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* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again. Vera Jordanova who played Axelle never appeared in another movie again, and this was only her second film. Creator/JayHernandez would later appear in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', though. Creator/LaurenGerman would also nab a starring roles in the TV-series ''{{Series/Lucifer2016}}''.

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* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again. Vera Jordanova who played Axelle never appeared in another movie again, and this was only her second film. Creator/JayHernandez would later appear in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', though. Creator/LaurenGerman would also nab a starring roles in the TV-series ''{{Series/Lucifer2016}}''.''[[{{Series/Lucifer2016}} Lucifer]]''.
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* CostumeBacklash: Barbara Nedeljakova admitted that she didn't enjoy appearing nude in the film.

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* CostumeBacklash: Barbara Nedeljakova Creator/BarbaraNedeljakova admitted that she didn't enjoy appearing nude in the film.



** Most of the actors in the first film were Czech, including those playing the Dutch Businessman (Jan Vlasák) and the German Surgeon (Petr Janiš). The only actual Slovak actor in the first film was Barbara Nedeljáková (Natalya). And then her character claims to be Italian and Russian.

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** Most of the actors in the first film were Czech, including those playing the Dutch Businessman (Jan Vlasák) and the German Surgeon (Petr Janiš). The only actual Slovak actor in the first film was Barbara Nedeljáková Creator/BarbaraNedeljakova (Natalya). And then her character claims to be Italian and Russian.
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* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again. Vera Jordanova who played Axelle never appeared in another movie again, and this was only her second film. Creator/JayHernandez would later appear in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', though. Creator/LaurenGerman would also nab a starring roles in the TV-series '''{{Series/Lucifer2016}}'''

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* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again. Vera Jordanova who played Axelle never appeared in another movie again, and this was only her second film. Creator/JayHernandez would later appear in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', though. Creator/LaurenGerman would also nab a starring roles in the TV-series '''{{Series/Lucifer2016}}'''''{{Series/Lucifer2016}}''.
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* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again. Vera Jordanova who played Axelle never appeared in another movie again, and this was only her second film. Creator/JayHernandez would later appear in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', though.

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* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again. Vera Jordanova who played Axelle never appeared in another movie again, and this was only her second film. Creator/JayHernandez would later appear in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', though. Creator/LaurenGerman would also nab a starring roles in the TV-series '''{{Series/Lucifer2016}}'''
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* EnforcedMethodActing: Inverted. The building used for the slaughterhouse scenes was a mental hospital, and the majority of scenes were filmed in a section where the most dangerous patients had been kept in the early 1900s. Eli Roth found it so creepy that he had a string quartet playing classical music to make everyone feel comfortable.

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* AmateurCast: Actual street kids were cast to play the Bubblegum gang.



* CastTheRunnerUp: The actor playing the male desk clerk at the Slovakian hostel dropped out right before filming. He was replaced by the film's production assistant Milda Jevi Havlas.



** Most of the actors in the first film were Czech, including those playing the Dutch Businessman (Jan Vlasák) and the German Surgeon (Petr Janiš). The only actual Slovak actor in the first film was Barbara Nedeljáková (Natalya).
** Creator/QuentinTarantino cameos as a German about nine minutes in.

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** Most of the actors in the first film were Czech, including those playing the Dutch Businessman (Jan Vlasák) and the German Surgeon (Petr Janiš). The only actual Slovak actor in the first film was Barbara Nedeljáková (Natalya).
(Natalya). And then her character claims to be Italian and Russian.
** Creator/QuentinTarantino cameos as a German about nine minutes in. That's him screaming at Paxton for arriving at the hostel after curfew.


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* ThrowItIn: Josh's screams when [[spoiler: his Achilles tendons get sliced]] were real. Derek Richardson accidentally pulled the chair up and brought it down on his foot.
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* CostumeBacklash: Barbara Nedeljakova admitted that she didn't enjoy appearing nude in the film.
* DarkHorseCasting: Eythor Gudjonsson was a local entrepreneur with no acting experience that Eli Roth had met while doing press for ''Film/CabinFever''. The director was impressed with his charisma, and wrote the part of Oli specifically for him. He has not acted since, aside from a few commercials.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Inverted. The building used for the slaughterhouse scenes was a mental hospital, and the majority of scenes were filmed in a section where the most dangerous patients had been kept in the early 1900s. Eli Roth found it so creepy that he had a string quartet playing classical music to make everyone feel comfortable.


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** Creator/QuentinTarantino cameos as a German about nine minutes in.


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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Subverted. Eli Roth intended for the film to be NC-17, and directed it in a certain way that he knew what would be cut to get an R-rating. However, the MPAA gave it an R-rating without ordering any cuts. He did make a few minor edits, but left the majority of violence and gore intact.

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* CaliforniaDoubling: None of the film was actually shot in Slovakia (or Amsterdam, for that matter). The entire film was shot in Czech Republic.
* CreatorKiller: The second movie was this for Creator/EliRoth. It was a modest hit at the box office and got bad reviews. Critics and audiences complained that it was too similar to the first movie and that they were getting bored with torture porn movies. [[CareerResurrection Thankfully, he would rebound years later with]] ''Film/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls''.

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* CaliforniaDoubling: None of the film was actually shot in Slovakia (or Amsterdam, for that matter). The entire film was shot in the Czech Republic.
* CreatorKiller: The second movie was this for Creator/EliRoth. It was a modest hit at the box office and got bad reviews. Critics and audiences complained that it was too similar to the first movie and that they were getting bored with torture porn movies. [[CareerResurrection Thankfully, he would rebound years later with]] ''Film/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls''.
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* InspirationForTheWork: Creator/EliRoth came up with the idea while brainstorming in Creator/QuentinTarantino's pool. He was inspired by a Thai "murder vacation" website he came across on the dark web.

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* InspirationForTheWork: Creator/EliRoth came up with the idea for the first film while brainstorming in Creator/QuentinTarantino's pool. He The idea was inspired by based on a Thai "murder vacation" website he came across on the dark web.web that stated that users could pay $10,000 to go to Thailand and shoot a stranger in the head -- both for sport and for the site's claim that part of the money would go to the stranger's family, as they had signed up for it and were in poverty.
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* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: Creator/EliRoth originally debated making the film as a FauxDocumentary that would incorporate real people and locations from supposed real underground "murder vacation" spots. When he could barely fin any credible information on the topic, he scrapped the idea in favor of a traditionally flowing narrative using fictional locations and characters.

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* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: Creator/EliRoth originally debated making the film as a FauxDocumentary that would incorporate real people and locations from supposed real underground "murder vacation" spots. When he could barely fin find any credible information on the topic, he scrapped the idea in favor of a traditionally flowing narrative using fictional locations and characters.

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* FakeNationality: Most of the actors in the first film were Czech, including those playing the Dutch Businessman (Jan Vlasák) and the German Surgeon (Petr Janiš). The only actual Slovak actor in the first film was Barbara Nedeljáková (Natalya).

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Most of the actors in the first film were Czech, including those playing the Dutch Businessman (Jan Vlasák) and the German Surgeon (Petr Janiš). The only actual Slovak actor in the first film was Barbara Nedeljáková (Natalya).
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* AllThereInTheManual: According to Tarantino (who produced and helped develop the film's plot), the hostels are frequented by criminal syndicates (namely, the {{Yakuza}} and the [[TheMafiya Russian Mafia]]) who utilize their services to help their interrogators perfect their [[MutilationInterrogation craft]].

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* CastingGag:
** The first film features a cameo from Creator/TakashiMiike, director of ''Film/{{Audition}}'', a horror film that Eli Roth has publicly showered praise upon as a movie that genuinely scared him ([[ARareSentence let]] ''[[TooSpicyForYogSothoth that]]'' [[ARareSentence sink in]]) and contained an ingenious GenreShift that inspired him to structure the film in the same way.
** In the second film, the cannibal is played by Ruggero Deodato, the director of ''Film/CannibalHolocaust''.



* FauxFluency: Jan Vlasák, who plays the Dutch Businessman, didn't speak fluent English and learned all of his lines phonetically.

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* FauxFluency: Jan Vlasák, who plays InspirationForTheWork: Creator/EliRoth came up with the Dutch Businessman, didn't speak fluent English idea while brainstorming in Creator/QuentinTarantino's pool. He was inspired by a Thai "murder vacation" website he came across on the dark web.
* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: Creator/EliRoth originally debated making the film as a FauxDocumentary that would incorporate real people
and learned all locations from supposed real underground "murder vacation" spots. When he could barely fin any credible information on the topic, he scrapped the idea in favor of his lines phonetically.a traditionally flowing narrative using fictional locations and characters.
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* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again. Vera Jordanova who played Axelle never appeared in another movie again, and this was only her second film. Jay Hernandez would later appear in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', though.

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* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again. Vera Jordanova who played Axelle never appeared in another movie again, and this was only her second film. Jay Hernandez Creator/JayHernandez would later appear in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', though.

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* CastingGag: In the second film, the cannibal is played by Ruggero Deodato, the director of ''Film/CannibalHolocaust''.

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* CastingGag: CastingGag:
** The first film features a cameo from Creator/TakashiMiike, director of ''Film/{{Audition}}'', a horror film that Eli Roth has publicly showered praise upon as a movie that genuinely scared him ([[ARareSentence let]] ''[[TooSpicyForYogSothoth that]]'' [[ARareSentence sink in]]) and contained an ingenious GenreShift that inspired him to structure the film in the same way.
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In the second film, the cannibal is played by Ruggero Deodato, the director of ''Film/CannibalHolocaust''.
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* FakeNationality: Most of the actors in the first film were Czech, including those playing the Dutch Businessman (Jan Vlasák) and the German Surgeon (Petr Janiš). The only actual Slovak actor in the first film was Barbara Nedeljáková (Natalya).
** Japanese tourist Kana is played by British-Chinese actress Jennifer Lim.
** The Italian Detective in ''II'' is played Luc Merenda, a French actor whose nonetheless very well known in Italy for starring in their ''poliziotteschi'' films of the 70s.
* FauxFluency: Jan Vlasák, who plays the Dutch Businessman, didn't speak fluent English and learned all of his lines phonetically.
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* CreatorKiller: The second movie was this for Creator/EliRoth. It was a modest hit at the box office and got bad reviews. Critics and audiences complained that it was too similar to the first movie and that they were getting bored with torture porn movies. He has directed TV and made indie films since.

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* CreatorKiller: The second movie was this for Creator/EliRoth. It was a modest hit at the box office and got bad reviews. Critics and audiences complained that it was too similar to the first movie and that they were getting bored with torture porn movies. He has directed TV and made indie films since.[[CareerResurrection Thankfully, he would rebound years later with]] ''Film/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls''.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: None of the film was actually shot in Slovakia (or Amsterdam, for that matter). The entire p

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* CaliforniaDoubling: None of the film was actually shot in Slovakia (or Amsterdam, for that matter). The entire pfilm was shot in Czech Republic.

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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The Amsterdam featured in the film's opening doesn't much resemble the actual Amsterdam.


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* PlayingAgainstType: [[Film/TheProducers Roger Bart]], who, ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' aside, tends to play bright and friendly roles as the villain of the second film. And he still mostly seems nice.
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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The Amsterdam featured in the film's opening doesn't much resemble the actual Amsterdam.
* CaliforniaDoubling: None of the film was actually shot in Slovakia (or Amsterdam, for that matter). The entire p
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* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again. Vera Jordanova who played Axelle never appeared in another movie again, and this was only her second film. Creator/JayHernandez would later appear in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', though.

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* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again. Vera Jordanova who played Axelle never appeared in another movie again, and this was only her second film. Creator/JayHernandez Jay Hernandez would later appear in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', though.
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* CastingGag: In the second film, the cannibal is played by Ruggero Deodato, the director of ''Film/CannibalHolocaust''.



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* CreatorKiller: The second movie was this for Creator/EliRoth. It was a modest hit at the box office and got bad reviews. Critics and audiences complained that it was too similar to the first movie and that they were getting bored with Torture porn movies. He has directed TV and made indie films since.

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* CreatorKiller: The second movie was this for Creator/EliRoth. It was a modest hit at the box office and got bad reviews. Critics and audiences complained that it was too similar to the first movie and that they were getting bored with Torture torture porn movies. He has directed TV and made indie films since.
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* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again. Vera Jordanova who played Axelle never appeared in another movie again, and this was only her second film. Creator/JayHernandez would later appear in ''Film/SuicideSquad'', though.

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* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again. Vera Jordanova who played Axelle never appeared in another movie again, and this was only her second film. Creator/JayHernandez would later appear in ''Film/SuicideSquad'', ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', though.
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* CreatorKiller: The second movie was this for Creator/EliRoth. It was a modest hit at the box office and got bad reviews. Critics and audiences complained that it was too similar to the first movie and that they were getting bored with Torture porn movies. Has directed TV and made indie films since.

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* CreatorKiller: The second movie was this for Creator/EliRoth. It was a modest hit at the box office and got bad reviews. Critics and audiences complained that it was too similar to the first movie and that they were getting bored with Torture porn movies. Has He has directed TV and made indie films since.
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* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again. Vera Jordanova who played Axella never appeared in another movie again, and this was only her second film. Creator/JayHernandez would later appear in ''Film/SuicideSquad'', though.

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* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again. Vera Jordanova who played Axella Axelle never appeared in another movie again, and this was only her second film. Creator/JayHernandez would later appear in ''Film/SuicideSquad'', though.
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* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again. Vera Jordanova who played Axella never appeared in another movie again, and this was only her second film. Creator/JayHernandez would later appear in ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', though.

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* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again. Vera Jordanova who played Axella never appeared in another movie again, and this was only her second film. Creator/JayHernandez would later appear in ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', ''Film/SuicideSquad'', though.
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* CreatorKiller: The second movie was this for Creator/EliRoth. It did poorly at the box office and got bad reviews. Critics and audiences complained that it was too similar to the first movie and that they were getting bored with Torture porn movies. Has directed TV and made indie films since.
* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again.

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* CreatorKiller: The second movie was this for Creator/EliRoth. It did poorly was a modest hit at the box office and got bad reviews. Critics and audiences complained that it was too similar to the first movie and that they were getting bored with Torture porn movies. Has directed TV and made indie films since.
* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again.
again. Vera Jordanova who played Axella never appeared in another movie again, and this was only her second film. Creator/JayHernandez would later appear in ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', though.
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* CreatorKiller: The second movie was this for Creator/EliRoth. It did poorly at the box office and got bad reviews. Critics and audiences complained that it was too similar to the first movie and that they were getting bored with Torture porn movies. Has directed TV and made indie films since.
* StarDerailingRole: The whole cast of the second movie suffered from this. Neither one of them appeared in any mainstream movies again.

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