Hostel Part II (Film)

One of the reasons the first part was so effective was because you weren't quite sure what was going on. The appeal was in the discovery of what Hostel was. With this important element gone, the film has to go in a different direction. You are no longer a recipient, but a participant. The horror cannot lie in what is about to come, but instead, it has to do something different. The Alien films understood this. The first one was basically a bogey man in house. The second one was much different and more inventive. Sadly, this is not the case with Hostel. You pretty much get more of the same without that added spark of something more. It felt all too routine. Horror films tend to come in trends. Recently it was the remake of Japanese horror films which primarily consisted of pale wet children. Lately it has been the Saw-type films where people are tortured. I feel this latest trend is now coming to an end and I wonder where the fresh new terror will come from. Certainly from this movie. I give my stay at the Hostel a C.