About Wrong Turn
Wrong Turn is a series of American horror films consisting of five films, initially created by Alan B. McElroy. The main plot follows various families of deformed cannibals who hunt a group of people in West Virginia, usually killing them all in horrific ways using a mixture of traps and weaponry for food. Four characters who have repeatedly appeared in the series are: Three Finger, Saw Tooth, One Eye and Maynard.
Wrong Turn was the only film in the series to receive a theatrical release. It was released in 2003 and grossed $28,650,575 off of a budget of $12.6 million. The following four sequels (Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead, Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings and Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines) were all released Direct-to-DVD.
Reception and Box Office
Wrong Turn received mixed reviews, with a 40% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes and from other critics. Wrong Turn 2: Dead End also received positive reviews. It currently holds a 78% fresh rating from review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 9 reviews and the highest rated film in the series.
Uncle Creepy of Dread Central gave the film 8 out of 10, stars stating that the film "is a hot ticket for some gore-soaked backwoods mayhem that gets even better with repeated viewings and lots of booze". Bloody-Disgusting stated that "what could have been a cheap and lazy cash-in turned out to be one of the year’s better genre offerings".
Although the third film Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead was a commercial success, the reaction to this film was mainly negative. This film received an 18% fresh from the Rotten Tomatoes community. Bloody Disgusting said "If WT2 raised the bar, then WT3 lowers it right back down to where it was and possibly a notch or two lower."
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings entered the DVD chart at number 13, selling 45,928 copies in its first week. To date the film has sold 143,000 units in America, however it has yet to be released on Region 2. The fourth film received 20% rating from Rotten Tomatoes.
Like the previous instalments, Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines received mixed to negative reviews. As of November 2012, it holds a 4.0 on Rotten Tomato. The film was criticized for the special effects and the story line, however it was praised for Doug Bradley's performance.
Uncle Creepy of Dread Central gave the film 8 out of 10, stars stating that the film "is a hot ticket for some gore-soaked backwoods mayhem that gets even better with repeated viewings and lots of booze". Bloody-Disgusting stated that "what could have been a cheap and lazy cash-in turned out to be one of the year’s better genre offerings".
Although the third film Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead was a commercial success, the reaction to this film was mainly negative. This film received an 18% fresh from the Rotten Tomatoes community. Bloody Disgusting said "If WT2 raised the bar, then WT3 lowers it right back down to where it was and possibly a notch or two lower."
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings entered the DVD chart at number 13, selling 45,928 copies in its first week. To date the film has sold 143,000 units in America, however it has yet to be released on Region 2. The fourth film received 20% rating from Rotten Tomatoes.
Like the previous instalments, Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines received mixed to negative reviews. As of November 2012, it holds a 4.0 on Rotten Tomato. The film was criticized for the special effects and the story line, however it was praised for Doug Bradley's performance.
Wrong Turn Collection (2003-2012)
Wrong Turn (2003)
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Chris Flynn is driving his car for a job interview in another city. However, an accident with a trunk transporting chemical products blocks the highway and Chris looks for an alternative route through the mountains of West Virginia to accomplish his schedule. Due to a lack of attention, he crashes another car parked in the middle of the road with flat tires. Chris meets a group of five friends, who intended to camp in the forest, and they decide to leave the couple Francine and Evan on the place, while Chris, Jessie, Carly and her fiancé Scott tries to find some help. They find a weird cabin in the middle of nowhere, where three violent cannibalistic mountain men with the appearance of monsters live. The two couples try to escape from the mountain men while chased by them.
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Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)
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Retired military commander Colonel Dale Murphy hosts the simulated post-apocalyptic reality show where participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland. But the show turns into a nightmarish showdown when each realizes they are being hunted by an inbred family of cannibals determined to make them all dinner!
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Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (2009)
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While rafting in the Bluefish River area, four college kids are attacked by the mutant cannibal hillbilly Three Finger. Only the teenager Alex succeeds in escaping running through the woods. Meanwhile, a group of dangerous criminals are transported from the West Virginia Grafton Penitentiary in a custody bus escorted by three security guards through the backwoods. When they park in a rest stop in a police station, Sheriff Carver is informed about the missing teenagers. The bus driver heads to their destination with the guards and the prisoners but a tow truck driven by Three Finger hits the bus that falls off the road. They are attacked by Three Finger and the perilous Carlo Chavez dominates the guards and the other prisoners. When they accidentally meet Alex, the girl tells how sick and threatening Three Finger is; sooner the survivals discover that Alex is telling the truth.
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Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings (2011)
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Follows a group of friends that decide to go snowmobiling during their winter break. They make a "wrong turn", getting lost in a storm, and seek shelter in an abandoned sanatorium. They are completely isolated by the storm and are thankful they can get out of the elements. But the sanatorium has a troubled past, and some of its former patients still reside there and are not happy about the intrusion. In a deadly game of cat and mouse, the college kids must fight to survive the night.
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Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines (2012)
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A small West Virginia town is hosting the legendary Mountain Man Festival on Halloween, where throngs of costumed party goers gather for a wild night of music and mischief. But an inbred family of hillbilly cannibals kill the fun when they trick and treat themselves to a group of visiting college students.
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