Hostel (2006)
Welcome to your worst nightmare.
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Hostel rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb5.9/10· 202K votes
Rotten Tomatoes60%
Metacritic55%
TMDb5.958/10· 4K votesWith 60% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.9/10 on IMDb and 55/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Hostel
Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
Cast of Hostel
Jay Hernandez
as Paxton
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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
Rick Hoffman
as The American Client
Ľubomír Bukový
as Alex
Hostel facts
- Budget
- $4.8M
- Box office
- $82M
- Collection
- Hostel Collection
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Intense horror atmosphere with psychological backpacker threat
- •Effective tension building through confined European settings
- •Memorable visceral moments for splatter horror enthusiasts
What the audience disliked
- •Gore utilization feels gratuitous rather than narratively justified
- •Characterization underdeveloped beneath exploitation shock value
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