QUENTIN TARANTINO presents "Hostel" film (2005)

[quimcunx]

For fun, I'd suggest people read Chuck Pahlahniuk's 'Haunted'...

It's the ony one of his I've read. I was mostly disappointed. I can't remember any of the stories now.

 

[ruffneck23]

its nasty and its just crap.....

ive heard hostel 2 is just as nasty but against girls ,

not even going to bother to find out...

 

[kabbes]

I'm anti-capital punishment and flinch from any kind of real life violence, yet I enjoy extreme violence in films. I think it's a shame that you 'think a little less' of those who do, but I would certainly think a little less of someone who would go to a public execution.

^^^This.

In fact, it's an impulse very thoroughly explored in considerably more worthy literature than Hostel. A Clockwork Orange would be a prime example.

 

[Orang Utan]

Or those Catholic stories of saints and the horrible ways in which they were persecuted

 

[Hi-ASL]

Or Funny Games: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funny_Games_(1997_film))

Paul also frequently states his intentions to follow the standards of movie plot development. When he asks the audience to bet, he guesses that the audience wants the family to win. After the killers vanish in the third act, Paul later explains that he had to give the victims a last chance to escape or else it would not be dramatic. Toward the end of the movie, he postpones killing the rest of the family because the movie has not yet reached feature length. Throughout the film, Paul shows awareness of the audience's expectations.

 

[onemonkey]

Or those Catholic stories of saints and the horrible ways in which they were persecuted

titus andronicus has some pretty grim moments too.