Hostel (Dvd) / Hostel (Umd) 2-Pack Side-By-Side: M

Presented by genre master Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill, Vol. 1 & 2) and directed by Eli Roth (Cabin Fever), Hostel is a shocking and relentless film in the tradition of Saw about two American backpackers (Jay Hernandez, Friday Night Lights and Derek Richardson, Dumb and Dumberer) in Europe who find themselves lured in as victims of a murder-for-profit business. Paxton and Josh, two college friends, are lured by a fellow traveler to what's described as a nirvana for American backpackers û a particular hostel in an out-of-the-way Slovakian town stocked with Eastern European women as desperate as they are gorgeous. The two friends arrive and soon easily pair off with exotic beauties Natalya and Svetlana. In fact, too easily... Initially distracted by the good time they're having, the two Americans quickly find themselves trapped in an increasingly sinister situation that they will discover is as wide and as deep as the darkest, sickest recess of human nature itself û if they survive.

Hostel CD (Original Score)

Hostel The 2005 splatter film Hostel reunites writerdirector Eli Roth and composer Nathan Barr, who had previously worked together on Cabin Fever, released in 2002. Unlike the score for that film, which was performed entirely by Barr himself, Roth wanted an orchestral score for Hostel, something along the lines of classic horror films like Psycho, Jaws, and The Shining. And he got what he wanted, for the Hostel score is indeed along those lines, employing a 75-piece orchestra (i.e., the FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague). The result is an impressively lavish score for a very cheaply shot film, one that was made for less than five million dollars. The score itself is creepy and filled with spacious, subtle details that suggest the sort of emotions intrinsic to a film like Hostel. The CD includes worthwhile notes from both Barr and Roth, and there are also a few photos from the film that showcase the sort of horror at hand here. Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide Artist Original Score Studio Varese Sarabande Format CD