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 were all released
Direct-to-DVD.
Overview
Wrong Turn
In the first film, a group of six friends are stalked by One Eye, Saw Tooth and Three Finger. Chris Flynn (
Desmond Harrington)
is forced to make a detour after a chemical spillage on the road he had
been travelling, he then makes a wrong turn and crashes into another
vehicle which had already fallen victim to one of the families road
traps. Whilst searching for help the group discover a the cabin
belonging to the three inbreds. They're subsequently hunted down and
killed one by one.
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
The second film introduces a larger family of inbreds: Ma, Pa,
Brother and Sister. Three Finger and the Old Man are the only returning
characters from the first film. This time, the inbreds hunt down a group
of reality show contestants who are taking part on a survival reality
show. The Old Man from the first film, plays a much more dominant role
in the second. Where it's discovered that he is in fact affiliated with
the inbreds, completely changing the meaning of his role in the first.
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead features a group of prison officers
escaped convicts attempting to flee to freedom after the returning
character: Three Finger, causes their transport police bus to crash,
allowing them to escape and take the surviving prison officers, Nate
(Tom Frederic) and Walter (
Chucky Venn).
Whilst fleeing the convicts and their prisoners stumble across both a
lost truck which had been transporting thousands of dollars, and Alex
Hale (
Janet Montgomery)
who has been lost in the woods after Three Finger killed the rest of
her friends. Eventually Three Finger is killed by Nate and Alex. The one
surviving Convict, Brandon convinces Nate that he was innocent all
along, and in turn is allowed to go free. Sometime later, Nate greedily
returns to collect the remaining cash from the armored truck. Brandon
appears and betrays Nate, shooting him in the back with an arrow. While
Brandon is collecting the cash, a cannibal appears from behind him
holding a crude club and kills him. It is unclear if the cannibal had
somehow been Three Finger.
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings
The fourth film is a prequel to the first film. It focuses on a group
of twenty somethings which take a wrong turn in the snow whilst riding
their snow mobiles looking for their cabin. They end up in an old
abandoned insane asylum which is still inhabited by a younger Three
Finger, Saw Tooth and One Eye. The film provides back story to the three
original killers and shows of their childhood. The group of friends
decide to spend the night in the Asylum and they start to get attacked
by the three brothers. By the end of the film only two of the friends
remain, however they're killed after they accidentally ride into a
barbed wire fence whilst escaping on snow mobiles, their decapitated
heads are shown flying through the air before being picked up by Three
Finger and frown in the back of his truck and driving away.
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines focuses on a small local town around a
legendary Mountain Man Festival on Halloween, where college students
gather for a wild night of music and mischief. After a car crash four
college students, along with Maynard (
Doug Bradley)
are arrested. It is revealed that Maynard is a serial killer who's been
on the run for over thirty years and is now in cahoots with the three
cannibal brothers. He repeatedly refers to them as 'my boys' and his
kin. Throughout the course of the film the brothers attempt break out
Maynard and kill off the college students and Sheriff Angela Carter (
Camilla Arfwedson)
whilst the rest of the town are at the festival which takes place out
of the small town. The film ends with the Maynard and the three brothers
escaping with the blinded Lita (
Roxanne McKee) as a captive.
No comments:
Post a Comment