The new thriller “Turistas” follows in the bloody path of the highly successful gross-out flick “Hostel.” Both films tell horrifying travel stories that might keep anyone from booking a flight abroad.
SOMEWHERE in the United States, most likely in a dark room at the back of a travel agency, a secret group is plotting. The conspirators’ mandate: to cook up movie premises that will discourage ...
“Hostel” without the Slovakians, the horror picture “Turistas” warns against casual beachfront hedonism and unauthorized kidney removal while touring Latin America. In another age Sinatra sang “The ...
Hitting the theaters Dec. 1, with holiday movie season in full swing, it's hard for horror films to hold up well in competition and, most of the time, they end up being a huge disappointment.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David Edelstein popularized the “torture porn” label in a piece timed to the release of “Hostel,” and the term really got a ...
John Stockwell’s Turistas blends early 2000 horror’s post-Hostel surgery obsession with the director’s obvious attraction to beach-destination filmmaking (Blue Crush/Into The Blue). Ignorant ...
Biologist-turned-filmmaker Alicia Scherson presents a beguiling range of specimens for our inspection in her low-key charmer "Turistas," the 34-year-old Chilean's eagerly-awaited follow-up to 2006's ...
Steven Weintraub launched Collider in the summer of 2005. As Editor-in-chief, he has taken the site from a small bedroom operation to having millions of readers around the world. Over the years, he ...
The holiday movie season is underway. And here with a roundup of the latest film reviews is Mark Jordan Legan with Slate magazine's Summary Judgment. MARK JORDAN LEGAN: The holiday season is already ...
If Karl Malden were still doing his American Express commercials: “You’re on vacation and your kidney is stolen. What will you do. What will you do?!” That more or less sums up this passable, gory ...