# Hostel (2006)

> After graduation, a pleasure-seeking European backpacking trip becomes a nightmare of abduction, torture, and commodified human cruelty.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1129

## Facts

- Runtime: 94 min
- Genres: Horror
- Director: Eli Roth
- Cast: Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eythor Gudjonsson, Barbara Nedeljakova, Jana Kaderabkova, Jennifer Lim, Jan Vlasák, Jana Havlickova
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450278/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: disturbing, visceral, paranoid, late night horror marathon, extreme horror viewing

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