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All member reviews for Hostel

Adult
April 9, 2008
 
Woah!
I don't think this ADULTS should be watching this movie! I'm sorry I paid for the ticket! VERY disturbing!

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
I didn't even watch the whole movie it made me SO disgusted!
Unfortunately I went to the theater that night not even knowing what I was going to watch. This movie is so full of blatant sex scenes, nude women and perversion, I couldn't stand to watch any more of it. Later, I heard from some people I know; that this is the goriest movie they've ever seen. This movie made me more disgusted than any movie I've seen yet; and I've seen some movies that I wish I hadn't seen...but this one doesn't even compare. This movie should have definately been rated stronger than R.

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Parent
October 29, 2011
 
not for my kids
I was very disturbed myself

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Adult
April 12, 2009
 
SICK!
THIS IS A VERY SICK AND DISTURBING FILM. Oh my god i almost threw up to this movie no joke. It was sick and plain stupid. No point. And one disturbing part had me turn off the movie. Please dont go see this movie and put this garbage in your mind.

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
Parents Beware
This film is precisely what's wrong with the MPAA rating system. The system may punish sexuality, but the vile, extreme, gruesome violence in this film passed with an R, making me wonder what film the ratings board saw. In spite of what this says about American society, know that multiplex cinemas can't regulate every auditorium, and unless films receive an NC-17 when deserved, cinemas won't police auditoriums sufficiently to keep children out.

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Adult
November 20, 2011
 
I guess this is what made Eli Roth famous.
When you watch this movie you get a clear view of people who have twisted pleasures in harming and killing other human beings. Four men visit Europe, but the not just there to see the sites, they are there for the sex. Prostitution is graphically depicted. Lots of gore. Characters are tortured in sadistic ways. The film makers obviously wanted to "shock" the audience. If you watch this movie remember that the film is not real. There is an important message in Hostel: Be careful when you enter foreign grounds, make smart decisions and you cant trust everybody. This film was made for mature audiences who enjoy extreme horror films.

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Parent
November 15, 2011
 
grosssssss
sorry but i cant even get pass thru the violence i cant some toutre parts i just cant imagine it nastttyyy even thinking about it you will lose meaning

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Teen, 14 years old
October 29, 2011
 
Great
Brilliant story, setting and directing by Roth, paired with a brilliant score composed by Nathan Barr makes this an amazing film.

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Teen, 15 years old
September 13, 2011
 
Only for horror fans
If you do not like gore, you hate nudity (although its human nature if you ask me when it come to nudity), you easily get offended, hate cursing, you will not like this movie. For what it is, its nothing special in terms of writing or story, although the movie does have a strange charm to it (thanks to Quentin Tarantino's involvement in the film). If you're a horror fan, chances are you will enjoy this movie. For me, its simply above average.

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Teen, 15 years old
April 11, 2011
 
Not appropriate for anyone, let alone CHILDREN.
Violence- 10/10 Sexual Content- 10/10 Language- 9.5/10 Drinking, drugs, smoking- 10/10 Bad Messages- 10/10 Bad Role Models- 10/10 Overall Quality- 4/10

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Adult
December 4, 2011
 
Okay people, shut up and listen.
I'm gonna start off by saying that this movie is not for kids. The writer/director, Eli Roth, was surprised that it was rated R and not NC-17. It is filled with graphic nudity and brutal torture/violence. That being said, people need to learn not to be prejudiced when is comes to movies. This is a hard core horror film that's meant to screw with your head. Just because it's graphic does not mean it is a bad movie. Now, there are things in this movie that I didn't care for. A sequence with a bunch of violent little kids is quite pointless and a little too over the top. But the story line makes sense. Not only does it make sense, it sounds like something that could actually happen. So don't go hating on this movie because it's graphic. Hate on it, if you must, because you thought Europeans were portrayed in an offensive way, or because of a legitimate reason. Look at the cover of the movie for Pete's sake! Does it look like a movie that will appeal to somebody that doesn't like gory movies? If these movies upset you, don't complain! It's your own fault that you decided to see a movie with a chainsaw on the poster!! So stop offending Eli Roth with your prudish opinions and thank him for making such an interesting horror film.

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Adult
January 11, 2011
 
It's not that bad.
Loved this movie. This is a very deep thinking mans movie. I watched this on my second date with my girlfriend and she had her son with her. He loved it! Kept asking to watch it again all night.

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Teen, 16 years old
March 28, 2010
 
for horror fans, this movie is worth seeing, although you have to have a strong stomach. the first 40 minutes of the movie are filled with constant drugs, nudity, sex, and drinking. the movie gets pretty trippy after a while, because things start to seem very weird once their friend is missing. not to long later there is around 45 minutes of constant horrific torture. (a man pleads to let him leave so the bad guy slices the back of both of his feet and tells him to leave, the man tries to walk but it just splits his fees right open.) at other times a man has a ball tied to his mouth so he cant be heard but he is so horrified that he vomits, the puke has no ware to go so he chokes on it. you also see a women get a blow torch to the face, resulting in her eye hanging out and being cut from her socket. i think this movie is under rated because there is always so much hype about the saw movies and how theres nothing worse. i am telling you this movie makes saw look like wall-E. aside from all this bad stuff, it is interesting to think about how people could be so sinister to want to do such horrid things. i like this movie and you feel up for it then go for it, but keep in mind you probably have not seen anything as bad as this before in film

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
Why? Why? WHY?
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.

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
I can't believe I didn't walk out!
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!

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Adult
March 10, 2011
 
Waste of time and nerves...
This movie is totally waste of time! First 45 minutes are spent when backpackers have sex with Russian/Slovakian sorority girls and 45 minutes of absolute torture,gore and slaughter. I mean there's gore but where's the point? Iam not saying Hostel is bad, but it's not very good at succeding at this genre if i want a good horror film i got watch Saw

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Adult
June 18, 2009
 
Most parents will say no to letting their kids watch this, but most kids end up seeing it anyway. If they go over to a friends house, you can be sure they're watching movies like this. It's literally pointless to try to keep them from seeing it. I know the MPAA is a guide line and sure, good for them, but it's useless.

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Teen, 13 years old
November 28, 2011
 
.At least 8 year olds can handle it because I saw it when I was 8 and didn't sweat.
I read the reviews and I laughed my head off.sick?disturbing?gross?not for faint hearted?lololololol.....you surely haven't seen anything yet.....I saw this on uncut extended version twice,thank you.

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Parent of 18 year old
October 3, 2010
 
Reprehensible and Shameful waste of time!
Hated this "film". I unfortunately saw this before I had any discernment, and regret it now. The horrific idea for this film stretches reality, in that we have to wonder who would ever desire to do this to a human being. Torture and killing for fun is no joke and the absolutely sickening methods and messages of the people in the film makes me question what kind of reprobate would even conceive of making such a film, or even consider it in the first place. How dare parents ever think this is okay for children or teens! I normally don't get so passionate about the egregious filth in a film, and the reprehensible act of ruining the teenager or child's innocence, but if you allow them to watch it, it could scar them.

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Teen, 16 years old
April 9, 2008
 
just plain WRONG
i mean seriously, who would pay to see people being ripped limb from limp by a chainsaw for more than 2 hours straight!? this movie should be banned, its far by THE worst movie ive ever seen. this doesnt deserve an R, it deserves a X

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