LionsGate Picks up Hostel

Word on the beat is that LionsGate has just picked up North American distribution rights as well as TV rights for Eli Roth's upcoming title "Hostel".

Hostel tells the story of two Americans backpacking through Europe along with an Icelandic backpacker they picked up in their journeys. The film begins with the trio in Amsterdam, indulging in drugs, drugs, drugs and of course the red light district.

Hungry for women and a good time, they meet a Russian backpacker who recommends a hostel in Slovakia. Taken in by the promise of stunning women who love Americans, they trek off to a small town outside of Bratislava. They find the beautiful women as promised but when one of them disappears, they uncover a shocking underground of torture and sadism preying on foreigners staying at the hostel. Be sure and Read Tim Hannigan's exclusive early HOSTEL Movie Review.