Fear Friday

(because I can't seem to think of a better title)

Been writing through today, figuring out the storyline. Splitting the story into three POVs have actually helped me figure out the character's actions but I still think I might be over complicating it and will have to cut out excess information for the final treatment.

None the less, I decided to treat myself tonight and watch something on Netflix. Anyone with Netflix in Canada can tell you that our movie selection is a little blah (especially for the horror section of which I frequent)

So after going checking out a couple of cheap flicks (and gotten bored by them) I decided to watch the infamous Hostel II. I've watched Eli Roth's Cabin Fever film (which I did enjoy) and I've heard all sorts of things regarding the Hostel films- It's sick, gross, perverted, misogynistic, etc..

When I watched the films I was surprised at the amount of character development that Roth has incorporated into the film and while there was quite a bit of gore, I found there was a lot more psychological tension than the horrible torture that people said were in the film. I wasn't as disturbed as I thought it would have been (I think I have been spoiled by the European and Asian horror films.)

I guess what I am trying to say is that the hype/hysteria regarding the film is much stronger than the film itself and that the whole "torture porn" label attached to Hostel is rather ridiculous, there was no rape or graphic sex in the film and the bad guys I would expect to be misogynistic if they were willing to buy women and torture them.  If you want to talk about being offended, I find most chick flicks to be more offensive than Hostel II when it comes to female character development.

There is an article by a lawyer who talks about the film in much better detail. Check it out here

Overall, I felt that the movie was rather overrated but I did enjoy it none the less for the characters (which is very rare in horror movies nowadays) even for the villains which I found them quite interesting. Hostel is one of those films that people use as a scapegoat for everything that's wrong with the world, when really it's the abyss that's looking into them.