He's only directed three movies in the 10 years since Hostel:
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dean2900 — 10 years ago(December 18, 2015 08:58 PM)
I am not the biggest fan of Cabin Fever but at least it had a good blend of humor and horror.
Unfortunately, both Knock Knock and Green Inferno has potential to be smarter movies than they ended up. Knock Knock could have been a good satire on rape with the tables turned and Green Inferno could have been a smart satire on over privileged college students boycott something they knew little about other than a professor telling them that logging in the rainforest is bad.
It seems like both these movies were phoned in and could have been well above average horror flicks.
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aliensbatmansolidsnakefan — 10 years ago(December 28, 2015 12:26 PM)
Personally speaking I liked Hostel 1&2 and disliked Cabin Fever and Knock Knock and have yet too see Green Inferno but I think he is pretty talented he just needs to lower the amount of toilet humor in his films in my opinion it undermines the horror bits
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Falconeer — 10 years ago(February 04, 2016 11:13 AM)
I don't see a "decline" from 'Hostel' to Hostel II." I thought the sequel was a good horror film, and a perfect sequel. What makes the first one so much better?
have a drink twat-
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greasykid1 — 9 years ago(October 10, 2016 02:52 AM)
I think that Roth sets out to make thoughtful horror, with depth of character and plot but then gets caught up in the gore, and the desire to put extreme images on our screens.
So often, everything that makes good horror great is lost in Roth's work because he in unable to put over a truly likeable character for us to root for. Even in Green Inferno, where the female lead is in danger of having her genitals mutilated, there is still a disconnect because there's just not enough good character work in the opening act to get the viewer emotionally engaged.
And when he does spend 60 seconds trying to get across a point about someone's character, it's the ridiculous scenes such as the antagonist masturbating while locked in a cage by cannibals.
Roth spends way too much time thinking "I want THIS freaky thing to happen in this movie now, how can I manipulate the script to that point? Never mind how unrealistic or outside of the established character traits."
That clunky, immature execution distracts me and pulls me out of the movie, becoming too aware of the writer's intent through his sledge hammer subtlety.
I didn't hate Green Inferno. But it's flaws are many. And calling it an "homage" to works like Cannibal Holocaust and Cannibal Ferox is to greatly exaggerate the meaning of "homage".