places this movie a step above typical, so-called "torture porn". It's ingenious really, in a sort of cynical, demonic way. Not for the squeamish or the easily offended...

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May 5, 2020

Budget
- $4,800,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $47,326,473
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $19,556,099
- Jan 8, 2006
Gross worldwide
- $81,979,826

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Runtime
- 1h 34min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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