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Article: Torture porn and bodies politic: post-Cold War American perspectives in Eli Roth's Hostel and Hostel: Part II.(GLOBAL CINEMA)(Critical essay)
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- December 22, 2009
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During the press tour for his directorial debut, Cabin Fever (2003), American horror filmmaker Eli Roth compared his $1.5 million independent film to the 1980s American horror films of his youth: "By the end of the decade, horror had literally become a joke. The term I often use to describe this effect is 'gore-porno,' where the true impact of horror is drained away and the motive for these movies becomes just a way of fast-forwarding from one death to the next." (1) While Roth discussed his views of "gore-porno" before Cabin Fever earned $34.5 million internationally and propelled himself and his distributor, Lions Gate Films, to the forefront of American horror film ...
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Article: Turned off by current lust for 'torture porn' WAZ ...
Birmingham Mail (England);
February 22, 2008 ;
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... ... psychological serial killer thriller is another version of the current, unappetising vogue for 'torture porn'. Think Seven crossed with Saw and Hostel. Stellan Skarsgard (Breaking the Waves) plays Eddie Argo, a detective trailing a series of ...
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