![]() But come on, this isn't exactly an intelligently written and detailed drama.I liked `Wrong Turn' purely because of its shock value and its no holds barred return to classic horror. I have always liked Lindy Booth but she has nothing to play with here and the same is goes for Jeremy Sisto. The rest of the cast play typical generic 20-somethings from the horror film franchises of old. I wasn't extremely familiar with Desmond Harrington before this film but he plays a good leading man. Dushku loves to play debutantes with edge and her character here has a lot of it. Dushku is strong and emulates some of her `Buffy the Vampire Slayer' character, Faith in her portrayal here. Schmidt could have easily dived down the gore shoot to hell but he made a wise choice that works in spades.It's the film's harrowing tension and atmospheric pursuit that overshadows the young stars that make up the cast. The parts we do see are horrific but the filmmaker relies heavily on the chase and shock than on the gore. I also liked how Schmidt barely shows the mountain men throughout the film. But if you love horror films then you probably have an ear to ear grin as well.I really liked some of the early editing of this film by director Rob Schmidt, who allows the scares and shocks to come with brilliant accuracy. You are exhausted and maybe even queasy when you come out of the theatre. You may come up with `Wrong Turn'.The tension in this film is harrowing and relentless as it bats you back and forth. ![]() The best way to describe the experience is that if you took 2001's `Joy Ride' and `Jeepers Creepers' added 1972's `Deliverance' then threw them all in a blender. Not since the 1970's `Texas Chainsaw Massacre' has a horror film such as this been made. There hasn't been a film this gory, grotesque and chilling in a very long time. Before the group knows it, they are in a fight for their very lives.`Wrong Turn' was in one word an utter shock to the system. ![]() Family of cannibalistic mountain men who are overtly grotesque from generations of incest. ![]()
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