Best Slasher Movies

Hostel isn’t for everyone. I think that really goes without saying at this point. It got such overwhelmingly negative reviews, but I’m not sure what people were expecting. The movie was brutal – an absolute gory mess, but what else would we expect from Mr. Eli Roth?

There were two major complaints I heard about Hostel – too much sex and too much needless gore. My response to that is simply a question, how could you tell a story that begins in Amsterdam’s infamous red light district and leads our main characters to a factory where rich people pay to torture and kill people without nudity and graphic violence.

I, for one, didn’t find the violence in Hostel the least bit unnecessary. And hey, it’s not like the audience didn’t have a lot of warning. After the first screening, word spread quickly (especially about the eye scene) that this wasn’t a movie for the faint of heart.

Eli Roth has made one hell of a slasher movie with Hostel. It’s engrossing, you feel for characters, and it’s truly terrifying. The cast is great with Jay Hernandez (Quarantine) giving us an especially great performance. There are those that say the premise of rich people paying money to torture and kill people isn’t believable. To those people, I say closing a blind eye to the dark side of humanity doesn’t keep you safe from it. Sure Hostel wasn’t based on a true story, but I can definitely believe it easily could’ve been.

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Okay, I get it. Lindsay Lohan has some problems. I’m not sure this is news to anyone. Really at this point, I think it goes without saying that she needs some serious help in a big way. No secret. Just an obvious statement. She’s troubled. Let’s move on.

I Know Who Killed Me got horrible press and horrible reviews. It holds the record for the most Razzies ever won by a single movie – stealing the title from Battlefield Earth and Showgirls who were previously tied for that record. That’s pretty much the kiss of death for a movie these days, and that’s really too bad. I sincerely doubt the movie would’ve gotten near the bad press it did if Lindsay Lohan wasn’t it it which is a shame. I Know Who Killed Me wasn’t bad at all. In fact, it was pretty good and so was Lohan’s performance.

I won’t say this movie is cinematic brilliance. It has its flaws, but it’s entertaining and fairly unique. The director, Chris Sivertson does a great job of using colors to differentiate between the ‘twins’ in the movie which makes the movie look good although at times the blue could be a bit overwhelming.

Julia Ormand and Neal McDonough turn in decent performances as the parents but it really is Lindsay that shines in the movie. This movie definitely got a bad rap. It’s at least worth a watch.

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