Hostel: Part II is the
2007 sequel to writer-director
Eli Roth's
2005 horror film Hostel. The film was released on June 8, 2007 in the
United States.
Like its predecessor, the film is set in
Slovakia and centers on a facility in which rich clients pay to
torture and kill kidnapped victims. The film performed poorly at the box office totaling just $17 million by the end of its theatrical run
[Hostel Part II (2007)] whereas the original made $19 million in its opening weekend alone. However, it had beaten its budget. Eli Roth shot scenes for the movie in the
Prague online brothel
Big Sister and in Iceland,
the Blue Lagoon.
[Big Sister blog, 15 October 2006; Big Sister blog, 17 October 2006]
Plot
Picking up shortly after the end of
Hostel, the film opens with Paxton (
Jay Hernandez) in seclusion with his girlfriend Stephanie (
Cabin Fevers Jordan Ladd). The two argue, and the next morning Stephanie wakes up to discover Paxton's headless body seated at the kitchen table with their cat licking blood from his neck. Meanwhile, in Slovakia, a mysterious package is delivered to Sasha (Milan Kňažko), the owner of Elite Hunting. From the reaction of Sasha's hounddogs and the size of the box, it is left to the audience to deduce that this package contains Paxton's head. In Italy, art students Beth (Lauren German), Whitney (Bijou Phillips) and Lorna (Heather Matarazzo) are convinced by Axelle (Vera Jordanova), a nude model they are sketching, to join her on a vacation to a luxurious spa. The four travel to a small Slovakian village and check into the local hostel, where the desk clerk uploads their passport photos to an auction website, where hotshot American businessman Todd (Richard Burgi) bids on Whitney and Beth for himself and his passive best friend Stuart (Roger Bart).