Hostel Part II posters have generated controversy for their graphic nature. To see some of the images that have caused the debate, follow the jump to the next page. These images may not be safe for work. Click with caution. (Click on the posters to view larger-sized versions.)



Posted by AMCtv.com
June 8, 2007 3:08pm
Filed under: Movie Reviews
It is shocking to me that you refuse to call out this film as incitement for gender hatred against females. If blacks, Jews, even gays were targeted this way there'd be damn outrage. But women are targeted and it's fun?! What the hell?! These are not generic horror films, which I love, these are films that are purely--purely--callous bigotry. Worse, they sexualize the ultra-violent hate. It's like an Islamic jihadist film depicting the torturing and killing of Jews and incorporating religion throughout. Hell, even Birth of a Nation has nothing on Hostel when it comes to spreading violent hate.
You're out of your mind. "Females in distress" is one of the oldest cliches of Hollywood.
In the first Hostel it was a group of college boys, so it only seems fitting that if you're going to do a sequel that you switch it up and focus on a group of gals.
I don't think Eli's intentions were to use women because he has something against them. This does seem all to familiar though because after Hostel he was considered to be homophobic. Now, after Hostel Part II, he's a womanizer? A bigot? I'm no Roth fan, but aren't people taking these films just a bit too serious? It's only a movie. No one is forcing you to watch it.
What people should really be ticked off about (genre fans anyways) is Eli Roth's harsh words to Courtney Solomon about the billboards he originally put up for his latest After Dark Films entry, Captivity. How can Roth claim that Solomon is messing it all up for other horror filmmakers when judging by the posters above, Roth's advertising is really no better? Hostel II's art work is more disturbing to me when compared side-by-side to the original Captivity panels that depict capture, torture, and extermination (or something to that effect).
Maybe Eli Roth should spend more time focusing on making an actual 'good' film that is worth watching before he starts ripping on other people's films.
I can't see how this is used as his hatred towards women? This time the movie focused on women in the Hostel trap, instead of men, these posters just reflect on the movie. I think they are entirely appropriate for such a gory movie, but should not be advertised where people who don't have an interest in watching this can see it. I am sure when the first movie came out he had pictures of men in torturous situations.