Eli Roth's "Clown"

[Ferox13]

Originally Posted by Scarebaby

Where do I begin? Hostel was a travesty as far as good horror goes. It lacked originality, plot and anything that would have made it even remotely watchable. I had to go through this film in three sittings, that's how bad it was. The ending was just a rip off of good-turned-bad endings that are so classic in for example Wes Craven's earliest. It completely lacked feeling and conviction. Just... bleugh.

Do you even watch exploitation films?

[neverending]

I liked Hostel as well. Even liked Hostel 2.

[Scarebaby]

Originally Posted by Ferox13

Do you even watch exploitation films?

Real exploitation films? Yes. Wannabe-shockers with no other message than 'Europeans are weird lol' and cheap nudity in almost every shot just to keep the audience from falling asleep? Yes, I did once. Never again.



While I love boobs and blood buckets as much as the next guy, this just felt misdirected. The first half of the film is almost comical with the American Pie-ish guys desperate to get laid, it's like some silly college flick. And then all of a sudden things get so dark and sordid and there's a basement and some blood and oh isn't that the guy from the train and then somehow escaping this madness with Ms. Technicolor Ju-on in tow and then...

..the ending. The ending which was supposed to be 'a shocking unexpected twist' where the main character becomes a product of a sick environment and goes from all American goody to vengeful gore master. It's so friggin' predictable that I almost laughed.

So there you have it, albeit a bit short and in an auxiliary language.

[Elvis_Christ]

So we're going to see Eli Roth Presents platered over everything now? Still this looks interesting enough and I'll more than likely check it out.

I'm honestly still waiting on Roth to deliver on all of the hype surrounding him. I found Hostel pretty forgettable especially seeing as 90% of recent horror flicks follow this exact formula (Wolf Creek, Eden Lake et all) and it's like the same movie over and over again. Plus the characters were really unlikeable.

I found the Hostel Part II more interesting tbh although it's ending was rushed and kinda killed it.

[FreddyMyers]

Wierd concept for a film but it is an original one so ill it give it that. Seems like Clownhouse meets The Stepfather. Bet the producers wish that WAS the trailer for it. Chances are thiers wont be as scary.

[ChronoGrl]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

The trailer got Roth’s attention: “I was blown away when I saw that Clown trailer. Everyone thought it was real, or that I had at least made a fake trailer. I called the guys right away and their first response was ‘Thank you for not suing us!’ I said ‘Sue you? Let’s make this into a real film!’ They are incredibly talented, smart guys ready to make their feature debut.”

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What? Seriously? That looked terrible. Might be passable if it was ironic, much like his Thanksgiving, but it just looks... laughable.

Or IS it supposed to be ironic and I'm just not getting it?

[roshiq]

Originally Posted by Elvis_Christ

I found the Hostel Part II more interesting tbh although it's ending was rushed and kinda killed it.

Same here. Roth has become bit overrated for the genre films today. I think James Wan & Christopher Smith are far better film maker than Roth but doesn't get much notice like him.

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

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What? Seriously? That looked terrible. Might be passable if it was ironic, much like his Thanksgiving, but it just looks... laughable.

Or IS it supposed to be ironic and I'm just not getting it?

yeah..that was fit for an one part episode in a TV series at best.

I think it's a new way of sharing an idea...today perhaps some studios/producers haven't got time to see/judge the potential of a concept/story through their imagination while reading it/the script.