Director: Declan O’Brien
Starring: Tom Frederic, Janet Montgomery, Tamer Hassan, Gil Kolirin, Tom McKay, Christian Contreras
Another excellent review by Darren of the excellent The Automaton website. Over half way through the 31 Days of Horror now.
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With a name like Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead, you know good and well what’s to follow. You’re probably saying: “I didn’t even know there was a Wrong Turn 2!”
Consider a moment the point of such a film, however. Bad acting? Check. Nudity? Check. Blood and guts? Check. So what’s the harm?
Not every movie is supposed to be as movie and thought-provoking as Atonement, nor should it be, so allow me to extol the virtues of this terrible horror flick.
Wrong Turn is based on the seemingly popular notion that everyone in West Virginia inbreeds, and that inbreeding someone does three things:
1. It takes away your faculties of speech.
2. It mutates you in some Freddy Krueger kind of way.
3. It grants you super strength, an immunity to pain, and regenerative capabilities.
Oh, and you have no moral compunction with mass murder and cannibalism. That just about does it.
Now, into this entire state of nothing but trees and super mutants, throw in teenagers, criminals, and police officers who have someone missed on the news that all of West Virginia is crawling with super mutant cannibals.
Okay, so there’s blood and guts. Is it at least done well. In Wrong Turn, alas, there are several moments of crummy CGI blood, which looks as real as The Flying Nun. But most of the deaths are original and fun, and the acting in such scenes isn’t half bad. It’s pretty bad elsewhere, but in the violence, it works.
The fights are pretty well choreographed, which is an unexpected treat. I was also glad to see the gratuitous mutant sex scene absent in this sequel. (There’s really only one mutant to speak of, so that kinda narrows it down).
The other effects and sets range from good to ridiculous, with 1950s-style fake car scenes, where outside the window looks like a different world rather than the passing night. But the explosions, fires, and other effects make up for it.
So, if you’re in the mood for a good bad horror movie (and for those of you who like them, you know what I mean), check out Wrong Turn 3. However, if you didn’t like the first two, don’t bother. Or if you are expecting something genuinely scary or disturbing. This one hits straight at the chillaxing, gratuitous viewer in you.
Previous 31 Days of Horror reviews: Zoltan Hound of Dracula, Home Movie, The Thing, Vamp, Audition, The Fury, Blood Feast, Paranormal Activity, Braindead, Halloween, Friday the 13th Part 2, Martin, Fright Night, Zombieland
