Hostel follows three backpackers in search of easy thrills in Europe, who are lured to an obscure hostel in Slovakia and become victims of a secret thrill-kill industry. The film opens with a man washing blood down the drain of a mysterious-looking room. The action then moves to Amsterdam, where the backpackers are introduced. Paxton (Jay Hernandez) and Josh (Derek Richardson) are Americans and Óli (Eyþór Guðjónsson) is from Iceland. Looking for cheap thrills instead of art, they enjoy repeated experiences of drugs and prostitution. While set in Amsterdam, these scenes were actually filmed in the Czech Republic. After being kicked out of a club and locked out of their hotel, they meet Alexi (Lubomir Šilhavecký), a Russian man who tells them of a Slovakian hostel that is filled with American-loving, sexually promiscuous women. During the train journey, they encounter a Dutch businessman (Jan Vlasák) whose bizarre, sexually forward behaviour alarms them. On arrival at the hostel, they find they are sharing their room with Natalia (Barbara Nedeljáková) and Svetlana (Jana Kadeřábková), who are apparently Italian and Russian. The room in which they are staying is Room 237, a reference to The Shining, one of Hostel\'s numerous allusions to other thrillers. The girls invite the new arrivals to a spa and later have sex with Paxton and Josh after a night out at a club. During the night, the Dutchman from the train reappears, rescuing Josh from a confrontation with local street kids. The next morning, the Americans discover that Óli is missing; as they leave the hostel in an effort to locate him, they are approached by a young Japanese woman named Kana (Jennifer Lim). Her friend Yuki has also disappeared. She shares with them a photo, sent to her phone, of the missing pair superimposed over the smokestack of an abandoned factory nearby, along with the word \

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