Release
Date: October 23, 2007 Studio: Lionsgate Director: Eli Roth
Screenwriter: Eli Roth Starring: Lauren German, Bijou Phillips, Roger Bart, Richard Bugl,
Vera Jordanova, Heather Mattarazzo, Stanislav Ianevski, Milan Knazko Genre:
Horror MPAA Rating: R (for sadistic scenes of torture and bloody violence,
terror, nudity, sexual content, language and some drug content) Official Website:
Hostel2.com
Preview:
With repulsion levels at
least comparable to
Cannibal Holocaust,
Herschell Gordon Lewis'
Blood Feast, and other
gory slasher landmarks, Eli
Roth's Hostel 2
reconfigures ideas of
violence to test how down
and dirty a horror film can
get. The film raises the
stakes, leaving those who
wish to make a sicker film
out in the lurch for the
time being.
Review: The second
film in the Hostel franchise
is a difficult one to
review, and that's pretty
obvious given that reviews
of the film have been split
almost right down the
middle. The problem is that
while it's enjoyable
(assuming you like that sort
of thing), this is a movie
that could have been so
very, very much more than it
was...more
Extras: Four
featurettes, "Hostel Part
II: The Next Level" behind
the scenes, "The Art of KNB
Effects," set design,
international television
special, blood and guts
montage, deleted scenes,
commentary by Eli Roth,
commentary by producers
Gabriel Roth and Quentin
Tarantino, commentary by
Roth, Lauren German, Richard
Burgi and Vera Jordanova,
Factory Torture Cam, more.
Hostel Part 2 Release
Date: June 8, 2007 Studio: Lionsgate Director: Eli Roth
Screenwriter: Eli Roth Starring: Lauren German, Bijou Phillips, Roger Bart, Richard Bugl,
Vera Jordanova, Heather Mattarazzo, Stanislav Ianevski, Milan Knazko Genre:
Horror MPAA Rating: R (for sadistic scenes of torture and bloody violence,
terror, nudity, sexual content, language and some drug content) Official Website:
Hostel2.com
Plot Summary: Last January, writer/director
Eli Roth terrified moviegoers with the blood-drenched "Hostel," which catapulted
to the top of the box office charts and became the first Number One film of
2006. One year later, Roth takes us back to where it all began, and deeper into
the darkest recesses of the human mind.
In "Hostel: Part II," three young Americans studying art in Rome set off for a
weekend trip when they run into a beautiful model from one of their classes.
Also on her way to an exotic destination, the gorgeous European invites the
coeds to come along, assuring them they will be able to relax and rejuvenate.
Will the girls find the oasis they are looking for? Or are they poised to become
victims for hire, pawns in the fantasies of the sick and privileged from around
the world who secretly travel here to savor more grisly pursuits?
With "Hostel," Eli Roth cemented the cutting-edge credentials he earned with his
debut feature "Cabin Fever" (2002). In "Hostel: Part II," Roth invites fans to
take another frightening trip where suppressed urges – once unleashed – have
chilling consequences
EN 5 Second Review:
Sensory Overload and little else.
Little
suspense, lots of gore make 'Hostel' torturous Scott Bowles: USA Today
Any semblance of suspense quickly gives way to buzz saws,
drill bits and sickles. And the movie ends so abruptly, one
has to think the filmmakers ran out of either money or
prosthetic body parts...more
If
this sounds like your cup of crud - and you know who
you are -
you probably won't be disappointed Pete Hammond: Maxim
Roth
might have chutzpah, but, sadly he doesn't have any interest
in actually scaring us. The moviemaking is driven only by
contempt; he wants to nauseate us into submission Wesley Morris: Boston Globe
Release
Date: June 8, 2007
EN 5 Second Review:
Sensory Overload and little else.
If
this sounds like your cup of crud -