Whereas Roth knew to deliver only a few shocking images and imply the rest (not that anyone noticed), Spiegel lingers on the disgusting bits like a nine-year-old playing with his Creepy Crawlers Candy Creator. Now comes Hostel Part III, a straight-to-video sequel helmed by Scott Spiegel, who has yet to show the subtlety required for this sort of subversion.Ĭonsider the prerequisite torture sequences in this third instalment. Brutal and tasteless, these movies don’t inspire a revisit, but it’s worth noting they spend as much time critiquing our thirst for blood as they do satisfying it. Though I’ve never been a fan of the horror subgenre dubbed “torture porn”, I often find myself defending Eli Roth’s Hostel (2005) and Hostel Part II (2007), which tell of a secret club in Eastern Europe that provides the rich with the thrill of gruesome murder.
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