Hostel

[swolt]

I just watched hostel.

I liked it. It wasn't as gory as I thought it was going to be. I should have seen it before I read all the hype.

[ReBurn]

I bought the DVD, but I still have to look away during some of the scenes.

[Jessie]

Still havent' watched it, still don't want to.

[ReBurn]

Good call.  I'd let you borrow the DVD, but I hear you never send them back.

[Mr. Ubiquity]

Good call.  I'd let you borrow the DVD, but I hear you never send them back.

Id borrow it long enough to burn a copy of it...

[swolt]

spoiler:

This morning I was eating breakfast and I was thinking about the guy cutting the girl's eye off and I thought "yummm, eye milk."

[Beefy]

only six months till the sequel, supposedly

[swolt]

only six months till the sequel, supposedly

I heard it was august 2007

[Beefy]

only six months till the sequel, supposedly

I heard it was august 2007

It probably is.  I haven't heard anything new since they announced rigth after the opening weekend that they were going to release another one in one year's time.  Like having a new Saw franchise around.

[Jessie]

only six months till the sequel, supposedly

I heard it was august 2007

It probably is.  I haven't heard anything new since they announced rigth after the opening weekend that they were going to release another one in one year's time.  Like having a new Saw franchise around.

That's gross.

[Mr. Ubiquity]

at least that pic still shows his teeth.

[SockmonkeyHolocaust]

I am not a horror/gore fanatic but I saw it recently. Good flick.


*spoiler*
I found the idea that it wasn't just one man, but a service to wealthy psychopaths very disturbing. That the "salad eating man" could meet his subject and drink with him and then torture him to death is nuts.

Yeah, I watch movies years after they come out. What of it?

[ReBurn]

Hostel still creeps me the fuck out.

[Bishamonten]

I still hate this boring ass movie.  Leave horror to people who know what the fuck they're doing.  Namely, Takeshi Miike.

[Jessie]

I guess that since I've seen Ichi and Man Bites Dog that I can probably handle Hostel. 

Maybe I'll check it out.

[Bishamonten]

I guess that since I've seen Ichi and Man Bites Dog that I can probably handle Hostel. 

Maybe I'll check it out.

Hostel, in my opinion, is overhyped.  If you're going to make a horror film, you'd better damned well make it so I don't want to see the main characters mauled in various fashion.  If I'm rooting for the bad guys the whole way, you've managed to make an a blood and guts action film - that's it. 

[janegirl987]

I thought it was pretty good.

[ReBurn]

I don't know why they called it horror.  It was more shock and gore.

[dazie]

Here's one that looks creepy.  I snagged the review from Morbid Fact du Jour.

The Audition (Japan 1999) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009WFEDC/theasylumeclecti

Amazon review: "If you want the full sledgehammer-to-the-stomach effect of Audition, stop reading this review now. Just watch it and take the consequences. At first glance, Takashi Miike's jack in the box of a movie works like a romantic comedy: amiable widower Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) decides it's time to find a new wife, and a friend suggests holding a fake audition to find the right girl. It soon becomes clear that there is something wrong with Aoyama's choice. This is no ordinary Fatal Attraction-style thriller, however; Audition slowly and carefully builds into a wrenching exploration of both deep male fears and the stereotype of the cute, submissive Japanese woman. Audition is by no means an easy movie to watch--even hardcore horror fans may have trouble--but it will stay with you for a long, long time"

"When I finally got my hands on a copy of The Audition, I had already heard great things and was expecting the unexpected. Now only is this a great story with well rounded characters and complex plot, it also contains some of the most disturbing torture scenes I have ever watched. It starts out as a romantic movie about a lonely middle aged man and slowly turns into a nightmare. The direction is excellent, never giving too much, always throwing in the unexpected. The story draws you in slowly by unraveling the murky past of a beautiful, demur girl. Just like the main character, by the time you know the whole story, you're already in hell."

[Bishamonten]

Audition is a brilliant film. 

[dazie]

I bet Number 6 has seen it or has it stashed away somewhere....

[Gamplayerx]

Audition is a brilliant film. 

That's the film with the piano wire amputation that you had somewhere sometime, isn't it?  *shudder*

[Dry then Catch]

Audition is a brilliant film, but it would have been much better having no expectations and no idea what I was seeing.  More so than with any average movie.  With this in mind, it seemed slow and plodding for about 75% of the movie.

I hear the best is to actually believe its a awkward foreign romantic comedy going in. 

[swolt]

Audition is a brilliant film, but it would have been much better having no expectations and no idea what I was seeing.  More so than with any average movie.  With this in mind, it seemed slow and plodding for about 75% of the movie.

I hear the best is to actually believe its a awkward foreign romantic comedy going in. 

like The Birds?

[Dry then Catch]

I never saw it, but I'll gander a guess and say yes