For the last fourteen years, the horror genre has been
watered-down into PG-13 cliched flicks and badly-written remakes. The
over the top gory movies are a thing of the past, well at least in
the theaters as a few decent horror films have found their way
straight-to-DVD/Blu-ray over the years including the
Wrong Turn
franchise.
Remember
Wrong Turn?
Wrong Turn was a backwoods horror film that was released to
theaters in 2003. It was directed by Rob Schmidt and starred
Buffy
the Vampire Slayer's Eliza Dushku. The plot centered on a group of
travelers stranded in the back roads of West Virginia, where they are
being hunted by three inbred disfigured cannibal brothers. Despite
receiving mixed reviews the film did alright at the box-office,
taking in over $28 million on a $12 million budget.
The film was almost forgotten about by horror fans until the
sequel
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End went straight-to-DVD & Blu-ray in
2007. The sequel centered on a survival reality game show being
filmed in a remote area of West Virginia where Three-Fingers and
his inbred cannibal family live. Of course one by one the cast and
crew are killed off in a gory fashion. Filmed on the small budget of
$4, the sequel raked in $9 million dollars in rental and video sales.
It also received positive reviews from both critics and horror fans.
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| Wrong Turn 2 |
Two years later,
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead was released to DVD
and Blu-ray. This time Declan O'Brien came aboard to direct (along
with the next two sequels as well), which was considered a bad move
by horror fans as the film was horribly written and filmed. The plot
involved a group of prisoners escaping a prison bus and takes a few
hostages while escaping in the West Virginia woods, but Three-Fingers
happens to be in the area, so you know what happens next.
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| Three-Fingers |
Most horror franchises eventually gets an unwanted prequel and
that is what happened with
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings. The film
is set before the events of the first film, Three-Fingers, One Eye
and Saw Tooth have been living at the Glensville Sanatorium, West Virginia,
where they have been there since 1974. A group of Weston University
take refuge there after a snowstorm hits and one by one the inbred
brothers slice and dice the college students. The film received negative reviews from
critics and horror fans alike, but it did well enough for the
franchise to continue.
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines arrived straight-to-DVD/Blu-ray in 2012
and is considered by some fans to be the worst sequel in the
franchise. The film takes place after
Bloody Beginning and before
the original movie. The inbred brothers teams up with the serial
killer Maynard (played by Doug Bradley) and go on a murder rampage in
Fairlake, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
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| Wrong Turn 5 |
You would think that
Bloodlines would put the final nail into the
coffin for the franchise, but another prequel/reboot will be released
next week, titled
Wrong Turn 6: The Last Resort. Look for my review
on it later in the week.
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