Caltrops - Peter Molyneux's The Movies





	[quote name="Fussbett"]Eli Roth made Cabin Fever, which I didn't like, but others did. His second written and directed movie solidifies him as America's top gore director. Hostel starts out slow and bad, with amateur dialog and acting and a hacky plot. Quickly the movie begins throwing great locations and non-stop hot naked women on the screen, and before you know it, I've been taken to a dreamworld of magic. Something is definitely fishy in Bratislav, Solvakia, and before you know it, HORROR and TORTURE replace the big tits. Strangers in a strange land, two annoying American kids are fratpacking across Europe, and zero in on Slovakia in an effort to avoid other horrible Americans and to have sex with the many hot European chicks promised to inhabit this dark land. These hot women are not as they seem, though, and the movie is a cautionary tale about trusting women and falling victim to their sexual siren song. Though there is no real "twist", it's better to go in knowing less, so I'll just sum up by saying that I like the movie's "villain". It's not a scary movie, but it's slightly shocking and there are some tense moments (usually as you wait for various objects to cut through skin). It's old school mountains of gore, treating the violence with a lot of humour, and has no redeeming value, like the great horror movies of the past. As the gore started to mount, I thought that it was as if Eli Roth was sick of Japan building this huge archive of over-the-top shocking movies while America is remaking The Grudge and considers Saw to be outrageous. It's like he decided to answer the challenge from overseas and throw America's entry into the shock ring, completely destroying stupid fucking Saw in the process. Just as I was thinking that Hostel's horror aspect felt a bit Japanese-y, <a href="http://www.caltrops.com/pointy.php?action=viewPost&pid=46816" target="miike">Takashi Miike</a> shows up for a one line cameo, giving me a big secret wink. I wanted to whisper "Takashi Miike" to everyone around me in the theatre, and explain his career and place in Japanese cinema and what his appearance in this film signified, but I didn't, because I'm only a pretentious cock on the internet, not in theatres. Speaking of the people with whom I watched this movie: they screamed and gasped a lot. It's a great theatre experience for a Saturday night. Squirting pus is much more disgusting with room full of people freaking out. 200% more smile inducing too. An automatic must-see for all horror fans.[/quote]