Hostel

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Par H @Parhwy Jun 28 Hostel (2005) is a 94-minute-long US horror I saw on Netflix in June 2026. I avoided this film for years. Why? The cover: a person’s face with a drill in their mouth. Yep, hard no. I avoid horror as my brain is a troll: it picks up junk and peppers my dreams with nonsense. Example: I was enjoying Vikings, that TV series, until I started dreaming about dying, being in coffins, etc. And that’s not even horror. I can watch zombie and apocalypse films easily. What was this film like? The first 27 minutes lack horror; it’s building characters and story. Costuming is far too clean. We get horror at 40 minutes. While bad, it is sometimes off camera (see weapon, zoom to victim face, weapon noise, screaming, see aftermath). Not always. Editing, make-up, foley, mannequins are done well. The story evolves and there is a nice moral cross-over with the final fight scene. Thankfully, few jump-scares (they are the worst for my stability). Rewatch? No. Recommend? Sure, why not. 6/10. See more Marie R @RT75286863 Jun 9 Loved it. starts as a really over sexual film but once it gets to the gore that's where it gets good and i like the props they used for the finger when its cut off. would watch again. See more Aram R @RT72234243 May 30 A very poor film, lacking serious dialogue and critical reflection. There is no depth or sense of transcendence whatsoever. The story is trivial, the characters are poorly written, the soundtrack is terrible, and the combination of gore and intimate scenes is absurd and clearly included merely to make the audience uncomfortable, without serving any meaningful narrative purpose. Not recommended at all. See more Christina D. @NinaNinaBobina May 13 This movie uses extreme gore as a cheap gimmick to scare people. The only thing that scares me about this movie is that there are people that walk around with this type of gore on their mind. It’s a cheap gross out film that has no redeeming qualities. See more Dallas H @FozzieMcFly Apr 27 The movie has horrendously aged. And that is the scariest part of the whole thing. The character design for the lead roles is clearly a product of a very specific era in Hollywood filmmaking history, when chauvinistic immaturity was prominently featured as central figures in the story. It is such a shameful waste of a movie. See more Liyah. T @blanktrip1022 Mar 15 the movie was giving very much lackluster. the atmosphere of the film was indeed chilling, but it didn’t get much further than that. couldn’t connect with the characters, because they were consistently objectifying women, and that was practically the plot of the movie until there was a spin around at the middle of the movie. furthermore, it took too long to get to the point, and it wasn’t as chilling or apprehensive as i would’ve liked it to be. will not watch again. See more Read all reviews

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