Released Year: 2005Directed by Eli Roth
Casted by:
Jay Hernandez as Paxton
Derek Richardson as Josh
Jennifer Lim as Kana
Eyþór Guðjónsson as Óli
Barbara Nedeljáková as Natalya
Jana Kaderabkova as Svetlana
Story:College students Paxton and Josh, along with their friend Óli , are backpacking across Europe. At their hostel, they meet a Russian man named Alexei who informs them about an undocumented hostel near Bratislava filled with beautiful, American-loving women.
The three subsequently board a train on which they meet a peculiar businessman, who freaks Josh out by placing his hand on his thigh. The three leave the train at a small Slovakian village, and check into the local hostel, finding themselves sharing a room with two beautiful single women, Natalya and Svetlana, who invite them to the disco. At the disco, Josh is saved from a gang of impoverished children looking for money and bubblegum by the peculiar businessman. The next day, a young Japanese backpacker, Kana, approaches Paxton and Josh, who are searching for Óli, informing them that her friend, Yuki, is strangely missing as well. An MMS photo sent from Yuki's phone shows Yuki and Óli, with the word "Sayonara" beneath it. A while later, they spot a man wearing Óli's jacket. Not long after, Paxton and Josh receive a second MMS photo message from Óli's phone, in which their friend appears in a closeup face shot with the text "I go home". Then, the scene shifts to the source of the photo, revealing Óli's severed head sitting on a table. Paxton and Josh decide to leave Bratislava with Kana the following day. Paxton later notices that the photo of Oli and Yuki has been faked. Although Josh is anxious to leave immediately, Paxton talks him into staying just one more night, so they can have sex with Natalya and Svetlana one more time. Josh reluctantly agrees. Later that night, while partying with Natalya and Svetlana, Paxton and Josh are slipped tranquilizers. Josh stumbles back to the hostel while Paxton passes out in the disco's storage room.
Josh wakes up handcuffed to a chair in a dungeon-like room. The businessman comes in and starts torturing him, telling him about his unfulfilled dream of being a surgeon. After slicing Josh's Achilles tendons and seemingly allowing him to leave, the now unable to walk Josh is killed by the businessman.
Paxton returns to his room where two women invite him to a spa, eerily similar to Natalya and Svetlana. When the local police chief proves unhelpful, Paxton locates Natalya and Svetlana. He interrogates them on the whereabouts of Josh and the girls eventually agree to show them where he is. Once Paxton enters the factory, he shockingly witnesses the businessman cutting open Josh's corpse. He is then ambushed by thugs and taken to a cell. He is restrained in a chair and joined minutes later by a German client, Johann. After cutting off two of Paxton's fingers, he unknowingly severs Paxton's restraints. Johann slips and cuts his leg off. Paxton gets out of the chair and shoots Johann. Paxton escapes the cell and makes it to a dressing room. He discovers Kana being tortured and frees her, after killing her torturer. The two flee in a car, running over Natalya, Svetlana and Alexei intentionally. With the help of the child gang, Paxton and Kana elude the guards and head to the train station. When Kana sees a reflection of her disfigured face, she jumps in front of an oncoming train, while Paxton gets on another train.
Aboard the train, Paxton hears the voice of the businessman. In Vienna, he follows him to a public restroom and throws the Elite Hunting's card under his stall. When the businessman reaches to pick it up, Paxton cuts off two of his fingers, holds his head underwater and, when the businessman sees Paxton's reflection, slices his throat. Paxton then boards a train leaving Vienna.
The three subsequently board a train on which they meet a peculiar businessman, who freaks Josh out by placing his hand on his thigh. The three leave the train at a small Slovakian village, and check into the local hostel, finding themselves sharing a room with two beautiful single women, Natalya and Svetlana, who invite them to the disco. At the disco, Josh is saved from a gang of impoverished children looking for money and bubblegum by the peculiar businessman. The next day, a young Japanese backpacker, Kana, approaches Paxton and Josh, who are searching for Óli, informing them that her friend, Yuki, is strangely missing as well. An MMS photo sent from Yuki's phone shows Yuki and Óli, with the word "Sayonara" beneath it. A while later, they spot a man wearing Óli's jacket. Not long after, Paxton and Josh receive a second MMS photo message from Óli's phone, in which their friend appears in a closeup face shot with the text "I go home". Then, the scene shifts to the source of the photo, revealing Óli's severed head sitting on a table. Paxton and Josh decide to leave Bratislava with Kana the following day. Paxton later notices that the photo of Oli and Yuki has been faked. Although Josh is anxious to leave immediately, Paxton talks him into staying just one more night, so they can have sex with Natalya and Svetlana one more time. Josh reluctantly agrees. Later that night, while partying with Natalya and Svetlana, Paxton and Josh are slipped tranquilizers. Josh stumbles back to the hostel while Paxton passes out in the disco's storage room.
Josh wakes up handcuffed to a chair in a dungeon-like room. The businessman comes in and starts torturing him, telling him about his unfulfilled dream of being a surgeon. After slicing Josh's Achilles tendons and seemingly allowing him to leave, the now unable to walk Josh is killed by the businessman.
Paxton returns to his room where two women invite him to a spa, eerily similar to Natalya and Svetlana. When the local police chief proves unhelpful, Paxton locates Natalya and Svetlana. He interrogates them on the whereabouts of Josh and the girls eventually agree to show them where he is. Once Paxton enters the factory, he shockingly witnesses the businessman cutting open Josh's corpse. He is then ambushed by thugs and taken to a cell. He is restrained in a chair and joined minutes later by a German client, Johann. After cutting off two of Paxton's fingers, he unknowingly severs Paxton's restraints. Johann slips and cuts his leg off. Paxton gets out of the chair and shoots Johann. Paxton escapes the cell and makes it to a dressing room. He discovers Kana being tortured and frees her, after killing her torturer. The two flee in a car, running over Natalya, Svetlana and Alexei intentionally. With the help of the child gang, Paxton and Kana elude the guards and head to the train station. When Kana sees a reflection of her disfigured face, she jumps in front of an oncoming train, while Paxton gets on another train.
Aboard the train, Paxton hears the voice of the businessman. In Vienna, he follows him to a public restroom and throws the Elite Hunting's card under his stall. When the businessman reaches to pick it up, Paxton cuts off two of his fingers, holds his head underwater and, when the businessman sees Paxton's reflection, slices his throat. Paxton then boards a train leaving Vienna.
L² Scored: 7/10 L² Comment:
Fucking torturing and killing film that you will not wanna miss. Though the 1st half of the movie is more about sex and nudity, but the 2nd part is terrible enough to freak u off. Some of the gross scenes do really make me feel like vomiting. Ish~
Not dare to watch ><
ReplyDeleteI just realised there is a "Hostel Part II" released in 2007
ReplyDeletezidane, huh? why? lol... its not tat scary until u cant watch la :P
ReplyDeletematt, yes... its long time ago... hopefully they will come out the part III
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