The Elite Hunting club is a clandestine secretive criminal organisation, known to be operating in Eastern Europe (such as Slovakia) and the United States (notably Las Vegas). It operates on kidnapping tourists, and selling them to rich clientele who pay a considerable amount of money to fulfil their darkest fantasies, resulting in the victim's death. Each member or client is known to have a tattoo of a hunting dog on the arm, which is the symbol of the organisation and a sign of membership.
History[]
The organization has existed for an unknown amount of time and exists in many different countries, namely in Slovakia and the United States as shown in the film series. When they find someone who one of their clientele finds desirable and has purchased, the Elite will subdue and take this person to an underground facility where they await the clientele, depending on how long the clientele will take to arrive at the facility. From there, the clientele is able to treat their purchase anyway they please, until they finally kill their victim.
The organization operates through use of hotels and hostels. When a traveler arrives, their passport is scanned, giving clientele a quick overview of any possible purchases. Bodies are quickly disposed off (in the first hostel, the bodies are seen being dismembered and burned). The organization appears to have a strict policy enforced for buyers, and appears to execute anyone who fails to terminate their purchase, as seen by Todd after he failed to kill Whitney and attempted to leave.
Sasha Rassimov is the known manager and leader of Slovakian chapter (or the entire organization).
In Hostel Part III, we find out that the EHC also has a facility in Las Vegas. Again, they use a hostel to attract victims, with most of the victims staying in room 9. The concept of this facility is slightly different. Complete in the style of Vegas, the members can bet on the death of a victim. They look from behind a glass wall to decide how a victim is tortured, and they can participate in this 'game' with the Wheel of Misfortune. They can bet which tool the torturer shall use and which threats or pleads the victims will try to escape their horrible fate. These two bets are connected with a time limit; the torturer has to use the torture tool within 2 minutes after the bet is made, and the same counts for the threats and pleads. The 'games' can vary; it depends on the torturer. Since the last 'performer' has been proven to a client, the torturers are likely to be members who have paid a reduced amount of money to torture and kill their victim with a live audience, yet remains unconfirmed. The artists seen are , a middle-aged doctor who tortured his victim using a scalpel to remove his face, another performer is a man who speaks in Hungarian dressed as a butcher and tortures Nikki by smothering and ultimately suffocating her with cockroaches. A woman dressed in a strange weird looking mask and leather outfit, tortured and killed her victim, Justin, with a crossbow while the audience could bet which shot would be deadly. This facility was destroyed near the end of the movie, but it remains unknown if it is the only one of its kind.
Known Employees[]
- Sasha Rassimov, still active.
- The Dutch Businessman, throat slit by Paxton
- Vala, supposedly still active.
- Axelle, decapitated by Beth Salinger
- Alexi, run over by Paxton
- Natalya, run over by Paxton
- Svetlana, run over by Paxton
- Travis, beaten with a crutch by scott
- Fleming, stabbed to death by carter
Known Clientele[]
- Mrs. Bathory, purchased Lorna Weisenfreund. She killed Lorna but slashing at her back and bathing in her blood before slicing her throat. Named Mrs. Bathory as an homage to the countess Elizabeth Bathory, who bathed in the blood of young women.
- The American Client, purchased Kana, a Japanese woman. His preferred method of torture of burning his victims, namely by using a blowtorch.
- The Cannibal Client, purchased Miroslav and is seen eating parts of his leg a piece at a time.
- Stuart, was given Beth Salinger by his friend Todd. He ended up bleeding out after Beth subdued him and cut off his genitals.
- Todd, purchased Whitney Keye and Beth Salinger. After choosing not to kill Whitney, he was attacked and torn apart by savage dogs.
- The German Surgeon, purchased Paxton. He was however killed by Paxton after accidently cutting his own leg off with a chainsaw. He was then shot in the head by Paxton
- Carter, purchased Scott. Failed to kill him and was later killed by Scott and his girlfriend Amy in their home with an electric tiller.
- Beth Salinger, a new Clientele, formerly purchased by Stuart.