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Hostel
Just wondering if anyone else has seen this yet? It is the upcoming new horror film from Eli Roth. Scott? Anyone?
I will say that it is quite twisted and depraved in a delicious, upsetting Miike way (Miike even has a cameo).
Being Roth, it is also at times damned funny.
I think horror fans will eat it up!
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12-20-2005, 12:28 PM
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The trailer for this was played right before Saw 2..It looks like a movie that takes "Saw" to the next level. People getting tortured, yelling, screaming with all sorts of torture devices lying around.
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12-20-2005, 04:18 PM
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This is one of the few upcoming horrors I'm actually interested in seeing. I hope it's as gory as it's being set up to be, I'm always dissapointed with the gore level in horror movies these days.
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12-20-2005, 05:40 PM
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12-20-2005, 06:34 PM
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It is quite gory. It pulls no punches on the cringe level.
It's also a pretty solid low-budget genre story. The interesting thing for me was how blood-thirsty the audience gets. It results in a pretty rousing and oddly fun finale.
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12-20-2005, 07:14 PM
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I saw this film last September, thought it was simply OK...nothing great.
The film plays too much to the audience like an amusement ride, rather than trying to create an atmospheric and convincing horror film.
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12-20-2005, 07:18 PM
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Very much disliked Eli's first flick (Cabin Fever). I thought it was one of the worst films I'd seen in years. Characters were so unlikable, I found it hard to believe even they considered themselves friends with one another. That beings said, I don't expect too much from Hostel. I like the idea and will probably see it on DVD. But I wouldn't even consider spending the money on it in the theater.
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12-20-2005, 07:55 PM
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I thought Cabin Fever was ok. I liked the humor.
I think Hostel is much better. I agree somewhat with Bill - it is like an amusement park ride and it plays to the audience. But, it is not supposed to create an atmosphere of anything other than unease. It's not that type of horror. It's a slow burn buildup waiting for the shit to hit the fan. And, I can't imagine not feeling uneasy once things start going wrong.
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12-21-2005, 08:07 AM
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Which do you think will be better Hostel or Wolf Creek ?
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12-21-2005, 10:16 AM
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My thoughts exactly.
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I'd say Wolf Creek, though it does have a vibe like Wrong Turn 2, IMO.
BTW, what's up with the marketing of Wolf Creek? I saw the same trailer at least 5 times last night during the hour of Earl/Office on NBC. Saturation is one thing; beating the audience senseless is another.
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12-21-2005, 04:51 PM
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Very much disliked Eli's first flick (Cabin Fever). I thought it was one of the worst films I'd seen in years. Characters were so unlikable, I found it hard to believe even they considered themselves friends with one another. That beings said, I don't expect too much from Hostel. I like the idea and will probably see it on DVD. But I wouldn't even consider spending the money on it in the theater.
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I disagree and loved cabin fever, which is why I will be seeing this film
 
Lo, there do I see my mother, and my sisters, and my brothers, Lo, there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning, Lo, they do call to me, they bid me take my place among them, In the halls of Valhalla,where the brave may live...
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12-22-2005, 10:58 AM
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I'm a big Cabin Fever fan, so I'll be there. I'm not too impressed with the trailer though.
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12-27-2005, 06:01 AM
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I can't wait to see Hostel, although I'm a bit wary after seeing Wolf Creek last night. I barely made it through that one. Something about torture scenes just makes me squirm right out of my chair. And Hostel is apparently filled with long torture scenes. I'm a horror nut, so I'll be there, but man....the older I get the more it hurts me to watch other folks suffering. I still laugh at good, old-fashioned, over-the-top, Gordon-Lewis-style gore, but the realistic intensity of something like the scenes in Wolf Creek makes me feel all dirty inside.
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