On 6/8/2020 6:36 PM, between "Doug Cooper : August Abolins":

 AA>> Hostile is a post-apocalyptic zombie-esque themed film.
 AA>> Hostel is a torture-porn film.

 DC> HAHAHA I really need to install spell check on mystic
 DC> already .. Sorry about that. Hopefully the Zombie movie was
 DC> a hit .....

As I was watching Hostile (the first one above), I kept wondering when is the
porn-like stuff going to kick in (because you mentioned "borderline porn
movie").  LOL   I was thinking "Doug has a pretty lame idea what porn is".

It turns out that Hostile was not entirely bad at all. The special effects of
the "creature" were amazing, although I thought that the CGI octupus beard on
Day Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest from waaay back in 2006
was pretty amazing.  There is probably nothing the CGI can't accomplish now.

Regarding "Hostile" (the first one above) you can tell the budget is a bit
limited. Not much locale  variance.  Lessor known actors.  The story has a lot
of mystery: no complete idea why the apocalyptic scenario occurred.  But if you
have a basic knowledge of what immunity or asymptomatic means, then it doesn't
really matter.  The back story is a bit rushed, but it's enough to get us to
know the main character and her current situation.  In the final scenes I was
thinking "they got it all wrong.. the violent scenes leading up to it don't
make sense!"  But, they actually do.  And here's why...(I'll put it in ROT13 so
that if you want to deliberately spoil it for yourself, you do it at your own
hand):

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fgbel. Jura Fvkgu Frafr vf bire, lbh'er guvaxvat gb lbhefrys "ubj qvq V zvff
gung gur Oehpr Jvyyvf punenpgre jnf n tubfg.. Ur jnf va gur fnzr ebbz jvgu gur
xvq naq uvf zbgure fb gur zbgure zhfg unir frra uvz gbb.. gurl svyzrq vg
jebat.."  Ubfgvyr vf fvzvyne.  Jura lbh guvax onpx ng fbzr bs gur qrgnvyf, lbh
ernyvmr vg QBRF znxr frafr.

So.. if you are in the mood for a horror flick that is not really a horror
flick, but is a fine cross between Sixth Sense, The Road, and a mix of drama
and romance (no porn!) ..then Hostile is a rather nice "lite" horror film.

Now.. Hostel (the torture porn film..) I'll pass.

I'm having too much fun watching Burn Notice. I'd like to live in that world a
little while longer during this pathetic covid19 time.

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