• Byrd man
    • 8 years 10 months ago
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    		 I saw this movie and wow was it garbage, never saw cabin fever, but I heard it too sucked pretty bad. It was sick and gory, but they didn't develop the plot enough in my opinion.
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    • System
      • 8 years 10 months ago
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      		 I'm thinking of going to see it this weekend, but a few people have told me it has no plot and should wait to rent it on video. The only thing they said it had going for it self was the fact it was really gory. So, people seem to be agreeing with you Byrd man.
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      • System
        • 8 years 10 months ago
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        		 I disagree. I've seen the movie and I think the plot is actually quite good once you understand what's going on. What makes the movie all the more scary is the idea this could actually be happening somewhere in the world right now.

        HOWEVER, what turned me off to the movie was the actual depiction of the torture. I mean, I can handle my share of horror movies and most of them are fairly tame in my opinion, but this was WAYYYY too graphic even for me. I have a hard time watching people who're unconscious get cut up in surgical documentaries much less watching people who're awake and chained squirming and crying out for help while someone stands there slicing them up.

        So, while I liked the idea of the movie, I'm very surprised at how much they were able to get away with as it's extremely graphic, especially the money shot.
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        • System
          • 8 years 10 months ago
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          		 Here's a short run-down of the movie:

          If you ENJOY softcore porn, buy your ticket and come at the beginning of the movie.

          If you DON'T enjoy softcore porn and/or you are only interested in the violence and the thrilling nature OF violence, come one hour late.

          If you want an interesting storyline with a good finish, come an hour and a half late.

          If you've got anything else better to do, don't come at all.
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          • Byrd man
            • 8 years 10 months ago
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            TyphoidBryan wrote:
            Here's a short run-down of the movie:

            If you ENJOY softcore porn, buy your ticket and come at the beginning of the movie.

            If you DON'T enjoy softcore porn and/or you are only interested in the violence and the thrilling nature OF violence, come one hour late.

            If you want an interesting storyline with a good finish, come an hour and a half late.

            If you've got anything else better to do, don't come at all.


            Well said my man. There is only like 15 minutes of actual graphic gore, if that. And actually as far as the gore goes I have actually seen much worse, the movie Strangeland comes to mind... and that one seemed way more nausiating in a "this stuff is happening right now" kind of way. Seriously if you thought this was bad go see Strangeland; more sick, better acting, and much better plot.
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            • System
              • 8 years 10 months ago
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              		 Ditto, Byrd. I haven't seen "Strangeland," but I think that there are a hell of a lot of Italian and Japanese horror movies out there that you could almost consider to be snuff films. Amazon.com's got a great collection of them.

              In "Hostel," I found it funny that all it took for Paxton to escape the torture room was for his captor to slip on the blood that Pax spilled from his hand. Of all the blood splattered in all the square feet of that messy, dungeonesque torture room, the guy slipped on THAT spot. VERY convenient if you ask me.
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              • System
                • 8 years 10 months ago
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                		 *** WARNING*** ***SPOILERS ***


                I admit the first half of Hostel was cliche'd and felt like a campy horror flick, however the idea that there is a place setup where people pay to do anything they want to inflict any kind of nastiness that their heart desires is somewhat unique in a film, in my opinion, however the idea alone is a really scary thought in itself, namely because I can see something like that really existing somewhere right now. There are some extremely sick networks in the world, so it definitely wouldn't surprise me if such a place actually existed in some form. To me, that aspect added tremendously to what would otherwise be a pointless display of blood and gore. Not to mention the protagonist was fairly believable and put on a good performance later in the show.

                I'm not saying there aren't movies out there that are more graphic. Strangeland was originally given an NC-17 rating, by the way. I'm just saying it's definitely a lot more graphic than 90% of the horror movies I can think of, that are worth watching.

                The second half of the movie was really intense, though, and made up for the slow beginning. The movie is graphically too extreme for the typical horror fan though, in my opinion.
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