Is all I can ask myself about some of these "horror" movies nowadays? Does sex and over-the-top brutal murders constitute as a great movie? This movie had two different sides. Porn. And Murder. There was hardly an in between and deserves no more than one star for such a disaster of a movie. I could hardly watch some of the scenes in this movie. It seems it's become a battle among writers as to who can think up the most disgusting slaughter fest, and it5's not very enjoyable.

i think hollywood has gone to far. i mean these movies are being aimed towards kids. i dont think adults should even see it. i have not seen it but what my friends told me. i think any loving parent would not let there kids see this. there is torture and way more. these movies belong only in a small theater in africa. this is not something i want to see. it is sad what they are puting in theaters

I really did like this movie because its more of a thriller/suspense movie rather than scary, but it really is quite full of gore. Graphic scenes of torture definately not made for the faint of heart.

This movie is a true disgrace for what society has made a 'norm' for a rated R movie. This movie is half porn and half torture - 100% waste of any decent person's time. This movie needed a much different rating than R. For the sake of our children and american society as a whole our standards for what we allow to fall into the rated R category need to be revisited!

I have a few more productive things to say about this film. I was nightmare-ishly disturbed for days.. however... for there to be controversy over a film is really quite ridiculous! It's up to the individual person to decide what is right and wrong for them. Directors have every right to make any movie they want too.. last time I checked.. we were all individuals with our own tastes!! NOW ON THE OTHER HAND... FOR THE PARENTS WHO ALLOWED CHILDREN TO EVEN WATCH THIS FILM... I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.. IN WHICH I WILL CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES!! THERE SHOULD BE NO ARGUMENT WHATSOEVER THAT THIS IS NOT EVEN REMOTELY APPROPRIATE FOR A CHILD. IT IS NOT OK FOR A CHILD TO SEE SEX... AND GORE OF THIS MAGNITUDE!!! NO MATTER THE CHILD!!!!!! INTRODUCING STUFF OF THIS KIND TO A CHILD IS IRRISPONSIBLE!! IF WE DENSENSITIZE OUR CHILDREN THAT EARLY... WHAT IS LEFT FOR THEM TO LEARN?? IM TRUELY SICK TO MY STOMACH THAT ANY PARENT WOULD ACTUALLY SEE THIS AS AN OK MOVIE. TWICE NOW I'VE BEEN TO VERY GRAPHIC HORROR FILMS... IN WHICH A PARENT BROUGHT THEIR CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS AGE 5 (INTO SAW II) AND I WAS SO HORRIFIED I ACTUALLY LEFT. TOTAL MOOD KILLER!! ANOTHER WAS IN THE MESSENGERS... WHILE IT ISN'T GRAPHIC.. IT HAS SOME SCARY SCENES. THE 4 YEAR OLD IN FRONT OF ME WAS CRYING.. HER MOTHER LOOKED AT HER AND SAID.. YOU KNOW ITS NOT REAL.. SHUT THE F**K UP AND QUIT CRYING. ARE PARENTS SO SELFISH THAT THEY CAN'T WAIT TO FIND A BABYSITTER .. INSTEAD WE TAKE OUR CHILDREN TO HORROR FILMS WITH US?? SO WHEN A CHILD AT AGE 12 SAYS HOSTEL ISN'T BAD.. IT'S USUALLY THE RESULT OF BEING DESENSITIZED FROM AN EARLIER AGE. Well I think that pretty much wraps it up... I'm disguisted.. and horrified at parents bad decisions these days because of their own selfish desires!!

boring, all the scenes are them going to clubs and crap. it has probably like 4 scenes of torture. NOT SCARY AT ALL. but really bad for kids

Is all I can ask myself about some of these "horror" movies nowadays? Does sex and over-the-top brutal murders constitute as a great movie? This movie had two different sides. Porn. And Murder. There was hardly an in between and deserves no more than one star for such a disaster of a movie. I could hardly watch some of the scenes in this movie. It seems it's become a battle among writers as to who can think up the most disgusting slaughter fest, and it5's not very enjoyable.

This movie is a true disgrace for what society has made a 'norm' for a rated R movie. This movie is half porn and half torture - 100% waste of any decent person's time. This movie needed a much different rating than R. For the sake of our children and american society as a whole our standards for what we allow to fall into the rated R category need to be revisited!

I have a few more productive things to say about this film. I was nightmare-ishly disturbed for days.. however... for there to be controversy over a film is really quite ridiculous! It's up to the individual person to decide what is right and wrong for them. Directors have every right to make any movie they want too.. last time I checked.. we were all individuals with our own tastes!! NOW ON THE OTHER HAND... FOR THE PARENTS WHO ALLOWED CHILDREN TO EVEN WATCH THIS FILM... I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.. IN WHICH I WILL CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES!! THERE SHOULD BE NO ARGUMENT WHATSOEVER THAT THIS IS NOT EVEN REMOTELY APPROPRIATE FOR A CHILD. IT IS NOT OK FOR A CHILD TO SEE SEX... AND GORE OF THIS MAGNITUDE!!! NO MATTER THE CHILD!!!!!! INTRODUCING STUFF OF THIS KIND TO A CHILD IS IRRISPONSIBLE!! IF WE DENSENSITIZE OUR CHILDREN THAT EARLY... WHAT IS LEFT FOR THEM TO LEARN?? IM TRUELY SICK TO MY STOMACH THAT ANY PARENT WOULD ACTUALLY SEE THIS AS AN OK MOVIE. TWICE NOW I'VE BEEN TO VERY GRAPHIC HORROR FILMS... IN WHICH A PARENT BROUGHT THEIR CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS AGE 5 (INTO SAW II) AND I WAS SO HORRIFIED I ACTUALLY LEFT. TOTAL MOOD KILLER!! ANOTHER WAS IN THE MESSENGERS... WHILE IT ISN'T GRAPHIC.. IT HAS SOME SCARY SCENES. THE 4 YEAR OLD IN FRONT OF ME WAS CRYING.. HER MOTHER LOOKED AT HER AND SAID.. YOU KNOW ITS NOT REAL.. SHUT THE F**K UP AND QUIT CRYING. ARE PARENTS SO SELFISH THAT THEY CAN'T WAIT TO FIND A BABYSITTER .. INSTEAD WE TAKE OUR CHILDREN TO HORROR FILMS WITH US?? SO WHEN A CHILD AT AGE 12 SAYS HOSTEL ISN'T BAD.. IT'S USUALLY THE RESULT OF BEING DESENSITIZED FROM AN EARLIER AGE. Well I think that pretty much wraps it up... I'm disguisted.. and horrified at parents bad decisions these days because of their own selfish desires!!

SEX: NON-Stop Female nudity VIOLENCE: Absolutley Disgusting graphic violence (The Eye Scene was absolutley terrible) LANGUAGE: ABout 120 F-Words DRUGS: Not a Ton except at the beginning COMMERCIALISM: None SOCIAL BEHAVIOR: A murder-profit business. Not good OVerall: A decent horror movie but starts a little slow and the eye scene was absolutely disgusting. 3 Stars

I consider myself to be a pretty open-minded parent, but I refuse to ever let my kids watch this flick. Truly demented, the story line is supspensful, yes, but the imagery was enough to cloud my entire day. Not only was the movie's context brutal enough to keep you from every stepping foot into a European hostel again, but some scenes left me literally gagging, trying to keep my lunch down. Two words: EYE SCENE.

i think hollywood has gone to far. i mean these movies are being aimed towards kids. i dont think adults should even see it. i have not seen it but what my friends told me. i think any loving parent would not let there kids see this. there is torture and way more. these movies belong only in a small theater in africa. this is not something i want to see. it is sad what they are puting in theaters

I really did like this movie because its more of a thriller/suspense movie rather than scary, but it really is quite full of gore. Graphic scenes of torture definately not made for the faint of heart.

boring, all the scenes are them going to clubs and crap. it has probably like 4 scenes of torture. NOT SCARY AT ALL. but really bad for kids

im 11 years old going to the movie theater and watching this movie was a mistake the brutal torture and nudity was disgusting i wouldnt say this movie is scary its more of a thriller but it would still give children nightmares i cannot believe there making a part 2 of hostel i bet its going to be worse this is definetly a bloody disgusting gorey movie and kids under the age of 17+ should not watch this i give it two thumbs down

This movie was really good. I thought that the sexuality was a bit much. (Because eventually it was like porn.) Other than that I didn't see very many problems even though it did have some funny parts. Most people wouldn't agree with me though.

This movie started out better than most horror films, making me think that this could actually be a good movie and also be a horror movie with a plot. However, the movie loses itself about halfway through to pointless gore and carnage. The gore wasn't that bad actually until it reached the last thirty minutes, and you could tell the director wanted to hold no bars with the blood there. It starts out interesting and it does cleverly tie things together like one of the character's past traumas and how it motivates him to try and save another person. But the plot never really evolves much, it just places small parts in front of you every once in a while. As a story, it'a average. Content however, is extreme in all areas, though the violence doesn't reach too high until the end as I mentioned earlier. Sexuality is what makes up most of the objectable content in the first third of the movie, with explicit images and suggestions. Violence then comes in doses until it heats up more and became more graphic. My complaint about it however is that it seems movie makers think blood in of itself is scary, so the violence that causes it doesn't have any scare factors to it at all. Never, throughout the whole movie, was I scared (albeit I have a high tolerance for violence and terror, but still.) Language is pervasive throughout the movie, but not in a way that it's overly excessive due to the situations the characters are placed in. All I can say is, what tipped the violence from being not as bad as it sounds to actually holding up to the descriptions: the eye. If you watch this movie, you will know what I'm talking about, and I would hope you agree with me that that was too much. However, for the rest of the violence, it wasn't quite as bad as I had expected, and I must admit that I have only seen about 7 rated R films, and most of those are the ones where the only thing bad is the language (such as Good Will Hunting). So despite the good beginning, the end parts quickly flush it from your mind and leave you with bland attempts at horror that do anything but scare you.