Movies That Were ‘Based On A True Story’, But Apparently, That Was A Lie
Hostel

Hostel/Lionsgate Films/Screen Gems
Another horror film skewing the facts for entertainment, Hostel is about American tourists who go to Slovakia after being promised beautiful women. Once settled in their hostel, they are trapped and tortured by businessmen looking for bloody entertainment.
Director Eli Roth says he came up with the idea for the movie finding a story about a similar place in Thailand. In the story he read, people could pay to torture and kill others. The victim’s families would be paid as part of the business model.