First off, let me say that I liked them both, but since this is a poll, I gotta choose. Im leaning towards Saw because, through the violence, it still had a strong story. It had characters that were any and everything but what they were supposed to be, it had a genuine villian, and it had Carey Elwes going batshit and chopping off his own foot. Hostel had a lot of meat and sauce, but Saw had meat, sauce, and dessert.