Eli as:American Stoner
Cast:Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson
Director: Eli Roth
Genre: Horror
Written by: Eli Roth
Production Status: Completed
Release Date: September 17, 2005
Rated: R
Runtime: 94 min.
Plot Outline:

While backpacking through Europe, college students Paxton and Josh seek the ultimate vacation through sex, drugs and unforgettable experiences. When a friendly stranger informs the two of a hostel in Bratislava that offers the most beautiful and promiscuous women in all of Europe, Paxton and Derek trek with their new Icelandic friend Oli to find the hostel that sounds too good to be true. When arriving to Bratislava, the trio found that the hostel was everything and more of what they expected. The events that follow are sure to deliver the unforgettable vacation that the two were looking for.

• Over 150 gallons of blood were used in the making of the movie, nearly three times the amount used on Eli Roth’s first film Cabin Fever (2002).
• Eli Roth wrote the role of Oli for Eythor Gudjonsson after he met him doing press for Cabin Fever (2002) in Iceland. Roth was so taken with Eythor’s charisma and charm, he promised he’d make put him in a movie one day. Eythor was surprised when he saw that Roth had followed through with his promise, and happily accepted the role.
• The Czech and Slovak pop songs in the movie were huge hits in Czechoslovakia between the years 1982 and 1989.
• Director, Eli Roth, makes a cameo as the American stoner in a Boston Red Sox jersey in the Amsterdam coffee shop laughing at his friend struggling to take a hit off of a bong.
• When Paxton is in the slaughterhouse with the German, he delivers a speech in German. He is saying, “If you kill me, it’ll destroy your life. Every time you close your eyes, you’ll see me. I’ll be in your nightmares every night, your whole life. I will ruin it.”
• In the Unrated DVD version of the film, the word “fuck” is spoken 128 times.
• The porn film the guard at the factory watches on the DVD player is Sex Fever (2003), the X-rated parody of Roth’s first film Cabin Fever (2002).
• Eli Roth asked the President of Iceland for an official pardon for making Icelanders look like drunken sex maniacs with the character of Oli. The president laughed and gave Roth the pardon, saying it represented a side of Icelanders not shown in movies. Roth also issued a formal apology to the Icelandic Minister of Culture, for all the damage Hostel (2005) may cause to Iceland’s reputation.
• At the very first screening of “Hostel” at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival, two separate ambulances were called from people having such extreme reactions to the film. One man left the theater during Josh’s torture, fainted, and tumbled down the escalator, and during Paxton’s torture a woman had festival volunteers call an ambulance, claiming the film was giving her a heart attack. Both patrons were okay, and local media thought it was a publicity stunt by director Eli Roth. Ironically, Roth knew nothing of the incident, as he was in the theater watching the film, and only found out after when he was told by the festival staff of the chaos that transpired.