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The first time I watched them I was 11 I think? I like the first 3 one is my favorite. After that I didn't really bother my parents had them but I didn't like 4 or 5 Didn't bother with 6.
This film and two are suprisingly good 2 is the perfect equal of campy and cheesy and serious with the film not taking itself seriously in the slightest while this film is very good tho kind of forgetable in the grand scheme of things
In high school, I was at my buddies house and fell asleep watching Wrong Turn on HBO and woke in the middle of House of 1000 Corpses. Having never seen either, I thought Wrong Turn was a very long horror movie that shifts dramatically in tone at some point, as I thought the dead naked woman in the trunk of the car in 1000C was Eliza Dushku
As a kid from west virginia, this was always more terrifying to me than any supernatural horror movie. I was never afraid that an alien or monster would come into my room at night, but the fear of some freaks that live out in the woods climbing through my window and kidnapping me kept me up for many many nights.
Here in the southwest there's legends of people called The Sniffers. They get down on all fours and track people by scent like dogs. And there's there's the ultra violent, fiercely ruthless beings known as "Little Apaches". Even the real Apaches feared them. Think of savagely violent wee folk.
@order66 Kind of had the same thing going in southern Wisconsin. Where the " backwoods" portions were as close to cities of 100,000 people as 45-60 minutes away. And everyone is afraid of the original SkinWalkers and Windigo. MN and Iowa run a close second. The only big difference being you have travel a bit further to reach areas with populations of 58.
@@CC-vw6rp My commute to school is almost 2 hours from my parent's in a town of 58. But you'd never know there's actually a population density of more than one household every 3 miles. And there's pretty much no one in between. So I don't doubt that you're right. Even with the route being mostly highway, I have emergency rations as well as extra clothing, extra chargers, an extra ALS kit I bought during my EMT time, and blankets (including 2 thick comforters.) In my car. It really wouldn't take much to end up completely screwed in the case of a breakdown or something.
I just want to point out that Jake is played by an actor called Texas Battle and that is an amaaaaaazing name. Also I will defend Wrong turn 2 forever, that film is an over the top masterpiece and Henry Rollins was perfect. The rest of the series though? Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Texas Battle is a staple in B action movies. He has been in several action films over the past 5 years with Bruce Willis who stars in them, and by stars in them I mean is in the movie for 15 mins but gets top billed. I heard Texas Battle and Bruce had some issues so they couldn't be on set together even when they were in the same scene and had to have their scenes filmed in ways where one was facing away from the camera and it was his stunt double and so they had to do twice the work when filming. They might be okay now because they were in a recent movie and were in the same scene. Anyways, Texas Battle is an awesome name. Sorry I got off topic.
Wrong Turn 1 is a classic. That might have been the first horror movie I watched where I genuinely liked the group of young people. It actually shocked me and I still remember that to this day.
Yeah the original is good. Reminded me a lot of that controversial episode of The X-Files called 'Home', which was definitely the best episode too btw.
is that the one where the kids play baseball then under the earth they find a foetus? that episode gave me the creeps which I suppose X Files should but I always preferred the ones between this & that one with Shia Lebouef where his dad is really lucky where there's barely any stakes or Sci Fi elements
A friend of mine told me his wife was interested in maybe watching the Xfiles and asked me if I would describe the show to her since he knew I was a fan of the show. So I talked to her about it, focusing on the conspiracy aspect. He later told me that she did decide to watch it but somehow the first episode she watched was Home! I got a good laugh out of that. I thought she would start with the first episode and work her way through but oh well.
I'm old enough to have seen "home" the night it premiered. I usually only watched X-Files when they had a "monster of the week" episode. That one was creepy and uncomfortable and definitely the best episode!!
I was thinking the exact same thing! Probably one of the most memorable episodes of the series, and of all the character deaths in the series, the sheriff and his wife's murder impacted me the most for some reason.
The scene in the first movie when the girl gets axed while they're in the trees is still one of the most memorable horror movie moments ever for me maybe I was just too young when I watched it or something, but it's 100 times more memorable than generic ghost #42 goes boo for the 6th time
Yep. The camera zooming out from her pupil while they change size as you hear the rest of her body hitting the trees as it goes down was **chefs kiss**
My 1st time seeing wrong turn was when the girl gets sliced in 2 halves I was 10-11 yrs old at that time at my relatives house and vomitted about an hour later 😅 I didn't tell anyone that I vomitted because of that ...
See No Evil. God I would to see a video of yours on Wrestlers in Horror movies. The rock in Doom, CM Punk Girl in the Third floor, Goldberg in Santas Slay and of course Rowdy Roddy Piper in They Live.
The original wrong turn is amazing for me personally, but I think nostalgia plays into that alot, I watched it for the first time when I was like 7-8 at night at my older cousins house while he baby sat me, so it has alot of shit in it I'm certain I wouldn't find as compelling terrifying as I did back then.
"modern", but as a teenager growing up in the early 2000s who developed a deep love for the slasher genre and the tropes therein, I was always on the lookout for more modern slasher movies, and I began to notice what felt like an underground slasher resurgence. Behind the Mask: the Rise of Leslie Vernon is one of my favorite movies period. It's a beautifully composed love letter to slashers and a rollercoaster of a film to watch. I insist on showing it to any and all friends who are even a little into horror. Hatchet is one I heavily associate with Behind the Mask because of its similar horror homage and proximity in both release and placement on my local video store shelf. I don't enjoy it as much, but I deeply appreciate what it does as a film and for the genre. Leading credence to what I said about there being an underground slasher resurgence, in the wild west days of early 2000s internet there was a segment that lasted a LONG time on Wikipedia insisting that these two films and the Wrong Turn franchise would have a three way crossover called Wrong Turn Behind the Hatchet. It likely would have been a mess, but one I'm sure horror fans would have eaten up, myself included. Jeepers Creepers (and its sequel) is a great monster flick masquerading as a slasher movie, and it does an amazing job with both genres. Laid to Rest came out in 2009, when my awareness of modern slashers was at an all-time high. It features an intriguing premise of a girl with amnesia on the run from a masked killer named Chromeskull. It's been a while since I've seen the film and its sequel, but I remember it ticking nearly every box I had as a horror fan at the time; it felt like a magical movie. Midnight Movie (2008) I had similar hopes for, and while they weren't as satisfied as they were with Laid to Rest, I still remember it fondly for an equally intriguing premise, cool villain, and some decent character work. Trick 'r Treat isn't expressly a slasher but has slasher elements, and a masked killer which I've always considered synonymous with slashers, so I count it among this pantheon. If anyone reads all that, kudos. The 2000s, while incredibly flawed as we started to see more bad remakes and teen dramas converted into horror, was also a special time to love slasher movies and all their trope-tastic goodness. It feels sometimes like the film industry has genuinely moved past these kinds of movies, and that's deeply upsetting.
Tbh, the reboot feels like it should've been a movie separate from the movie series itself. i feel like the whole shtick of wrong turn is how awfully made and gore it is but the reboot is like a whole new plot or sumn.
The first Wrong Turn will always be my favorite. My wife and I still refer to Jeremy Sisto, who played Scott, as Flowerchild Goldbloom whenever we see him in anything because of it. Scott is totally the hippy lovechild of Jeff Goldbloom and no one will ever convince me otherwise.
I actually think the second movie is the best one... it’s sleazy, unapologetically stupid and gory, and a lot of fun. The first Wrong Turn makes me wanna sleep 😴
The first one will always be my favorite as my sisters and I were huge fans of Buffy at the time and were excited mainly from seeing Eliza Dushku in the raiders play another badass
Loved the original. I think it's a future classic. The 2nd one was gory, violent and a solid sequel. I loved the low budget feel of the 3rd one,had great situation and kills. 4th one was better thn 3rd. 5th one was pure fun .6th one had it moments and looked good.
We went to the cinema to watch Wrong Turn, I seem to remember the 'creature' effects were done by Stan Winston studios. That alone tells you it actually had a budget.
Ngl, I didn't knew about this franchise until it was covered on the Dead Meat kill count. Maybe it just flew over my head or it was never really big promoted in my country. At least I heard that title but never gave it a second thought what the story would be about
i loved the new Wrong Turn 2021. It absolutely does not fit into the previous films, but because it is part of the series, I think it's one of the best movies I've seen in awhile.
I like a good double edged safety razor and cheap shark blades. It is easy to rinse out and sharp as heck but not too hard to get used to. Only cut myself like 3 times out of many uses.
Seriously, Wrong Turn 2: Dead End is a personal favorite. It's SUCH a fun and entertaining B-movie riot, with surprisingly good characters and a nice jab at reality-TV. I think it's the most self-aware film in the series, and by far the best one.
Hatchet deserves its own in depth analysis, and shouldn´t be piled up with something else as just a point of comparison. I would love to see a light-hearted approach on the series as it pays a nice homage of the splatstick genre as a whole, and can be very enjoyable (with the help of a beer or two)
I'm going to have to back up the "tree jump". In the novel "First Blood", John Rambo jumps 10-20 feet from a cliff face into a pine forest. There's tons of branches in there, you'd have a decent chance to catch yourself, equal chance to poke your eyes out and hit every branch on the way down. But, there's a chance.
I was literally just thinking yesterday, while watching another guy cover this series, "I really really hope Ryan is going to cover this someday, but I don't think that's happening for a while." Never been happier to be wrong 😁
Watching wrong turn 5 is like watching a defenseless girl get beat up by a bunch of bullies, men and women, knowing there's nothing you can do, and all you can do is watch her walk away from it all bloodied up and bruised, crying her eyes out. That's how watching wrong turn 5 feels like.
Great review Ryan. Did you see the 2021 remake? I just reviewed it and compared it to the 2003 movie recently. It is "in name only" and aside from the characters taking a "Wrong Turn" it has NOTHING to do with the original 2003 movie. Even the characters are terrible. Especially the blond woman. Who's name I couldn't remember so I just called her Karen. It's a very fitting name for her character.
Wrong Turn 3-6 are some of the sleaziest, cheesiest, dumbest, most ridiculous, mean-spirited and unintentionally hilarious parts of a horror-franchise I have ever seen! And that's why I enjoy them in a "crazy bullshit" kind of way...
Someone should honestly make a supercut of Ryan saying 'hoyever' throughout his RUclips career. I would listen to that as anxiety-calming ASMR, someone make it pls 😢
Thank you! Thank you thank you thank you for being honest with your timestamps in the description! ^_^ Thank you for putting one for the ads and 1 that goes straight into the video! 💘 😻
Haven't seen these but the family look more like that inbred family from The X-Files episode "Home". I remember it had a viewer discretion warning and was truly disturbing. No suprise it only aired once and was a while before it resurfaced again.
Was browsing the comments waiting to see this. Home probably wasn't the first piece of media to adapt this concept but the Wrong Turn movies definitely seem to have some influence from the episode, even the mutants appearances like you said.
I appreciate how Ryan never automatically writes off schlocky movies. Just because something isn't a masterpiece doesn't mean that it has nothing to contribute to an analysis or discussion
Schlock and masterpieces aren't mutually exclusive in my book. I watch a lot of transgressive movies and having schlocky content doesn't mean a movie doesn't have something to say. Too many people feel that being intellectual and philosophical has to equal highbrow. I hate intellectual sterility.
See, that was my problem with #5 - it tried to be a cynical and depressing "torture porn" film, but it completely forgot how ridiculous the premise was: The inbreed cannibals sabotaging the entire town with ease (even though there's a festival going on) like criminal masterminds, while the main characters are doomed no matter what they do. It's such a mess of a movie.
For me, Wrong Turn 1 & 2 are the best ones. That's it. I stopped at 4, couldn't take it anymore. The remake? Eh. I'll give them credit for being completely different but I prefer the inbred cannibals more. The twist was so obvious from the moment those 2 masked guys couldn't communicate well with the teenagers. And you have that dumb moment where they didn't run sideways, I guess they watched Prometheus. But hey, I liked the end credits. I'm glad it wasn't a downer ending. So just watch the first 2 and then Hills Have Eyes remake.
I didn't like the latest wrong turn film(the foundation). The only thing it had in common was just the name. It's basically a completely different movie.
I’m afraid I don’t have anything incredibly witty, original or insightful to add here, but I absolutely love this channel, & having achieved nothing else of any note today - & I unequivocally haven’t! - I’m claiming the dubious honour of leaving the 94th comment! Yay for me...🤦🏻♀️ Edit: Crikey! Was that an incredibly young Jeremy Sisto getting shot in the back by a bunch of arrows? Curious!🙃
The first two WT's are really good, but the first one is the only that does the premise justice. As you said, it eliminated all of the winking silliness the sequels became known for, and played it straight.
I’d say overall quality wise the first Wrong Turn is the best but I think 2 is such a wild ride. It’s the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 of the franchise and I mean that in the BEST way. I think I’d rank the franchise as 1. Wrong Turn 2. Wrong Turn 2 3. Wrong Turn 6 4. Wrong Turn 4. 5. Wrong Turn 5 and 3. They both tie for last because both are pretty much unwatchable. Some real low tier junk in my opinion. I haven’t seen the reboot yet so I can’t rank it in the list.
In the original 6 movies, there is a total of 5 character that survived: Chris and Jess from the first film, Jake and Nina from the second, and Alex from the third. That’s it! No good guys from the second half of the series survive! (And no, I’m not counting Lita from part 5: she was blinded and taken captive by the cannibals. She’s as good as dead.)
love your essay videos Ryan as I am a massive fan of horror genre (both movies and video game) hoyever, I didnt find any video discussing Population 436. I watched that movie when I was a kid and I think the concept was soo good. could you do video essay about it pls? much thanks in advance. :)
For the love of god avoid Wrong Turn 7 cleverly branded as an actual Wrong Turn “reboot” to get people interested. One of the worst films I’ve watched in a long time. The writing is atrocious, and having a woke group of protagonists is not an excuse to churn out abysmal trash.
@ThatDumbBitch apart from the name everything about it was a “Wrong Turn”. I think the problem would have been had they called it The Foundation you’re essentially putting it up against films that have done that idea already, and done it better. Midsommar, The Wicker Man etc. So they probably figured it was close to the original just enough to market it as a reboot. And fair play, I myself probably would have had no interest in watching Wrong Turn 7 had they not done that. You can have a reboot that’s different to the original, that’s fine, but the premise has to essentially stay the same. Changing the inbred, mutant hillbillies to a kind of cult was kind of like making a Jaws reboot but there’s now a octopus instead of a shark. It’s stupid. If the name of the reboot film clearly doesn’t match the substance of the original, you’ve probably been conned by clever marketing.
I can never differentiate Wrong Turn from Cabin Fever. My mind just blends them together into one bland, forgettable movie from that lackluster era in horror.
Love the little nod to Deliverance. Maybe too mainstream for a lot of tastes. But it was the first "Horror by Daylight" film I watched along with Duel.
See No Evil, Scream and the great progenitor, Psycho - the bait and switch no one is safe trope. I'm sure I'm late to mentioning it, and I'm doubly sure you already know.
I've always loved Wrong Turn. I never saw any of the sequels because I didn't think they'd be any good. Now I'm kinda curious about the 2nd though. Great vid as always!
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Btw, the reboot would need its own video to explain what I mean... *but tell me this: What is the BEST film in the Wrong Turn series?*
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early gang.
I think Wrong Turn (2003) is best out of the whole series.
The first time I watched them I was 11 I think?
I like the first 3 one is my favorite.
After that I didn't really bother my parents had them but I didn't like 4 or 5
Didn't bother with 6.
ryan hope you can do a vid on hellraiser
I think the third movie was when this franchise decided to take a wrong turn
Please don’t kill me
Agree. Part 3-6 are plain insane, but they were also the movies that taught me films didn't have to be good to be entertaning, heh!
The first two films are serviceable, the rest are complete garbage
Definitely could tell, I mean they started adding so much unnecessary sex/nude scenes, at the expense of character development.
This film and two are suprisingly good 2 is the perfect equal of campy and cheesy and serious with the film not taking itself seriously in the slightest while this film is very good tho kind of forgetable in the grand scheme of things
You get a pass, that was a good one.
In high school, I was at my buddies house and fell asleep watching Wrong Turn on HBO and woke in the middle of House of 1000 Corpses. Having never seen either, I thought Wrong Turn was a very long horror movie that shifts dramatically in tone at some point, as I thought the dead naked woman in the trunk of the car in 1000C was Eliza Dushku
I would pay to see somebody cut those films together like that and try to make it make sense
@@willowbarrelmaker8269 Yo, me too. Honestly I liked both movies less after I realized they were different.
Lmao!
This was my mum's experience with (I swear to god this is true) The Fifth Element and The Sixth Sense.
@@FTZPLTC "the kid he had with that alien lady has superpowers to see ghosts, but why did they hide it from the child"
As a kid from west virginia, this was always more terrifying to me than any supernatural horror movie. I was never afraid that an alien or monster would come into my room at night, but the fear of some freaks that live out in the woods climbing through my window and kidnapping me kept me up for many many nights.
The only mutant freaks you have to worry about in middle america are the water people, and the only thing they hunt is deals.
Here in the southwest there's legends of people called The Sniffers. They get down on all fours and track people by scent like dogs. And there's there's the ultra violent, fiercely ruthless beings known as "Little Apaches". Even the real Apaches feared them.
Think of savagely violent wee folk.
@order66 Kind of had the same thing going in southern Wisconsin. Where the " backwoods" portions were as close to cities of 100,000 people as 45-60 minutes away. And everyone is afraid of the original SkinWalkers and Windigo.
MN and Iowa run a close second. The only big difference being you have travel a bit further to reach areas with populations of 58.
@@CC-vw6rp My commute to school is almost 2 hours from my parent's in a town of 58. But you'd never know there's actually a population density of more than one household every 3 miles. And there's pretty much no one in between. So I don't doubt that you're right.
Even with the route being mostly highway, I have emergency rations as well as extra clothing, extra chargers, an extra ALS kit I bought during my EMT time, and blankets (including 2 thick comforters.) In my car. It really wouldn't take much to end up completely screwed in the case of a breakdown or something.
@@skylx0812 well to be fair the apache people didn't have AR15s did they?
My favorite Wrong Turn sequel was Tucker and Dale vs Evil.
Heheheehehehehe
Well played. I was thinking the same thing when I started to watch this.
Well howdy do officer we've had a DOOZY of a day!
Nice
I just want to point out that Jake is played by an actor called Texas Battle and that is an amaaaaaazing name.
Also I will defend Wrong turn 2 forever, that film is an over the top masterpiece and Henry Rollins was perfect. The rest of the series though? Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
At least the wrong turn (2021) is something approved where the rest of the sequels of 3,4,5 and 6 failed.
Texas Battle is a staple in B action movies. He has been in several action films over the past 5 years with Bruce Willis who stars in them, and by stars in them I mean is in the movie for 15 mins but gets top billed. I heard Texas Battle and Bruce had some issues so they couldn't be on set together even when they were in the same scene and had to have their scenes filmed in ways where one was facing away from the camera and it was his stunt double and so they had to do twice the work when filming. They might be okay now because they were in a recent movie and were in the same scene. Anyways, Texas Battle is an awesome name. Sorry I got off topic.
Rollins was awesome, you were cheering for him the whole time.
@@Saku19 Rollins was definitely the highlight of that movie and a good change to see someone that could actually fight back.
The Russian dude in 3 was the only good thing about it.
I don't even watch horror I'm just here for the hoyever
Now you've spelt it out, I can only hear it enunciated like that
Aren't we all
He's really tapped into the power of the "hoyever" movement
fr it's addictive
I’m here for the let’stawkabowdid
Actually really like Wrong Turn 2, definitely a guilty pleasure. Henry Rollins is a badass in it
Guilty pleasure is a lie,be proud of what you like
Everybody loves Wrong Turn 2 though...
@@domingosjunior6805 Guilty Pleasure isn't a lie. I enjoy things that are objectively terrible hence the term.
@@MrSqurk objectiively bad or good is a lie created by pretentious critics
@@domingosjunior6805 pretending nothing can be objectively terrible is also pretentious.
Fun Fact: In the cabin explosion in the first film, they use a James Brown scream.
Someone’s been watching dead meat
Wrong Turn 1 is a classic. That might have been the first horror movie I watched where I genuinely liked the group of young people. It actually shocked me and I still remember that to this day.
right? and the protagonist is actually rational about this whole thing and barely even panics its those 4 people that has to die for the horror
Yeah the original is good. Reminded me a lot of that controversial episode of The X-Files called 'Home', which was definitely the best episode too btw.
is that the one where the kids play baseball then under the earth they find a foetus? that episode gave me the creeps which I suppose X Files should but I always preferred the ones between this & that one with Shia Lebouef where his dad is really lucky where there's barely any stakes or Sci Fi elements
@@someguynamedmike4766 Yeah, that's the intro scene right at the beginning.
A friend of mine told me his wife was interested in maybe watching the Xfiles and asked me if I would describe the show to her since he knew I was a fan of the show. So I talked to her about it, focusing on the conspiracy aspect. He later told me that she did decide to watch it but somehow the first episode she watched was Home! I got a good laugh out of that. I thought she would start with the first episode and work her way through but oh well.
I'm old enough to have seen "home" the night it premiered. I usually only watched X-Files when they had a "monster of the week" episode. That one was creepy and uncomfortable and definitely the best episode!!
I was thinking the exact same thing! Probably one of the most memorable episodes of the series, and of all the character deaths in the series, the sheriff and his wife's murder impacted me the most for some reason.
The second one was the best one because Henry Rollins
*Returning to Mother Base*
Legit dropped 10 on It on youtube just cuz he was in it
Came here to say this, not disappointed 🤘
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I liked the second one too it wasn’t as good as the first but i enjoy it
“Inbred Cannibal Killers”... that could probably be an sweet thrash metal band name.
The scene in the first movie when the girl gets axed while they're in the trees is still one of the most memorable horror movie moments ever for me
maybe I was just too young when I watched it or something, but it's 100 times more memorable than generic ghost #42 goes boo for the 6th time
Yep. The camera zooming out from her pupil while they change size as you hear the rest of her body hitting the trees as it goes down was **chefs kiss**
My 1st time seeing wrong turn was when the girl gets sliced in 2 halves
I was 10-11 yrs old at that time at my relatives house and vomitted about an hour later 😅
I didn't tell anyone that I vomitted because of that ...
Have never watched any of the Wrong Turn movies for myself, but still happy to tune in to another fantastic video from Ryan!
Same
My thoughts exactly. 💖
Really? I'm genuinely surprised
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@@maurabewsmedia1688 What are you talking about? lol
"Do you know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world. To not know why you're here. That's...that's just an awful feeling."
10/10 for quote. Love Unbreakable
Taking the highway maybe the safest yet slowest way to get to your destination.
HOWEVER... That won't start the plot of a horror movie.
Ryan Hollinger: The Horror Salesman.
Come for the cerebral dissection of horror movies, stay for the vaudeville sales pitch.
See No Evil. God I would to see a video of yours on Wrestlers in Horror movies. The rock in Doom, CM Punk Girl in the Third floor, Goldberg in Santas Slay and of course Rowdy Roddy Piper in They Live.
The original wrong turn is amazing for me personally, but I think nostalgia plays into that alot, I watched it for the first time when I was like 7-8 at night at my older cousins house while he baby sat me, so it has alot of shit in it I'm certain I wouldn't find as compelling terrifying as I did back then.
The first one will forever be my favorite. It's a classic in our family and my dad always makes references/quotes the movie.
"modern", but as a teenager growing up in the early 2000s who developed a deep love for the slasher genre and the tropes therein, I was always on the lookout for more modern slasher movies, and I began to notice what felt like an underground slasher resurgence.
Behind the Mask: the Rise of Leslie Vernon is one of my favorite movies period. It's a beautifully composed love letter to slashers and a rollercoaster of a film to watch. I insist on showing it to any and all friends who are even a little into horror.
Hatchet is one I heavily associate with Behind the Mask because of its similar horror homage and proximity in both release and placement on my local video store shelf. I don't enjoy it as much, but I deeply appreciate what it does as a film and for the genre. Leading credence to what I said about there being an underground slasher resurgence, in the wild west days of early 2000s internet there was a segment that lasted a LONG time on Wikipedia insisting that these two films and the Wrong Turn franchise would have a three way crossover called Wrong Turn Behind the Hatchet. It likely would have been a mess, but one I'm sure horror fans would have eaten up, myself included.
Jeepers Creepers (and its sequel) is a great monster flick masquerading as a slasher movie, and it does an amazing job with both genres.
Laid to Rest came out in 2009, when my awareness of modern slashers was at an all-time high. It features an intriguing premise of a girl with amnesia on the run from a masked killer named Chromeskull. It's been a while since I've seen the film and its sequel, but I remember it ticking nearly every box I had as a horror fan at the time; it felt like a magical movie.
Midnight Movie (2008) I had similar hopes for, and while they weren't as satisfied as they were with Laid to Rest, I still remember it fondly for an equally intriguing premise, cool villain, and some decent character work.
Trick 'r Treat isn't expressly a slasher but has slasher elements, and a masked killer which I've always considered synonymous with slashers, so I count it among this pantheon.
If anyone reads all that, kudos. The 2000s, while incredibly flawed as we started to see more bad remakes and teen dramas converted into horror, was also a special time to love slasher movies and all their trope-tastic goodness. It feels sometimes like the film industry has genuinely moved past these kinds of movies, and that's deeply upsetting.
6:21 the James Brown - I Feel Good scream sample
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Tbh, the reboot feels like it should've been a movie separate from the movie series itself. i feel like the whole shtick of wrong turn is how awfully made and gore it is but the reboot is like a whole new plot or sumn.
Don't be scared, me. Pirate Ryan Hollinger isn't real. He can't hurt you.
sequels really needed henry Rollins as core character killing him off was a mistake
I was introduced to wrong turn by my friends. I love them, but I hate them. And by them I mean my friends
The first Wrong Turn will always be my favorite. My wife and I still refer to Jeremy Sisto, who played Scott, as Flowerchild Goldbloom whenever we see him in anything because of it. Scott is totally the hippy lovechild of Jeff Goldbloom and no one will ever convince me otherwise.
Really loved the first one but man the 2nd one was a fun watch, possibly my favorite. The ones after are guilty pleasures haha. Loved the video!!
Totally with ya on that. The OG is usually the better one, but at least #2 is super fun. I like that they don't take themselves too seriously.
I actually think the second movie is the best one... it’s sleazy, unapologetically stupid and gory, and a lot of fun. The first Wrong Turn makes me wanna sleep 😴
I agree 100%!
Henry Rollins made that movie honestly
@Jamie McCallum ngl I was going put that but I decided not to and come to find out you said it sooo thars crazy 😂
Sleazy is bad though.
The first had more suspenseful scenes.
The first one will always be my favorite as my sisters and I were huge fans of Buffy at the time and were excited mainly from seeing Eliza Dushku in the raiders play another badass
Loved the original. I think it's a future classic. The 2nd one was gory, violent and a solid sequel. I loved the low budget feel of the 3rd one,had great situation and kills. 4th one was better thn 3rd. 5th one was pure fun .6th one had it moments and looked good.
We went to the cinema to watch Wrong Turn, I seem to remember the 'creature' effects were done by Stan Winston studios.
That alone tells you it actually had a budget.
Ngl, I didn't knew about this franchise until it was covered on the Dead Meat kill count. Maybe it just flew over my head or it was never really big promoted in my country. At least I heard that title but never gave it a second thought what the story would be about
i loved the new Wrong Turn 2021. It absolutely does not fit into the previous films, but because it is part of the series, I think it's one of the best movies I've seen in awhile.
I’m gonna be honest Harry’s razors suck their blades get clogged with hair constantly and are damn hard to clean
Have you tried dollar shave club?
I haven't and this comment is not sponsored, I'm just curious
They should rename their brand into Hairy razors then..
I like a good double edged safety razor and cheap shark blades. It is easy to rinse out and sharp as heck but not too hard to get used to. Only cut myself like 3 times out of many uses.
dollarshave and harry both suck, hoyever we need ryan to eat because he cant make content if he starves. soletstalkabouddit
Seriously, Wrong Turn 2: Dead End is a personal favorite. It's SUCH a fun and entertaining B-movie riot, with surprisingly good characters and a nice jab at reality-TV. I think it's the most self-aware film in the series, and by far the best one.
I’ve always said this.. everything about wrong turn 2 was great
I love the fact your production skills have improved. Introducing chapters is a great addition. Thanks.
Me: *slightly offended because I like See No Evil a lot.*
Also me: *nodding in agreement*
me: same af
also me: same af
Hatchet deserves its own in depth analysis, and shouldn´t be piled up with something else as just a point of comparison. I would love to see a light-hearted approach on the series as it pays a nice homage of the splatstick genre as a whole, and can be very enjoyable (with the help of a beer or two)
Does "The Man Who Killed Hitler and then Bigfoot" count as direct to video? i just need someone to acknowledge that movies existence.
The what now
@@Nothing-1w3 the man who killed hitler and then bigfoot, starring sam elliot.
i saw that on a walmart dvd shelf once and i am concerned.
added to my watchlist! thanks!
I'm going to have to back up the "tree jump". In the novel "First Blood", John Rambo jumps 10-20 feet from a cliff face into a pine forest. There's tons of branches in there, you'd have a decent chance to catch yourself, equal chance to poke your eyes out and hit every branch on the way down. But, there's a chance.
I was literally just thinking yesterday, while watching another guy cover this series, "I really really hope Ryan is going to cover this someday, but I don't think that's happening for a while." Never been happier to be wrong 😁
When Wrong Turn becomes Wrong Thought Process.
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Watching wrong turn 5 is like watching a defenseless girl get beat up by a bunch of bullies, men and women, knowing there's nothing you can do, and all you can do is watch her walk away from it all bloodied up and bruised, crying her eyes out. That's how watching wrong turn 5 feels like.
I wanted Henry Rollins character to survive and carry on to the sequels, lol. I would have loved to see him on a vendetta to kill these cannibals.
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Honestly might be the video I've been waiting for the most. This is literally like my third favorite horror franchise behind Freddy and TCM
Great review Ryan. Did you see the 2021 remake?
I just reviewed it and compared it to the 2003 movie recently. It is "in name only" and aside from the characters taking a "Wrong Turn" it has NOTHING to do with the original 2003 movie.
Even the characters are terrible. Especially the blond woman. Who's name I couldn't remember so I just called her Karen.
It's a very fitting name for her character.
Wrong Turn 3-6 are some of the sleaziest, cheesiest, dumbest, most ridiculous, mean-spirited and unintentionally hilarious parts of a horror-franchise I have ever seen! And that's why I enjoy them in a "crazy bullshit" kind of way...
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I love how your accent makes however sound like Howyever. It fills me with delight. Always enjoy the content, man. Hope you're well and safe.
Someone should honestly make a supercut of Ryan saying 'hoyever' throughout his RUclips career.
I would listen to that as anxiety-calming ASMR, someone make it pls 😢
Thank you! Thank you thank you thank you for being honest with your timestamps in the description!
^_^ Thank you for putting one for the ads and 1 that goes straight into the video! 💘 😻
I went and saw this in theaters just for Buffy’s faith. Love Eliza dushku.
Yup!!!! Same here. Her being in the movie was the best part.
I genuinely feel like they should’ve stopped after 4, that’s when shit got DUMB!
This should’ve been a perfect opportunity to call the video ‘Wrong turn before it took a wrong turn’
Haven't seen these but the family look more like that inbred family from The X-Files episode "Home". I remember it had a viewer discretion warning and was truly disturbing. No suprise it only aired once and was a while before it resurfaced again.
Oh god that episode fucked me ALLLLLL the way up
@skylx08
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't that episode debut a year or two ahead before Wrong Turn?
@@fenwar9060 Seven years actually! Wrong Turn came out in 2003, and “Home” aired in 1996.
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I smell lawsuit somewhere. 😁
Was browsing the comments waiting to see this. Home probably wasn't the first piece of media to adapt this concept but the Wrong Turn movies definitely seem to have some influence from the episode, even the mutants appearances like you said.
This is the Great Value version of Deliverance. Great work, Ryan!
Future video sugestion: "last house on the left" remake
I appreciate how Ryan never automatically writes off schlocky movies. Just because something isn't a masterpiece doesn't mean that it has nothing to contribute to an analysis or discussion
Schlock and masterpieces aren't mutually exclusive in my book. I watch a lot of transgressive movies and having schlocky content doesn't mean a movie doesn't have something to say. Too many people feel that being intellectual and philosophical has to equal highbrow. I hate intellectual sterility.
man's dissin wrong turn 4 but ya gotta admit that opening musical sequence is one of the most fun scenes you've seen in horror
Ryan: "What do you use Harry's razors for?"
Three Fingers: "Food preparation."
Wrong turn 5 actually fucked me up a bit, some of the deaths were so uncomfortable, not the fun horror trip i thought it would be
Yeah. And that ending...yikes.
Not even "scary" horror just...well, like you said, uncomfortable.
@@randomcenturion7264 Agreed!
See, that was my problem with #5 - it tried to be a cynical and depressing "torture porn" film, but it completely forgot how ridiculous the premise was: The inbreed cannibals sabotaging the entire town with ease (even though there's a festival going on) like criminal masterminds, while the main characters are doomed no matter what they do. It's such a mess of a movie.
For me, Wrong Turn 1 & 2 are the best ones. That's it. I stopped at 4, couldn't take it anymore. The remake? Eh. I'll give them credit for being completely different but I prefer the inbred cannibals more. The twist was so obvious from the moment those 2 masked guys couldn't communicate well with the teenagers. And you have that dumb moment where they didn't run sideways, I guess they watched Prometheus. But hey, I liked the end credits. I'm glad it wasn't a downer ending. So just watch the first 2 and then Hills Have Eyes remake.
Dude, I literally checked your channel yesterday to see if you had any videos about wrong turn. Serendipitous
"Sloane" and "rebellious cheerleader from 'Bring It On' " wearing tank tops all day...Definitely makes original the best.
6:23 after watching Dead Meat's video on this I can't unhear the James Brown- I Feel Good whoa in that explosion.
I didn't like the latest wrong turn film(the foundation). The only thing it had in common was just the name. It's basically a completely different movie.
Such a disappointment after waiting 7 years for it, it upsets me more than it should but fffuu😠😢
It wasn't even a horror movie. Huge disappointment.
@@yazminbowyer3157 No cannibal hill Billies☹️
@@toaster4693 Exactly,it wasn't necessarily a bad film it was 'meh' but naming it wrong turn was click bait
They should give the series a rest and reboot it after a few years.
The reboot just left me wondering how the chief founder had that impecable hair style living in a forrest/cave
Great video
Never been this early! So excited to see this video Ryan! Love everything you do!
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Huge guilty pleasure of mine, love all of them. I can’t put my finger on it, just genuine enjoyment for me!
I’m afraid I don’t have anything incredibly witty, original or insightful to add here, but I absolutely love this channel, & having achieved nothing else of any note today - & I unequivocally haven’t! - I’m claiming the dubious honour of leaving the 94th comment! Yay for me...🤦🏻♀️ Edit: Crikey! Was that an incredibly young Jeremy Sisto getting shot in the back by a bunch of arrows? Curious!🙃
What I remember about the first movie is that the first half of it was actually really solid, then it fell apart in the second half
The saddest death in the first one was clearly the mustang
The first two WT's are really good, but the first one is the only that does the premise justice. As you said, it eliminated all of the winking silliness the sequels became known for, and played it straight.
I love these movies, I’m a sucker for shit B movie gore and hillbilly’s.
Part 1 will forever be my favorite I saw it when I was 5 or 6 and it terrified me
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I’d say overall quality wise the first Wrong Turn is the best but I think 2 is such a wild ride. It’s the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 of the franchise and I mean that in the BEST way. I think I’d rank the franchise as
1. Wrong Turn
2. Wrong Turn 2
3. Wrong Turn 6
4. Wrong Turn 4.
5. Wrong Turn 5 and 3. They both tie for last because both are pretty much unwatchable. Some real low tier junk in my opinion.
I haven’t seen the reboot yet so I can’t rank it in the list.
man he always structures these videos so well
ah, another day Ryan Hollinger uploads is another day I wear a smile
Wrong Turn is one of my favorite movies. I didn't get past the beach scene in the sequel 🤦♀️
The second film is easily the best film. Then the first and reboot. Then the rest are guilty pleasures that I kinda enjoy.
In the original 6 movies, there is a total of 5 character that survived: Chris and Jess from the first film, Jake and Nina from the second, and Alex from the third. That’s it! No good guys from the second half of the series survive!
(And no, I’m not counting Lita from part 5: she was blinded and taken captive by the cannibals. She’s as good as dead.)
Speaking of a good 2000s horror movie that spawn a gory franchise with a reboot, how about a look at SAW?
The first two films are my late dad's second favorite horror films. After The Thing and Juan of the Dead (which were pretty much tied).
HARRY’S recently married my step father, stole all of my pets and burned them in a stove pot
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love your essay videos Ryan as I am a massive fan of horror genre (both movies and video game)
hoyever, I didnt find any video discussing Population 436. I watched that movie when I was a kid and I think the concept was soo good. could you do video essay about it pls? much thanks in advance. :)
Looks like I made a right turn into another banger Horror Daddy video
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Please do an episode on High Lane! One of my top all-time 10 horror films!!!
You could say the Wrong Turn franchise took a...
wrong turn
get off the internet now
I remember phelous did a review of the series and made a joke that the wrong turn villains go into space and fight aliens
"Inbred cannibalistic killers."
Ah, so it's a Lovecraftian horror film.
The taking of Debrah Logan
Chasing sleep
Thanks! :)
For the love of god avoid Wrong Turn 7 cleverly branded as an actual Wrong Turn “reboot” to get people interested. One of the worst films I’ve watched in a long time. The writing is atrocious, and having a woke group of protagonists is not an excuse to churn out abysmal trash.
@ThatDumbBitch apart from the name everything about it was a “Wrong Turn”. I think the problem would have been had they called it The Foundation you’re essentially putting it up against films that have done that idea already, and done it better. Midsommar, The Wicker Man etc. So they probably figured it was close to the original just enough to market it as a reboot. And fair play, I myself probably would have had no interest in watching Wrong Turn 7 had they not done that. You can have a reboot that’s different to the original, that’s fine, but the premise has to essentially stay the same. Changing the inbred, mutant hillbillies to a kind of cult was kind of like making a Jaws reboot but there’s now a octopus instead of a shark. It’s stupid. If the name of the reboot film clearly doesn’t match the substance of the original, you’ve probably been conned by clever marketing.
Every time I see that guy i just think of ghost ship
I can never differentiate Wrong Turn from Cabin Fever. My mind just blends them together into one bland, forgettable movie from that lackluster era in horror.
Love the little nod to Deliverance. Maybe too mainstream for a lot of tastes. But it was the first "Horror by Daylight" film I watched along with Duel.
The Reboot was alright they skipped the stereotypical cannibals and introduced a secluded colony which I thought was kinda cool
See No Evil, Scream and the great progenitor, Psycho - the bait and switch no one is safe trope. I'm sure I'm late to mentioning it, and I'm doubly sure you already know.
Ryan could you possibly review Creepshow?
I've always loved Wrong Turn. I never saw any of the sequels because I didn't think they'd be any good. Now I'm kinda curious about the 2nd though. Great vid as always!
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