Rotten
While comparisons to Hostel are inevitable Turistas rarely achieves its level of sustained menace and discomfort.
Mark Rahner, Seattle Times
Turistas
There are some places tourists should never go
2006 · 1h 33m · R
Horror, Thriller
Directed by
John Stockwell
Overview
A group of young backpackers' vacation turns sour when a bus accident leaves them marooned in a remote Brazilian rural area that holds an ominous secret.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
19%
Tomatometer
Rotten
This is just a predictable slice of slasher porn set in an exotic locale.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
Touted as the first American production to be shot entirely in Brazil, Turistas may well be the last, if the country cares at all about its image.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Rotten
[Director] Stockwell delivers too little of the dread and titillation this genre prescribes.
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Turistas is a passport to a different kind of vacation hell.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
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