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Friday, November 6, 2009

My First Review: Hostel (2006)

Genre: Horror, Slasher
Source: Rental (video store)



So, I've been on this horror kick lately. I use to be a huge horror buff when I was younger. And by younger I mean between 3-12 years old. But I still enjoy the genre and don't care what anyone thinks! haha OK. So, I've heard a lot about this film but never got around to seeing it so I forced my bf to go to blockbuster with me to rent it because I didn't want to disrupt my flow of Nip/Tuck dvd's coming through on netflix. 
Now, I love Eli Roth. Not only do I admire his original taste in films, but he's also super sexy. I really liked Cabin Fever but this was just bad. So much of the buzz on this film is that it's super gory and explicit. I personally don't think it's gory enough. There wasn't enough action. The majority of the movie was the lead character, played by Jay Hernandez, just wandering around looking for his friends. I don't know if the movie was too short or if there was just not enough torture scenes in it (as horrible as that sounds). I frankly found in boring. But, I will give Eli credit because the gore that I did see in the film was pretty up to par. If i was a guy, I would probably rate this movie a lot higher, but since my interest doesn't require a minimum of at least 20 pairs of boobs on screen for me to pay attention, that's not the case. Overall, I enjoyed the little background story of the quaint abandoned butcher shop/warehouse but in all honesty I think it fell short after that. Only in Eastern Europe!!!!

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