Hostel: Part II: Horror. Starring Lauren German, Roger Bart, Heather Matarazzo and Bijou Phillips. Directed by Eli Roth. (R. 93 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. See complete movie listings and show ...

Gorehound Eli Roth reasserts his position as leader of the "splat pack," an unofficial fraternity of directors dedicated to topping one another's stomach-churning antics, with "Hostel: Part II." His ...

If the idea of a sequel is to build upon the first film, ratcheting up the intensity while remaining true to the original premise, “Hostel: Part II” is a decent second chapter in the tourist-horror ...

To say that “Hostel: Part II,” as with its predecessor, isn’t everybody’s flagon of grog is understating matters in the extreme. Those who would rather eat day-old garbage than watch even the most ...

Eli Roth's Hostel: Part II will leave most viewers - including hard-core horror fans - feeling dirty. This sequel to the super-violent splatter film gives a more gruesome and more fetish-filled spin ...

Eli Roth’s Hostel is a film that I have grown to like less with the passing of time. The central trio of friends featured in the first installment come across as obnoxious and grating. The first time ...

Take your kids to the theater next week to see the barnyard fable “Charlotte’s Web” and you might find yourself confronted in the lobby by a jolting new poster that is pure slaughterhouse -- and the ...

April: "It used irony perfectly. In Hostel we see something you don't stereotypically see in horror/gore movies; perfect saturated irony." True horror movies are odd beasts. The best ones produce a ...