Wrong Turn 4: The Bloody Beginnings

I really liked the first film in the Wrong Turn series. So when I saw this on iTunes, I immediately rented it, hoping it would be as good as the first. Now, I do admit it was wrong of me to see these films out of sequence, But come on. They're horror films! I doubt that the 4 films would have much in common in the way of a continuing story line.

Director: Declan O'Brian
Producers: Erik Feig, Robert Kulzer
Writer: Kharen Salonga

Sean Skene, Scott Johnson and Daniel Skene as the Mutant Cannibals
Jenny Pudavick as Kenia
Tenika Davis as Sara
Kaitlyn Wong as Bridget
Terra Vnesa as Jenna
Victor Zinck Jr as Kyle
Dean Armstrong as Daniel
Samantha Kendrick as Claire
Ali Tataryn as Lauren.


Let me just start by saying that the mark of a great horror film is the writing. It is so easy to make a bad horror film, and so unbelievably difficult to make a good one. The thing that let me down with this film was the poorly written script, which was made worse by the B-grade acting. There where a lot of "captain obvious" lines and completely unrealistic reactions to the events.

A prequel to the first 3 Wrong Turn films, A group of friends on a holiday in the snow mountains become lost on their way to their cabin as a fierce snow storm looms. They are forced to take shelter in an abandoned mental hospital until the storm subsides(go figure). In typical 'dead teenager' movie fashion, the cannibal mutants that have been living there begin to kill off the group one by one in gruesome ways, which seem to all included barbed wire.  The asylum became the mutants home when, in their younger days as inmates of the hospital, they caused a riot and violently killed the employees.

There are some satisfying gore scenes including a horrid cannibal scene. Other than that, I found myself bored with this film. The writing seemed to get worse as the movie went on. Unbelievable plot lines, when you're life is in danger I doubt that many people, especially teenagers, would be willing to play hero. I also don't believe that, knowing there are man-eating killers on the loose, you would stay in the same building as said killers! Am I wrong? And walk around freely as well. I would seal myself and the other survivors into a room until the storm calms down, then make a run for it. I definitely would not walk around the institute like an idiot just waiting to become a human casserole. I also found it difficult to distinguish which character was which and who was dating whom. They all looked the same. This seems to be due to a severe lack of character development. I didn't want them to die, I didn't want them to live. I didn't really care what happened to them because I didn't know who any of them where! Thats said, I do believe that this movie isn't completely unfortunate. The ending was satisfyingly unexpected.

In conclusion, this movie was disappointing. Considering how good the first Wrong Turn was, it's pretty safe to say that I was expecting a little more from this film.

I'm giving it 2 stars