![]() Which is exactly what happens in "Hostel". I'm sure you have questions, and about why I made Slovakia look like all of a sudden it's from the 1950s, and what it might do to the tourist industry in Slovakia, and I look forward to answering all your questions and hopefully I will not get tortured to death." In America, Hostel is a very terrifying horror film for many people, but I truly believe it could become one of the great comedy classics here in Eastern Europe. It's very exciting for me to be here, especially since I know that there are some people from Slovakia who probably want to kill me for making this movie. Even before the film had opened some Slovaks were complaining to the authorities about the potential damage to the country's international image, and so when American director Eli Roth appeared at a packed press conference in Prague it was something of an event. This week it opens in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, and it's certainly been causing a stir. ![]() The movie knocked both the Chronicles of Narnia and King Kong off the top spot during its first weekend in the United States. Eli Roth, photo: CTK Set in Slovakia and filmed in the Czech Republic and Germany, "Hostel" tells the story of three backpackers who are abducted and sadistically murdered during a trip to Slovakia.
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