(Rob Schmidt)
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| 20th Century Fox |
* First time viewing
A group of attractive young adults get stranded in the
backwoods of West Virginia and are hunted down by cannibal inbred fucks.
Here we are with another supposed “classic” from the
early 2000s that I’ve been told I’ve been missing out on… despite the fact that
I’ve seen one of the direct to DVD sequels I can barely remember. Wrong Turn fared a lot better than The Grudge in my eyes. It’s full of
clichés and clearly tries to be The Hills
Have Eyes set in a forest, and yet it’s a pretty good time with a couple
really strong set pieces (the attack in the trees is really good). Eliza Dushku
and Jeremy Sisto are fun to watch as always, and the rest of the cast forms a
great set of ‘where are they now’ performances. Wrong Turn doesn’t offer much that we haven’t seen before, but it’s
a successful throwback to 80s horror because it doesn’t try to beat you over
the head with that fact.
I’m quite a fan
of the evil backwoods hillbilly subgenre of horror, because they mostly manage
to successfully blend fact with urban legend. The inbred cannibals, designed by Stan Winston
Studios, are cartoonishly sinister, which makes the film to fun to watch, but
they don’t create as harrowing an experience as they could have. If there is a
modern franchise that could use a reboot and made into realist survival horror,
Wrong Turn is it. Y’know, unless those direct to video sequels
are still doing it for you.
Scare Factor 1/5 Wrong
Turn is entertaining but trivial horror. It’s worth a watch to laugh over
with friends, but there’s not much there otherwise.
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