Hostel: Part II (2007)
Directed by Eli Roth
Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it.
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Without giving key plot developments away, the climax introduces elements thematically similar to 2006's " Hostel " and 2007's " Hostel: Part II " while diving deeper into the haves and have-nots of a nation welcoming cold-blooded murder once every 365 days?an extreme but so far statistically hopeful method of cutting down on crime and improving employment rates.
Eli Roth, who disappeared from the world of feature film directing after 2007’s Hostel: Part II, now has seen two of his features release in the same year, only mere days apart.
And secondly, with Cabin Fever, Hostel and Hostel: Part II, the writer-director has carved out a nice little niche for himself in the horror marketplace.
Starting with Cabin Fever and continuing on through his subsequent directorial efforts (particularly the masterful and still underrated Hostel: Part II), Roth has always been one of the most subtle and expressive visual stylists in horror.
Roth has long advertised his admiration for that repugnant cult classic, going as far as securing its director, Ruggero Deodato, for a cameo appearance in Hostel: Part II .
The Green Inferno arrives in theaters two years after making the festival rounds and a full eight since Hostel: Part II doubled down on everything that made Roth stand out in the first place, giving devotees and doubters alike ample time to brace for this foray into a remote jungle in which meat is very much on the menu.
The Green Inferno is a slacktivist’s nightmare filled with cannibal gore, smoked meats, and red-tinted natives, but more importantly, it marks Eli Roth’s return to directing since Hostel: Part II (2007).
Unlike Roth’s best, most harrowing films (Cabin Fever, Hostel: Part II), which contain plenty of out-of-left-field shocks that double down on their already-queasy storylines, The Green Inferno feels like a retread of a retread.