Wrong Way

Usually, I love this sort of film...but Wrong Way just doesn't cut it. The influence from Wes Craven's classic The Last House on the Left is clear and obvious throughout, but the film doesn't do anything new with it and overall is really rather boring. The Last House on the Left inspired a number of rape and revenge films; the majority of which hailed from Italy and are rather good if you're into this sort of stuff. That's what makes Wrong Way all the more disappointing; it's not a bad thing to rip off Craven's film, but when all you've got is a series of sex scenes, you know that it hasn't been done well. The plot is virtually non-existent, and simply focuses on a couple of girls that end up being raped and abused by a few bored hippies. The film is notorious for its rape scenes that go on seemingly forever, but it gets old fast. I have no problem with sex in movies, and in fact actively seek out this sort of dirty, grisly film...but there really is no reason to bother seeking out Wrong Way. It's currently unavailable in Britain, and that certainly isn't a bad thing.

Hard to get sleazefest that was only available on VHS in the UK before their was any censorship. And it shows because it had a lot of nudity, male and female. But don't think it's attractive because the rape scene's are a bore.

It involved all one-time actors and one-time director and it's easy to spot because the acting is really wooden and some scene's do take to long. Bad editing and strange score give it an exploitation feeling. Not only that, it looks like it was somehow based on Last House On The Left (1972) another rape/revenge flick.

As I said it do involve a lot of nudity but nothing is attractive. It's full bush era back then and you know how they looked, with their white asses and tits. The males also walk around full frontal and it's quit a shock because they are all fat or have bellies.

Two girls are being kidnapped and abused. The father of one of the girls is afraid something happened and the police starts an investigation. Once the rape is done, this flick really becomes slow and boring. You wander how it got made. Even the rape scene's must have been a one taker. They looked like they had a drink or so because some of the boys are laughing all the time. Guess they had fun rubbing their cocks against the girls. And the girl towards the end giving head and being taken from behind at the same time is almost laughable. And didn't they forgot to add the revenge?

But again, it's sought after because it's some kind of sleaze classic although I have seen better. Unavailable and a rare catch.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 2,5/5 Effects 0/5 Story 1/5 Comedy 0/5

The original pre-cert videotape of this changes hands for crazy money these days, it's very very rare. I was 'fortunate' enough to get hold of a DVD-R of this, as it sounded right up my street...

And the verdict?.....Jeeez! As noted previously, this is definitely "inspired" by 'Last House On The Left" but the tone is totally different. It's proper early-70s rough-ass grindhouse business, sexist as hell, dumb, with sub-porno standard acting. It's not disturbing in the slightest however, and whilst the subject matter (rape rape and more rape) is nasty, the way it's done is just funny. The soundtrack is absolutely wild - incoherent hippy wailing over acoustic guitar meandering, you couldn't make it up, honestly. Has to be heard to be believed.

This is a great period piece...the work of anonymous drunken old hacks exploiting the hippy counterculture. God knows who any of the people involved in this are, but hell, I'd be fascinated to know how and why a movie like this came about. Worth seeing to sate your curiosity...this film is one of a kind. It is DEFINITELY bad though.

this is a very rare film released twice in the uk on video before the bbfc known as wrong way on the interocean video label and the hitch hiker on the rarer tiger video label its a lost drive in classic the rape scenes of the two woman must rate as the longest in any film i have seen theres even a strange cult sect included catchy hippy music this is up there with texas chain saw massacre and last house on the left as my favourite seventys drive in classics cannot see this ever getting another release over here now with the bbfc.

It is really astonishing when one thinks that, unlike today, there actually was a movie-making climate which allowed for films like Wrong Way to be made and put in real movie theaters. This is an astonishingly bad film but it is a fascinating example of early 70's sleaze no doubt.

Two very pretty girls take the "wrong way" which is a short cut, their car breaks down, two hippies come along in their truck to give them a ride to help, but take them to their other hippie friends instead. They rape the girls repeatedly in the middle of nowhere until finally letting them go, where the girls then meet other crazies who rape them too. Stick in a very mild police investigation and, for the hell of it out of nowhere, toss in some drug runners who have sex with another pretty girl and there's the movie.

The group of hippies that rape the girls first are an amazingly sleazy bunch. Beer bellies, greasy hair, all unattractive, a total nightmare for any woman. They also are real "backwoods" and that's scary in itself. For instance, one (named "Crabs" I think) keeps scratching his groin, then complains to another that he got that itch after he let the other guy "suck" him. Ouch! The "acting" (especially by the two girls, who give it their best) is hilarious, but the rape scenes are truly wonders to behold. When the hippies rape the girls, you see much more of the men's ugly bodies than the girls. One guy's butt is even green! The rape lasts a very long time, with cheesy folk guitar music playing in the background. Before the rape, we even see another group of hippies hanging around who are against raping the girls, but a shotgun held by the leader chases them away.

Then later on for seemingly no reason, two ugly drug runners have sex with a very pretty drugged out girl, in another overlong scene. It all ends soon after in a quick "resolution" to the "plot."

Of course Wrong Way is a horrible movie. It's not even that much fun to watch. But you can't take your eyes off it.