UPDATED: Capone has given away all passes! Congrats to those that nabbed a pair... do ol' Quint a favor and give Capone a big kiss on the cheek when you see him at the screening!

Hey, everyone. Capone in Chicago here with a special Ain't It Cool News contest for those of you who live in the Windy City area. Wanna see HOSTEL, PART II early and then lob questions at director Eli Roth after the screening? Read on…

Since it's a holiday weekend, and I expect this contest to be over about as quickly as it begins, I'm going to keep this simple: The first 35 Chicago-area people to e-mail me at capone@aintitcoolmail.com with your name and guest's name will get a pass good for two to see HOSTEL: PART II on Thursday, May 31. Those are the only the details I'm giving out about the screening right now. For those of you contemplating entering the contest who might have to travel great distances, the screening will be held in a theater in the Chicago city limits (not in the 'burbs) sometime the evening of the 31st.

To make those of you who don't get a ticket even more jealous, I'll be moderating a Q&A after the screening with writer-director-gentleman-scholar Eli Roth. Those of you who were lucky enough to attend Eli's post-HOSTEL-screening Q&A about a year and a half ago know that the man pulls no punches and is 100 percent entertaining to listen to. And he'll talk about anything.

Sounds good so far, right? A few rules: just because you win doesn't mean you get in. You still have to show up early and wait in line with everybody else who got a pass. This is not an official AICN-sponsored event (only the contest is), so there will be no seats saved for our readers. Get to the theater early. If you think there's a chance you won't be able to make the screening, don't enter because you'll be taking away two tickets from someone else. Only the person who wins and their guest get in. No transferred tickets. I'm handing over a list of the winner to the publicist, and they're checking names at the door, so bring an ID. Obviously, if you're under 18, you're not getting in, unless you mom or dad is insane and brings you, and even then I'm not sure you're getting in. If you win, you'll get a confirmation e-mail from me or the publicist with details on where and what time the screening is being held. You'll also be given an RSVP phone number to call to doubly confirm that you're coming. The confirmation will reach you by the end of the day Monday, May 28. If you don't get said confirmation, that means you didn't win. Sorry. Don't try and figure out where the screening is and just show up, or I'll throw you out myself.

Let the frenzy begin. And those of you who win, come say Hi at the screening. I'll be sitting right there with everyone watching HOSTEL: PART II for the first time too. Good luck. This is going to be sick.

Capone
capone@aintitcoolmail.com