Two American college buddies Paxton (Jay Hernandez) and Josh (Derek Richardson) backpack through Europe eager to make hazy travel memories with new friend Oli, an Icelander they've met along the way.

Paxton, Josh, and Oli (Eythor Gudjonsson) are eventually lured by a fellow traveller to what's described as a nirvana for American backpackers a particular hostel in an out-of-the-way Slovakian town stocked with Eastern European women as desperate as they are gorgeous.

The two friends arrive and soon easily pair off with exotic beauties Natalya and Svetlana. In fact, too easily Initially distracted by the good time they're having, the two friends quickly find themselves trapped in an increasingly sinister situation that they will discover is as wide and as deep as the darkest, sickest recess of human nature itself if they survive.

With a Quentin Tarantino Presents credit, Hostel is sure to appeal to horror fans with its nods to golden age classics and even Hammer.