Hostel returns to DVD with special “Director’s Cut”

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced the release of Hostel: Director’s Cut, by writer-director-producer Eli Roth and executive producer Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill: Vols. 1 & 2).

Available October 23rd on a 2-disc DVD and hi-def Blu-ray Disc, the Director’s Cut is presented unrated with Roth’s shocking original ending – deemed too disturbing for theatrical audiences – restored for the first time. This deliciously macabre modern horror classic debuted in the top spot at the box office in January 2006 and follows two American backpackers as they are lured into a nightmarish hell. The 2-disc DVD and Blu-ray arrive in time for Halloween for the suggested retail price of $28.95 (Blu-ray) and $19.98 (DVD). Synopsis:
Paxton and Josh, two college friends, are lured by a fellow traveler 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 Americans 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.DVD and Blu-ray disc special features:Director and Executive Producers’ Commentary with Roth, Tarantino, Boaz Yakin and Scott Spiegel
Director and Guests’ Commentary with Roth, actors Barbara Nedeljakova and Eythor Gudjonsson, editor George Folsey, Jr. and journalist Harry Knowles
Director and Producers’ Commentary with Roth, producer Chris Biggs and documentarian Gabriel Roth
Director’s Commentary with Roth
Five new featurettes:
Music and Sound - Composer Nathan Barr takes us inside his studio and shows viewers his different instruments and how they were used for the film
Set Design – A tour of conceptual drawings and sets used to create the film’s unsettling backdrop
KNB Effects – The KNB EFX Group discusses the films horrific visual effects
An Icelandic Meal with Actor Eythor Gudjonsson – Gudjonsson (Hostel) shares a bit of the Icelandic culture while enjoying one of the nation’s peculiar delicacies
Takashi Miike Interview - An interview with noted film director Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition) who makes an appearance in the film
“Hostel Dismembered” – International TV special
“The Treatment” – KCRW radio interview with Roth by Elvis Mitchell
“Kill The Car” multi-angle featurette
“Hostel Dissected” – A three part behind-the-scenes featurette
Ten deleted scenes
Four photo galleries hand-picked by Roth
Option to choose between the theatrical or Director’s Cut endings