Reclaim the cunt!
After kicking off the new year with an episode on our favorite entry in the Scream franchise (that would be Scream 2, in case you were wondering), we’re making a return trip to Slovakia to discuss Eli Roth‘s controversial 2007 sequel Hostel: Part II, which is leaps and bounds better than its predecessor!
In the film, three American female art students (Lauren German, Bijou Phillips and Heather Matarazzo) are directed to a Slovak village where they are kidnapped and taken to a facility in which rich clients pay to torture and kill people. In an inspired turn of events, the film splits its screen time between the trio of girls and two of the men (Roger Bart and Richard Burgi) who have paid to kill them.
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Episode 56 – Hostel: Part II (2007)
The boys are making a return trip to Slovakia to discuss a film that no one wanted to guest on! That’s right, they’re discussing Eli Roth’s controversial and (dare they say it?) feminist sequel Hostel: Part II!
Join them as they discuss the rapid decline of the torture porn sub-genre between 2006 and 2007, the accusations of misogyny lodged against the film, and Roth’s progressive decision to make the protagonist of his sequel a lesbian (whom he doesn’t objectify!) while casting out-and-proud lesbian Heather Matarazzo as the character who gets the film’s most brutal death (in a scene that got the film banned in several countries).
Also, Trace tries to come up with a synonym for the word “castration,” Joe gives a brief oral history of the word “cunt” and they both try to figure out why Jordan Ladd needs so much sleep.
Cross out Hostel: Part II!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re heading back to high school to discuss Lucky McKee’s (May, The Woman) and Chris Sivertson’s (I Know Who Killed Me) kooky horror comedy All Cheerleaders Die!
– Joe & Trace
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