My friends are excited to see Hostel. I have heard people have been fainting in the screenings. As a result I'm not too pumped. Then of course there is the fact that Eli Roth made it. I think Cabin Fever is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Maybe the worst.
Some people would probably faint watching the grue in Cannibal Holocaust (which was RIPPED OFF later as the Blair Witch Project). I suppose that film could be considered an indictment of Americans and journalists.
The "horror" and "suspense" films of today (at least from America) seem to be so sadistic and have been for over a decade. And Wes Craven has nothing to boast about in bringing back the slasher film. So much crap. So little good film.
There are rough films being made around the world (especially in China and Japan) but they don't center the whole ad campaign around "spam in a cabin" or now "shooting survivors in a box". Ichi The Killer and Battle Royale had much more to say than this trash.