Review:
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How I saw it. Workprint DVD
Opens in Korea. Unknown
Opens in USA. June 8, 2007
Plot. 3 beautiful college students are tricked into entering a hostel where the 'hosts' like to torture, rape and murder. Following a geographical tour of Slovakia, three women are lured into a hostel by a handsome young man who sells them to the twisted masters, who tie them up and bring upon an unthinkable world of pain.
Note. Workprint - A workprint is a rough version of a motion picture, used by the film editor(s) during the editing process. Such copies generally contain original recorded sound that will later be re-dubbed, stock footage as placeholders for missing shots or special effects, and animation tests for in-production animated shots or sequences.
To be honest, I was not a huge fan of the first one so I had planned to pass on this one, until I got a chance to see a workprint of the film.
The film really did not have any surprises for me. I knew who was going to live and who was going to die. Yes it was that easy. The film telegraphs every kill and by the end I kept waiting for the film to be over.
People are going to call this a horror film. I kept wondering, how far until the line of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuff_film">Snuff Film</a> will be crossed by actually doing it to a live person for a so called horror film?
When you see how one of the girls is killed, it reminded me about the "urban legends" of a snuff film.
I can see how some fans of horror are going to love this film, but I will not be one of them. If you loved the first one then please see part 2. If you hated the first then please pass on this one.
Grade: C
How I saw it. Workprint DVD
Opens in Korea. Unknown
Opens in USA. June 8, 2007
Plot. 3 beautiful college students are tricked into entering a hostel where the 'hosts' like to torture, rape and murder. Following a geographical tour of Slovakia, three women are lured into a hostel by a handsome young man who sells them to the twisted masters, who tie them up and bring upon an unthinkable world of pain.
Note. Workprint - A workprint is a rough version of a motion picture, used by the film editor(s) during the editing process. Such copies generally contain original recorded sound that will later be re-dubbed, stock footage as placeholders for missing shots or special effects, and animation tests for in-production animated shots or sequences.
To be honest, I was not a huge fan of the first one so I had planned to pass on this one, until I got a chance to see a workprint of the film.
The film really did not have any surprises for me. I knew who was going to live and who was going to die. Yes it was that easy. The film telegraphs every kill and by the end I kept waiting for the film to be over.
People are going to call this a horror film. I kept wondering, how far until the line of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuff_film">Snuff Film</a> will be crossed by actually doing it to a live person for a so called horror film?
When you see how one of the girls is killed, it reminded me about the "urban legends" of a snuff film.
I can see how some fans of horror are going to love this film, but I will not be one of them. If you loved the first one then please see part 2. If you hated the first then please pass on this one.
Grade: C