Hostel (Director's Cut)
by Eli Roth
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Actor: Barbara Nedeljakova, Derek Richardson, Eythor Gudjonsson, Jan Vlasák, Jay HernandezDirector: Eli Roth
Brand: Sony
Producer: Eli Roth
Writer: Eli Roth
Producer: Boaz Yakin
Producer: Chris Briggs
Producer: Daniel S. Frisch
Producer: Mike Fleiss
Producer: Philip Waley
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Czech (Original Language); Dutch (Original Language); English (Original Language); German (Original Language); Icelandic (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language); Russian (Original Language); Slovak (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); Portuguese (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Hostel (Director's Cut)
DVD Review: See this suspense MASTERPIECE before judging it!
Summary: 5 Stars
I abhor the current trend of films that are labled "horror" films. They are sadistic, in your face filming and editing, suspenseless, excessive gore replacing scares and desensitizing a viewer's reaction to violence. These are the many reasons I avoided viewing HOSTEL. After all, it seemed to be the film that started the trend. Critics and the conservative crowd called it "torture porn". I refused to give in to the tastes of the current movie-going crowd that spent their hard earned money on these abominations. Give me Todd Browning's DRACULA, James Whale's FRANKENSTEIN, Don Siegel's INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, Jack Clayton's THE INNOCENTS, William Castle's HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, Roger Corman's THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, Mario Bava's BLACK SABBATH, Robert Wise's THE HAUNTING, Roman Polanski's ROSEMARY'S BABY, Any HAMMER STUDIOS/AMICUS STUDIOS film, etc........ "Horror" films used to mean a menacing atmosphere, shadow and light, an air of tension, characters that you cared about, taking time to slowly let the "horror" reveal itself, etc...... They left you feeling unsettled, not nauseous. Granted, I love William Friedkin's THE EXORCIST, Tobe Hopper's THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, Richard Donner's THE OMEN, Brian DePalma's CARRIE, John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN, Dario Argento's SUSPERIA, Ridley Scott's ALIEN, Wes Craven's A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET - All prime examples of how "horror" started changing in the 1970's. The blood quotient had increased and the intensity level had risen several notches, but all the "classic" elements were still there. The violent and gory parts were inherent to the stories and served the plots and characters. The recent "horror" films of the past few years, in my opinion, were worthless and an insult to the intellect of the lovers of "horror" movies.
I accidentally came across HOSTEL on cable right when it was just beginning to roll it's opening credits. I decided to give it a shot. Especially since I might have remotely misjudged it and it may have a few redeeming qualities. Right from the beginning, I didn't see any erractic jump cuts and "attack your senses" filming. It took the time to let the viewer get to know the three lead male characters and to have fun with them and laugh with them. Their sex and drug adventures were real, believable, daring and dangerous. I thought the commaraderie between the three actors was great and playful. And when they started to disappear into thin air I started getting scared. Real scared. And by the time they arrived at the warehouse of torture you are too involved to look away.
Eli Roth did an excellent job of pacing the film, building the unbearable suspense and cutting away during alot of the torture scenes and not lingering on gore effects. (Yes, the eyeball scene was the most excessive, but it's always good to have that "one scene" that everyone talks about afterwards.) But when the last student captured manages to escape and tries to flee the facility and decides to go back to rescue the girl - I could barely catch my breath and my nerves were wrecked! And the final "revenge" scene was the perfect plotline to satisfy all of our "primal survival" needs. Eli Roth took all the "classic" elements from the 50's and 60's horror films and combined them with the intensity of 70's horror films and mixed in contemporary, modern characters and dialogue. The result: A modern-day hommage to the Italian horror movies from the 60's where a group of travelers would happen upon a castle where the scientists/doctor who lived there would trap them and torment/torture them. (Usually so he can "borrow" their eyes, skin, limbs, etc.... to graft to his horribly mangled daughter. Who may or may not be alive.)
In other words, I horribly misjudged HOSTEL. And deprived myself of experiencing it in the theatre. I have since gone out and bought the Director's Cut dvd and I have to say that I liked the unrated version more and definitely the original ending, not the alternate ending supplied on the dvd. Luckily, the unrated version that I had seen is also available on the Director's Cut edition with the original ending. Picture and sound are top-notch. Special Features are great and informative.
HOSTEL is a contemporary masterpiece of horror/suspense filming and I loved every minute of it. It totally satisfied my need for scares!
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