This didn't quite get under my skin in terms of Hostel with it's creepiness, but I enjoyed the film. It's more of a thriller than anything and not really a horror film. That'll disappoint some, and it disappointed me to a certain extent, but it works as what it is.

B

It's nothing revolutionary, but I enjoyed it for the most part. An entertaining, tense suspense film which held my attention for its 95-minute length. B-.

There's no need for it to even be a guilty pleasure. It's not cheesy and lame and I certainly wouldn't be embarrassed to like it. It's better than most of the horror movies released in 2006 for sure.


TURISTAS - 8/10 (B+)

I loved it! A very thrilling, underrated suspense-thriller. I was on the edge of my seat a lot during the last half and it made me squirm. It can be compared to Hostel, but it's so much better than that awful piece of crap and it actually has characters you give a damn about. I didn't want any of them to die (in Hostel I wanted all of them to die). The cinematography and scenery were great. John Stockwell's movies always look good, and this is no exception. I loved the underwater scenes. The movie also wasn't mean and offensive, unlike Hostel. It's a shame that so many more people saw that movie than will see this one. It's easily infinitely superior and deserved to perform better at the Box Office. Maybe they should have waited until spring or summer to release it. I'm hoping many more discover it on DVD.

If not the best, then it's certainly one of the very best "horror" (I use the term lightly because there's only about one scene that would make it a horror movie - instead it's more of a thriller) movies of 2006.

Decent but nothing great. I found Black Christmas more entertaining.

I found this easily better than that one. Black Christmas was decent, but cheesy and not one I care to watch again, not for quite awhile anyway.

C+

If it wasn't for the acting, I would of hated this. Tense thriller that has some really big plot holes to fill. Ordinary, but worth it.

One of the worst (horror) movies I've ever seen. The horribly frenetic direction got on my nerves, it contains all the flaws of the genre without finding a way to create at least a bit of fear.
F

i thought this was advertised as a thriller.