Review of Hostel (2011) by Maryann Johanson for Flick Filosopher — 06 Jan 2006

[S]adistic... and ridiculously happy-ending-ish...

This review of Hostel (2011) was written by Maryann Johanson and published by Flick Filosopher on 06 Jan 2006.

Hostel has generally received mixed reviews.

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