Hostel: Part III

Hostel: Part III

Year: 2011

Runtime: 88 mins

Language: English

Director: Scott Spiegel

HorrorHorror

Set in Las Vegas, the third installment follows a man who joins his best friend’s bachelor party, unaware of a hidden agenda that pits him against a secret society that hunts humans for sport. As the celebration turns into a nightmarish game, he must confront the brutal realities of the Elite Hunting Club.

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Timeline – Hostel: Part III (2011)

Trace every key event in Hostel: Part III (2011) with our detailed, chronological timeline. Perfect for unpacking nonlinear stories, spotting hidden connections, and understanding how each scene builds toward the film’s climax. Whether you're revisiting or decoding for the first time, this timeline gives you the full picture.

1

Travis targets a couple in a Las Vegas hostel

Travis slips into a Las Vegas hostel room and targets a Ukrainian couple, Victor and Anka, inviting them to drink beer. They drink and fade from consciousness, where a cleanup crew takes them away. This initiation hints at the Elite Hunting Club's brutal, pay-to-watch games that thread through the night.

Night Las Vegas hostel room
2

The Elite Hunting Club is revealed

Travis is revealed to be part of the Elite Hunting Club, a secret, members-only organization where wealthy clients observe brutal games on live displays. The captured victims are kept in hidden chambers and prepared for the spectacle. This establishes the high stakes and corrupt world behind the night's events.

Night Elite Hunting Club facilities
3

Scott travels to Las Vegas for a bachelor party

A man named Scott leaves his fiancée Amy to travel to Las Vegas for his bachelor party, joined by his friends Carter, Mike, and Justin. They arrive in the city with the promise of a wild night but soon find themselves pulled into the same deadly game. The tone shifts from celebration to ominous danger as the night unfolds.

Night Las Vegas
4

Escorts offer a wilder path

In a nightclub, Scott's group meets two escorts, Kendra and Nikki, who offer them a way to push the night into something wilder. The foursome agrees and heads to an isolated venue, chasing a thrill that quickly becomes dangerous. The promise of excitement masks looming peril.

Night Nightclub and isolated venue
5

Scott hesitates as danger rises

At the abandoned venue, Scott hesitates when Kendra makes a move on him, recounting his past infidelity with Amy. He insists he is not looking for trouble tonight, setting up a tension between desire, guilt, and loyalty that foreshadows the peril to come.

Night Abandoned building
6

Mike begins his torture

Meanwhile, Mike wakes in a cell near Victor and is escorted to a glass-walled torture chamber where a live audience watches him be strapped into a chair. A grotesque client dressed as a doctor brutalizes him and ends him in a cruel display of power.

Night Glass-walled torture chamber
7

Nikki’s disappearance and death

The search for Nikki continues as Scott, Carter, and Justin go to her trailer and learn she is missing. Nikki later appears at the Las Vegas Art Show, where she is brought into a room and strapped to a table. A Hungarian-speaking man releases cockroaches that crawl into her mouth, suffocating her.

Night Las Vegas Art Show
8

The trap closes: victims rejoined and captive

A text from Mike's phone lures the men to a hotel room where they are kidnapped and awaken in individual cells alongside Victor. The guards separate Justin, signaling the start of the pay-to-watch ordeal and the escalation of brutality.

Night Hotel room and secret cell area
9

Carter reveals his motive and tattoo

Carter reveals his motive to seize Amy for himself and acknowledges the Elite Hunting Club, showing Scott that he bears the club's tattoo. The tattoo confirms that the events are a paid spectacle rather than a random crime.

Night Prison cells within the facility
10

The main event begins

Justin is strapped into a chair and shot with bolts by a masked assailant, a chilling prelude to the main event. Scott is later strapped into a chair as Flemming orders the show to begin, and the guards prepare the audience for the violence to come.

Night Main event chamber
11

Clash and escape attempts

Flemming releases Scott briefly and they clash. Scott wounds Carter but uses Carter's tattoo to bypass scanners and escape. Victor fights back, killing a guard, but is killed himself. Scott contacts the police and frees Kendra, who is shot dead by Travis.

Night Show chamber and surrounding facility
12

Escape and explosions

With authorities alerted, Flemming orders the Las Vegas Art Show evacuated and all prisoners killed. Scott and Travis continue to fight until Scott defeats Travis. Flemming attempts to escape in a vehicle, but Carter shoots him and steals Flemming's car, locking the front gate as the building explodes during the escape attempt.

Night Las Vegas Art Show building
13

Aftermath: Amy’s revelation and Carter’s downfall

Sometime later, Carter visits Amy at her home to comfort her, but she reveals that Scott is alive. She helps him confront Carter, and a burned Scott drags Carter into the garage to strap him to a chair and kill him with a gas-powered tiller, bringing the cycle of vengeance to a bleak close.

Later Amy’s home and garage
14

Final mood: a city haunted by spectacle

The film ends with a sense of damaged loyalties and a Las Vegas landscape where wealth and spectacle mask deadly consequences. The survivor must come to terms with trust, love, and revenge.

Aftermath Las Vegas

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