THE PREMISE FOR HOSTEL CAME FROM A DISTURBING WEBSITE.Īin’t It Cool News founder Harry Knowles told Roth about a website where you pay $10,000 to go to Thailand and shoot a stranger in the head for sport. Here a 11 grotesque facts about the horror film. The movie proved to be successful enough that it led to two sequels: Hostel: Part II was released in 2007 with a similar premise (it grossed much less than its predecessor), and Hostel: Part III-which Roth wasn’t involved with it-takes place in Vegas and went straight to DVD in 2011. Though the film takes places in Slovakia, it was filmed in the Czech Republic. Written and directed by Eli Roth and executive-produced by Quentin Tarantino, the 2005 film is known for its intense sex and violence. Hostel, a horror film about a group of college-aged backpackers who stay at a hostel in Slovakia, had a budget of $4.8 million but grossed $80,578,934 worldwide, helping to revitalize the “ torture porn” genre of the late 1990s and mid-aughts.
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