Wrong Turn

As this is a ‘high concept’ film I am not going to spend much time on the plot, so pay attention, this will be quick: Young people stray from the well-trodden path, young people get eaten. See, the lesson is not complicated. Talking of uncomplicated things, a quick word about characterization. There is none. Brooding hero, beautiful but tough as old boots heroine, incidental and dispensable friends of the above. And the bad guys… inbred deformed cannibal hillbillies. There is no sex on-camera… There are moments of genuine edge-of-your-seat terror in the film, mostly provided by the unmitigated evilness of the three hillbillies.

These are hideously deformed, and superhumanly single-minded, with a taste for nubile young rock-climbers. The action takes place in an unending forest in West Virginia, where the beautiful people are picked off (and presumably brought home for stewing) one by one. There is a lesson to be learned, however… two survive the ordeal, both relying on a mixture of gutsiness and stickability to get through it.

Those who die, with one exception, do so unheroically. The violence is sudden and bloody, but unapologetic in its hamminess. It’s stomach-churning at times, but only momentarily so, as the action rattles along without a backward glance.

In general, I found it harmless horror. The only people who can rightfully complain that they were severely offended by this film are inbred West Virginian Hillbillies.
Violence: Extreme / Profanity: Moderate / Sex/Nudity: None /
My Ratings: [Average/3]

…Simply put, if you’ve previously seen one such picture like this before, there’s no real need to catch this one, as it brings absolutely nothing new to the genre. If you’re unfortunate enough to head down the path of seeing this film, that will be the only “Wrong Turn” you’ll likely take that day.