Wrong Turn 4 - La Montagna dei Folli

"We are not alone here...They are gonna kill us all." When three "special" boys who are brought to an insane asylum escape the reign on terror from the "Hillbilly Cannibals" begins. I will start by saying that this was much better then the third one. This movie further supports my argument that Hollywood is out of ideas and is stuck on prequels/sequels, re-makes and comic book movies only. If you don't believe me, ask yourself how long you have been saying..."I wish they made a prequel to 'Wrong Turn', the saga doesn't feel complete." That's what I thought. This movie is just a lot of screaming, blood and decapitations. Oh yeah, and cannibalism. If you are into that sort of thing this is the movie you have been waiting for. Overall, much better then the third, my favorite was the second...but again I don't think a prequel to this series was needed. I give it a C-.

*Also try - Maneater & Wrong Turn 1-3

To say that this is a slap in the face to all horror movie lovers is an understatement. How embarrassing for this director and for all of these actors..times are hard but come on-have some dignity! I knew what to expect watching another Wrong Turn movie. I wasn't expecting it to be on the same wavelength as Texas Chainsaw or anything but I expected a little bit of entertainment. Unfortunately, all I got was some hot sex scenes and cheesy blood and gore with masks that my 4 year old could make in daycare. How disappointing for Wrong Turn. In my eyes, nothing will be better than the first one and it should have stopped at the first one.

There wasn't any character development at all (I know you don't expect that much in scary movies but there was nothing), their actions were the antithesis of what any person with common sense would have done, there wasn't enough back story to really fill us in on how this started, it was just a hot mess! Do not waste your time watching this!!

Upon watching the first Wrong Turn back in 2003 it became an instant all time favorite of mine. Part two I found to be entertaining enough, but lacking compared to the first. The third one I was sad to admit that I didn't really like.

So, it was with mixed expectations that I turned on Wrong Turn 4.

My first point of critique is that it has a really slow start. This was something I also hated about Wrong Turn 3, because we're almost 50 minutes into the film before the action finally begins. Up until that point, it's all just cliché after cliché, some "BOOH!" chocks here and there, but no real action. It got kinda repetitive and boring. But then, out of nowhere, the action really picks up, and it doesn't let go until the movie's over.

This is were the good stuff begins. Wrong Turn 4 sure does take its sweet time to get going, but once it does, there are thrills to be found in it that can be compared to those in Wrong Turn 1. I won't spoil anything, but I will say that there are at least two scenes in Wrong Turn 4 that had me thrilled as much as Wrong Turn 1. Which is a huge plus. To that end, I definitely found this one the most adrenaline pumping since Wrong Turn 1; way more than part 2 and 3.

Okay, so the action (once it begins) is definitely good. How is the acting? It's what you would expect from this kind of budget horror. It's not award winning, but it actually does a decent enough job.

The gore is also a huge step up from Wrong Turn 3. While some of it had the same fake CGI look to it of the third one, a lot of it was on par with that of Wrong Turn 1 & 2. There's a lot of non-CGI blood and gore to be found in this one, and most of it looks good. It's good enough to keep your focus away from the less-impressive parts of the gore. Overall, I was satisfied with the gore, as well as the kills that brought it.

One more thing I really liked was that Wrong Turn 4 seemed to take a more "humane" approach to the hillbillies. There is one scene where the victims actually gains the upper hand and has the three hillbillies running for it. I really liked that, because it made them seem less invincible, and this in part made it even more interesting than the first Wrong Turn movie. All in all, the struggles between the hillbillies and the human victims was a lot more balanced in any of the three previous movies.

However, my biggest point of critique has got to be the makeup on the hillbillies. It is without a doubt, by far, the lousiest of all the movies. In every single scene where we see the mutants, especially Three Finger and One-Eye, it is so horribly obvious that they're wearing masks. You can literally SEE the distinction between the masks and the actors behind them, especially around the eyes. I always thought the Wrong Turn movies had really good makeup artistry on these hillbillies, but this is simply unacceptably and horribly made. It looks like an intern made it, and that isn't even fair to an intern to say, because any FX artist could've done it better. To put it short: the masks of the mutants are really, really horrible; so horrible that this is a 6 instead of a 7.

Overall, I was actually pretty positively surprised with part 4 of the Wrong Turns. If you, as I, loved the first one but didn't care for the third one - then I think you would like part 4, because they share a lot of elements. A lot more than I would've hoped for.

It's funny, a while back I was talking to my girlfriend about watching Wrong Turn 4, and I said to her: "Man, I wish they take it more in the direction of Wrong Turn 1, but I doubt it, because part 2 and 3 just got farther and farther away from the style of part 1."

But I guess they heard my prayers.

What was sure to be a fun filled romp in the woods complete with girl on girl action, takes a horrible turn. On the lighter side there are some lovely Fondue recipes in this movie that come with the Hannibal Lecter seal of approval. Not to say that everything in this movie is predictable (if you're drunk) but if you're sober then yeah its pretty cut and paste.

If you thought, like I did, that maybe this was some sort of prequel and you could watch the beginning of this now direct to DVD series then oh boy are you in for some crap. Pay very close attention to the scenes before the opening credits because that's all the back-story you're going to get. So in short if you'd like to see some kids get cut up for about 90 minutes and you don't mind turning off your brain, then yeah you may dig this movie.

My advice, go watch Silence of the Lambs or maybe Red Dragon, now those are some good movies right there. Also, if you happen to be in West Virginia and camping with your friends, invest in an iPhone. At the very least, get a Tom Tom.

This movie somewhat makes me angry for several reasons. First off, it has absolutely nothing to do with the Wrong Turn-series and second of all, it's being totally unoriginal!

I wouldn't at all be surprised if this movie its script got pulled off from the shelve somewhere and got relabeled as "Wrong Turn 4" to cash in on it, even while it originally was written as a totally unrelated movie, to the the Wrong Turn-series. This movie really has absolutely nothing to do with any of the 3 previous movies, though it supposedly is still featuring the same cannibal family, consisting out of inbreds, who all look like Jake Busey by the way.

But the settings are all wrong. Really, a Wrong Turn movie should always be set inside of the forest I feel. But no, they thought an old abandoned asylum would be a far better setting for the movie this time. But why really? There are so many modern movies, that are just like this one, out there already, that use similar type of settings and also a similar concept. Thing they also all seem to have in common is that none of them are all that great.

No, this movie isn't ever really trying to be something new or original. It makes this a very redundant genre movie, that not even the lovers of it will be very pleased with. Sure, there is gore but nothing all that spectacular or surprising really.

As is this whole movie; nothing spectacular or surprising. It's a very typical and therefore also very predictable genre movie, that does absolutely nothing to attempt to become an above average one. It's just one of those movies in which a bunch of annoying, partying teenagers gets stuck at a place and are all getting killed one by one. It never has any tension or suspense to it because the movie obviously has no idea how to handle this.

The most positive thing I can say about this movie is that it's not the worst modern genre example I have seen but still, you are far better off skipping it.

4/10

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