By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Lions Gate Films
Eli Roth on set of Cabin Fever
With very little known about the upcoming horror
Hostel except for a tagline that states 'Three backpackers head
to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations,
with no idea of the hell that awaits them', it should be refreshing for
the Eli Roth [Cabin Fever, Donnie Darko] fans to hear
that this film could be his best yet.
At least, according to the people that have seen the uncut, extremely NC-17
version.
Hostel Reviews
Hostel was one of the films featured at
the Toronto Film Festival this year and, like other films featured, reports
have flooded across the internet now that a screening of the film has occurred.
AICN
has gotten a boatload of them, most of which are extremely positive:
Hostel is without a doubt ground breaking in the horror American film genre. This is no PG-13 horror (as what Eli said) but definitely will get an NC-17 rating from the MPAA. This film is on par with some of the South Korean horror (Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengence) and also some of Takeshi Miike's films (Audition, Ichi the Killer). Takeshi Miike makes a small cameo in this movie which was treated with applause from the audience.
After the first 20 minutes, be prepared to be disgusted, surprised, and be sweating in your seats. This is no kids film , nor is it for teenagers as well. The rest of the movie (which comprises of 2 fairly long torture scenes that I had to close my eyes) is very bloody, very violent and very very tense. ****SPOILER***There were 2 scenes in the movie (just before the torture in the chairs) where the audience just sees a black screen but can hear heavy breathing, heavy panting as the incumbant is tied up in the chair just waiting for his executioner. The other scene comprises of a person just waking up from a coma, however, the camera is pointed in the point of view of the person about to be executed. Therefore, you only see glimpses of the tools that are about to used in his execution. Excellent technique used by Eli Roth as both of these scene created tension within the movie****SPOILER FINISHED****
Wow! Even though I am not all that big on horror
films, this latest project from Eli Roth seems to be the cat's pajamas.
To check out the entire report, head over to AICN.
We are currently working to get more information on Hostel. It
looks like Sony Screen Gem is in no rush to get word of this film out.
Eli Roth on set of Cabin Fever
Add to Heffee!
