By Kevin Hall
When was the last time you actually turned your head from the violence that
took place on the screen during a horror movie? I find that many horror movies
nowadays leave too much to the imagination, especially during a murder scene. In
many of the 1980 horror flicks, we see many gruesome deaths displayed in full
view but in many of the current horror movies, the camera cuts away from the
violence a lot of times and leaves the slaughter to the viewer's imagination.
Wrong Turn 3 is much like an 80's horror movie in that it shows the viewer all
the blood-soaked carnage that takes place during a kill sequence.
Wrong Turn 3 continues the tale of Three Fingers and his inbred family of
cannibals. At the beginning of the movie some unlucky campers get lost and have
an unfortunate meeting with Three Fingers. The film certainly doesn't hold
anything back as the campers accidentally step into traps and meet their end
rather quickly to Three Fingers himself. The main story begins as a group of
convicts are transported elsewhere from a prison. The bus that they travel in is
sabotaged and the convicts escape then the hunt is on for Three Fingers as the
convicts and security guards fight among each other for control while Three
Fingers watches from the shadows of the wooded area and moves in for his attack
every so often.
The film sets up a rather nice three-sided conflict with Three Fingers, the
convicts and the security guards that kept me entertained until the end. There
is rarely a moment of slowdown throughout the entire film. Characters are not
that deep, but each of them gives off enough personality to keep them from being
dull.
As already mentioned, the film is quite violent. Every death is showcased and
the camera never cuts away from the blood-soaked murder sequences. It's much
like watching a film with Tom Savini special effects. When an arrow is shot
through the head of a person, we get to see the arrow pierce through an eyeball
and the frontal portion of the head of the victim instead of a simple scream
followed by a camera switch as the arrow lodges through the back of the person's
head.
The Blu-ray only contains a few extras. It has a few deleted scenes and a
"Behind the Scenes" documentary for the film, which really isn't that much for a
Blu-ray release. The sound and picture is absolutely perfect all the time in
this Blu-ray version.
Overall, Wrong Turn 3 is quite a good horror movie. It's got several gruesome
death scenes and an overall good setup for a horror movie. Down to its bloody
conclusion I was never disappointed with the movie. If you're looking for a good
horror movie that is actually bloody and scary, then Wrong Turn 3 would be a
good pickup.
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