The word count of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is around 100,388 words. It's a very important novel in American literature, dealing with themes of racism and justice in the South.
Hostel isn't based on any true events. It's a product of the filmmaker's imagination and designed to entertain with its horror elements and plot twists.
One of the characters often considered to have a very high kill count in fiction is Thanos from the Marvel Universe. He snapped his fingers and wiped out half of all life in the universe in an instant, which amounts to an unfathomable number of deaths.
Yes, I once stayed in a hostel where the room was freezing cold at night. The heater wasn't working, and when I asked the staff about it, they just said there was nothing they could do. It was so uncomfortable that I barely got any sleep that night.