Wrong Turn
Wrong Turn

Wrong Turn

2021Movie110 minEnglish

Jen and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross into land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to protect their way of life.

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IMDb5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes44%
Metacritic33/100
Google Users49%
Director: Mike P. NelsonGenres: Horror, Thriller, Action

Plot Summary

A group of friends on a hiking trip in the remote mountains of West Virginia become lost. They soon discover they are not alone and are being hunted by a clan of cannibals who have lived in the area for centuries. As they fight for survival, they uncover a dark secret about the land and its inhabitants.

Critical Reception

The 2021 reboot of Wrong Turn received largely negative reviews from critics, who found it to be a derivative and uninspired addition to the horror franchise. While some acknowledged the attempt to update the premise, most felt it lacked originality and relied too heavily on gore and predictable jump scares.

What Reviewers Say

  • Lacks the inventive gore or memorable characters that might elevate it beyond a generic slasher.
  • The film's attempt at a more serious tone and expanded lore doesn't quite land, resulting in a convoluted narrative.
  • Relies on familiar horror tropes without adding anything fresh to the genre.

Google audience: Audience reception for Wrong Turn (2021) was mixed, with many viewers finding it to be a forgettable entry in the horror genre. While some appreciated the attempt at a new direction and the introduction of a more established backstory for the villains, a significant portion of the audience found the plot underdeveloped and the scares unoriginal.

Fun Fact

This film is a reboot of the 2003 film of the same name, serving as a soft reboot for the franchise rather than a direct sequel. It aims to introduce a new mythology and a more complex antagonist group.

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Dean

Dean

At first when I started watching this movie, I thouht it was another propaganda crap movie. It started with the group from an interracial and a gay couple who were typical city spoiled brat, woke liberals. They were so annoying and stupid t...
GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwin...

The main cast are so evil towards the dumb yokel country folk... presumably for the social crime of not being urban elites, and so pretentious even when they are talking to themselves that you actually want to see them die. You aren't sc...
Kamurai

Kamurai

Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. This has very little to do with the original other than weird people hunting people in the woods. This movie surprised me quite a bit, I just didn't expect it to take the story ...
BeanieCore

BeanieCore

I've long said that if you're going to bother remaking a film, it either needs to be a genuine continuation of the original, or a reboot, that offers a different spin on the same basic concepts. This film certainly falls into the latter cat...
JPV852

JPV852

It was okay. Glad it wasn't just a rehash of the original (which I have a little fondness for, as many issues that one had). This one seemed to have elements of The Witch to me and at least found it mildly entertaining and I liked Charlotte...