After Eli Roth released an action remake with ‘Death Wish’ (2018), a family-friendly fantasy adventure with ‘The House of Mysterious Clocks’ (2018), the shark documentary ‘Fin’ (2021) and a VR short film (2022 ), with “Thanksgiving” he finally does what he does best again, not only in the opinion of the author of these lines: old-fashioned horror. Anyone who would like to see more of this in the future can now hope to get just that soon:
On the one hand, Roth achieved a respectable box office success with ‘Thanksgiving’, which we have to thank for that just a few weeks after the theatrical release “Thanksgiving 2“has been given the green light. After his video game adaptation ‘Borderlands’ (theatrical release: August 8, 2024), the expert for annoying shockers, who, as a good friend of Quentin Tarantino, stood in front of the camera for his ‘Death Proof’ and ‘Inglourious Basterds ”, will in the future delivering full-blooded horror again. And probably not only with the sequel to his latest hit.
As Eli Roth is now talking to revealed that he has ideas for both ‘Hostel 4’ and a fifth ‘Cabin Fever’ film. ‘There’s a lot to do. I would like to go back to ‘Hostel’ one day,” said the filmmaker about a possible sequel to his torture porn cult. The same also applies to “Cabin Fever”: “They are a part of me, just like my children. And I feel like I’ve ignored her for too long. “I’d like to go back to them,” Roth finally continues—getting a little more specific.
After only directing the first part of the ‘Cabin Fever’ saga, Roth stepped into the director’s chair for ‘Hostel’ after part 2. But if the two series really get a sequel, he will take over again: “I would direct. I don’t want to put them in other people’s hands.’ Roth clearly plans to implement the sequels. Whether this will ultimately happen remains to be seen.
Modern cult classics with a disgust factor: these are “Hostel” & “Cabin Fever”
With his feature debut “Cabin Fever” in the early 2000s, Roth tried out a new model of classic forest cabin horror – chasing a group of young people not by a masked killer, but by a deadly virus. The result: Low-budget horror with some truly disgusting special effects.
That starts next week Uncut version on Blu-ray* The available ‘Hostel’ ultimately took the strengths of ‘Cabin Fever’ to the limit – with a significantly larger budget, a story that had a little more to offer and once again countless nasty ideas with which to cheer gorehounds and splash fans and the weak-hearted disturbed. The journey of three backpackers who open the gate to hell on earth in Eastern Europe Still incredibly effective today – and perhaps Roth’s best film.