Hostel is a mixture of many of the most terrifying things about human nature and the world at large, culled from many impossible-but-true stories of human trafficking, international organized crime, and sex tourism.

Relentlessly graphic and deeply disturbing, the film is sure to shock even the most hardcore horror genre fans. Hostel tells the story of two American college buddies Paxton and Josh who backpack through Europe eager to make hazy travel memories with new friend Oli, an Icelander they’ve met along the way. Paxton, Josh, and Oli are eventually lured by a fellow traveler to what’s described as a nirvana for American backpackers – 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 friends 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 – if they survive.

Directed by
Eli Roth

Cast
Jay Hernandez - Paxton
Derek Richardson - Josh
Eythor Gudjonsson - Oli
Jan Vlasak - The Dutch Businessman
Barbora Nedeljakova - Natalya
Jana Kaderabkova - Svetlana
Jennifer Lim - Kana
Rick Hoffman - The American Client
Paula Wild - Monique
Keiko Seiko - Yuki
Lubomir Bukovy - Alex
Jana Havlickova - Vala

Production Co.
Raw Nerve Productions
Next Entertainment
International Production Company

Produced by
Boaz Yakin
Quentin Tarantino
Michael Fleiss

Studio
Lionsgate

Writer
Eli Roth

Music
Nathan Barr