Hostel
2005 · Movie · R · 94 min · ★ 6.0 · 58% critics
Three backpackers travel through Europe chasing fun, parties, and easy romance, but their trip takes a dark turn in a Slovakian city. What starts as an exciting adventure soon becomes a terrifying fight to get out alive.
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Details
- Years
- 2005
- Release date
- 2006-01-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Critic score
- 58/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (3,949 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a grim, high-stress horror story with a slow lead-in and intense scares; not for you if you want deep characters or a lighter, more playful ride, like From Dusk Till Dawn.
Pros: tense buildup; disturbing atmosphere; memorable shocks | Cons: uneven pacing; thin characterization; overhyped gore
Themes
- sadism
- amsterdam, netherlands
- bathroom
- brothel
- paranoia
- human trafficking
- bratislava, slovakia
- machete
- gore
- dominatrix
- backpacker
- iceland
- +19 more
Cast & crew
Jay Hernandez
as Paxton
- DR
Derek Richardson
as Josh
Eythor Gudjonsson
as Oli
Barbara Nedeljakova
as Natalya
Jana Kaderabkova
as Svetlana
Jennifer Lim
as Kana
Jan Vlasák
as The Dutch Businessman
Jana Havlickova
as Vala
Keiko Seiko
as Yuki
Paula Wild
as Monique
Directed by Eli Roth