Rent Wrong Turn (2021)

Decent except the ending - Wrong Turn review by TH

The original wrong turn film was a decent horror movie with tense moments and decent scares.

Then came some laughably bad sequels that had some terrible acting and silly kill scenes.

Luckily this reboot does some things well. Shame to see the cannibals gone and replaced with psychotic cult.

The pacing is much slower but allows for the atmosphere to set in. The characters are still a bit underdeveloped besides the main girl and her dad.

Some scenes are quite creepy and at least it tried something different.

Would of been 3 stars if not for some bits that irked me like the boyfriend deciding he wants to stay and the ending was a bit flat.

2 out of 5 is the rightscore

Keeps you on the edge of your seat - Wrong Turn review by MF

We were expecting some hillbillies chasing students in the woods, what we watched was unexpected and surprisingly kept us hooked with a great twist at the end. It kept us speaking about it for several days afterwards and also away from our woods whilst dog walking for the same time, when it was dropping dark.

Yes a little bit far fetched, but you watch a film for escapism, especially these days.

Only afterwards did we look further into the film and realise it was a remake of other films, some of which we have now put on out rental list. Sure these will look dated, but there you go.

Routine Horror - Wrong Turn review by GI

Apparently a reboot of a long running film franchise (I admit to not having seen any of the others). This is a pagan horror film that takes a well worn generic path of young people venturing into the woods and having to face a 'hillbilly' cult. Consequently there's not a lot of originality here and any number of other horror films are brought to mind as you watch it. In this one we have Jen (Charlotte Vega), along with a group of friends, are exploring the Appalachian Trail and stupidly venture off the marked path (having been warned by the moody locals not to do so!) and are set upon by a creepy bunch of woods people who have been living there since the 1800s. Later Jen's father (Matthew Modine) comes looking for them. A film of a rough two halves with some queasy deaths, skull crushings, a small dose of cannabilism and general torture type stuff. It's all a bit silly and has some daft plot holes although it's not without some energy. Overall it's routine horror fare.