Judging from my other reviews, you would not think that horror films would be my thing, especially very gory ones. Actually aim to have a diverse taste in film, so seeing films from all decades and genres with no bias intended. Plus have seen my fair share of horror franchises where at least one film has been good.Found myself surprisingly enjoying 'Wrong Turn' when slowly working my way through the films. Despite the mixed to negative critical reception, to me flaws and all it is the best of the 'Wrong Turn' films by quite some way, was less impressed with the sequels. It doesn't get everything completely right, but it is a long way from a wrong turn and is instead a worthwhile one.'Wrong Turn' is in terms of story simplistic and derivative admittedly. It also has thinly sketched characters, cheesy dialogue and a run-out-of-ideas ending. A longer length would definitely have helped, there were times where the film's duration felt too brief. So those are reasons enough to dislike the film and consider it bad.However, quite a lot is done right in 'Wrong Turn' as well. It has a slick and atmospheric visual look and has a wonderfully mysterious and creepy setting. The make-up is also well done. One of 'Wrong Turn's' biggest stars is the special effects, which send a chill down the spine in how realistically horrifying they are.The music score is suitably eerie and Rob Schmidt adeptly pays tribute to 1970s exploitation cinema. While the story may not be perfect in how it's executed, it really does deliver on the creepy mood, the gruesome shocks and also the fun. There is a lot of gore here but mostly it is not used in a cheap way, there are times where it is not needed but generally the mood isn't compromised.Despite the lack of development for the characters, the acting is not bad at all. Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku and Emmanuelle Chriqui in fact give pretty ballsy performances.In conclusion, worthwhile. 6/10 Bethany Cox

Wrong Turn is a film that was released back in 2003, is a survival gore horror film. Spanning on to 6 films, and considered a classic in the survival horror genre, I decided to finally settle down and have a look at what the fuss was about.I was utterly surprised by how well done this film was. There were two things that really struck me as well done; the first being the strong female character of Jessie. Eliza Dushku is absolutely amazing in this film, and I don't think I've ever been as struck with awe as I have watching her character get stronger and stronger as she goes on throughout the film. Her performance was absolutely stunning. She's definitely an actress I enjoyed seeing on screen, and I will definitely be looking at more of her films in the future.The second thing I really enjoyed from this film, was the fact that although it was the overdone trope of inbred hillbillies, but the make up for them was done quite well. It showed them as human, twisted and evil, but human, and that's something not often done in the trope. The special effects of the film were really well done, and enjoyable to watch and view as a make up artist; there were one or two flaws with the effects on the face – sometimes the characters would turn and the nose or mouth would obviously be on show, but for untrained eyes, I don't think this would be too much of a problem. Also, the CGI was good, when it was used and this is probably because it was so long ago in 2003, but I feel like it wasn't done well enough. Where it was used, it was obviously very fake – but again, that's probably just because it was 2003. Back then on release, I can imagine that it wasn't so obvious and a lot of people would have found it amazing and awe striking.The plot line was rather generic, and the usual, someone gets killed off as we go along, don't get attached to any of the characters, nearly everyone is going to die in some way or the other. Although, I did find that the meeting between the main characters at the start of the film was rather unique. I personally haven't seen that at all within survival horror and I think it was a good little plot point that I know I enjoyed.It's also refreshing to see that some of the characters – namely Jessie and Chris. Finally, a survival horror film where the characters don't do the generic, I'm going to fall when running and become victim to this mass murderer. It's so incredibly refreshing that I just cannot explain it. It's wonderful to see a film – that is so well renowned in the horror genre and horror community – not follow the terrible generic tropes of its time, and of horror films in general. It's been a long time since I came across a film like this.I don't think I'll understand why this has such a bad review from critics. Of course, not every critic that watches this is going to be a horror film fan, but this has a lot of merit that most survival horror does not. Maybe it's wishful thinking on my part, and my inability to see most flaws in a film unless they completely ruin it, but this was one of the better films of the genre, in my personal opinion. I would definitely watch this film more than twice, and would definitely recommend this to people new to horror, survival horror, or are just looking for a good thriller to watch.I immensely enjoyed this, and it deserves a lot more credit than it's been given.

Getting stranded in the Virginia backwoods, a man and a group of campers slowly come to realize they're being hunted and killed one- by-one by a family of deranged cannibalistic killers and must find a way of stopping them and get out of the woods alive.This here was quite the fun and highly enjoyable efforts. One of the film's better features here is the fact that there's a hugely enjoyable atmospheric touch here provided by the forest setting that makes this one so much fun here. This one really plays up the creepy and foreboding woods right from the outset here as the lush vegetation and dense tree-lines really give this a really beautiful, majestic air that's quite chilling as well. It's a nearly perfect playground for a backwoods-set slasher like this as there's plenty to like about those moments, starting with the tense and rather thrilling house escape chase back into the woods once they've realized the family's there as they go into the woods and stumble upon the deserted car park which is another stellar series of encounters trying to get away. A later attack in the forest as they attempt to get away and another highlight effort where they get trapped in a lookout tower and must fend off their assaults while the killers light the whole effort on fire and forcing them out into the treetops for a fine series of encounters and are able to battle back quite nicely. As well, there's the other really good encounter out on the road where they get ambushed along the roadside and leading to a highly enjoyable brawl where she gets abducted as well as the one rather brutal kill that sets up the finale here as the attempt to reclaim her features a slew of high-end action brawling around their compound leading to the final confrontation in the burning house which is rather exciting as well as adding in some brutal kills along the way. This is also helped rather nicely by the opening walk-through of their abandoned house which gives this a creepy, chilling vibe here with the scattered remnants of their collected items, broken-up belongings and scattered human remains stuck littering the grounds and gives this such a terrifying tone right at the beginning to really make for a dark, brutal slasher. Coupled with the nice gory kills and some imposing villains, there's a lot to really like here as this one has only a single detrimental element bout it. This one is really only hurt by one small fact in that there's a huge missed opportunity in having the group split up as early as they are which really creates an offbeat pace. By keeping the group so small and then killing off that many in the first stages, it causes such a long break between them that there are stretches without tension as they have to escape in order to keep the plot going. Likewise, these kills are all off-screen and then shown the aftermath afterward which is rather disappointing. This here is the only real flaw to this one.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

I saw on Netflix that this movie produced five sequels, which I found interesting enough to watch, but first I needed to refresh my memory on the original. Wrong Turn turned out to be a really good movie. It's a refreshing Slasher film that does things slightly differently.The kids get into a car accident that turns out to be a trap set by psychopathic killers. The accident happens early in the movie before we learn much about the characters. The action begins quickly, and I do mean action, as the group of slashers hunt down these kids, who wanted to get out of the woods more badly than any group of young attractive kids ever did, like animals. Eliza Dushku earned her place on the poster. She's not playing a victim at all as she tries to lead her friends out of the woods. Plus the Slashers in the movie were an interesting group of hillbilly freaks worthy of having sequels to keep the party going. So I get why they would make sequels to this movie, its a really great watch.