The Wrong Turn franchise is a series of horror films from mid 2000's.The first three films center around a similar premise: A bunch of city people wander into backwoods of West Virginia and encounter inbred cannibal hillbillies.The first film was released in 2003, which was followed by two Direct to DVD sequels: Wrong Turn 2: Dead End in 2007 and Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead in 2009. A winter-set fourth film, subtitled Bloody Beginnings, had been released in October 2011. It explores the origins of the hillbillies and is set primarily in an Abandoned Hospital (so expect Medical Horror).The first film was produced by Stan Winston and the hillbilly makeup were provided by his team.
Anti-Villain: Brandon in Left for Dead is Type I. He constantly avoids doing anything unpleasant to the protagonists unlike other prisoners and even helps them in the end to get away. Subverted towards the very end though where he kills The Hero to steal the money and swiftly meets his Karmic Death.
Fanservice: Dead End has Elena undressing for a staged sex scene between her and Jake. Jake isn't really keen on this, however.
Bloody Beginnings introduces it's cast by having straight & lesbian sex scenes at the same time.
Bloodlines features 3 sex scenes, one of which involves two random characters we never see again.
Final Girl: Jessie in the first film, Nina in the second, and Alex in the third.
Nina from 2 might be pushing it. She does save Jake at the end and technically kills the villains but most of the actual heavy lifting by the good guys is done by Dale who had performed a Heroic Sacrifice a few minutes earlier that saved their lives.
That hardly makes her less of a final girl; she was the last female character standing. That's what a final girl is. Alex from 3 did absolutely nothing and she still counts.
In Part 4, this is averted. Kenia and Sara last to the end, but are killed.
Lita from Part 5. She had a pulse when the movie ended at least...
Five-Bad Band: The cannibal family in Dead End, with the gas station owner from the first film as the Sixth Ranger.
Giggling Villain: Three Finger in the first film, and the female twin in Dead End.
Girl on Girl Is Hot: In Dead End, Jonesy is thrilled when he finds out that Amber is a lesbian.
Vincent from Bloody Beginning has no problem with watching Sara and Bridget have sex
Glasgow Grin: In the first film, Francine meets her end when one of the murderous, cannibalistic hillbillies sneaks up behind her and uses barbed wire to tear her mouth open. We later get several prolonged views of her mutilated face when the hillbillies bring her corpse back to their cabin.
Good Old Fisticuffs: Left for Dead has Carlo and Three Finger beating the shit out of each other for several minutes.
Never Bring a Knife to a Gun Fight: Inverted in the fifth movie. Despite having guns, the heroes become constant victims to the ones with the knives.
Nightmare Dreams: In the first film: While hiding from the hillbillies, Jessie has a brief nightmare where she and Chris are found by them.
No Name Given: The gas station owner, who is simply titled "Old Man" in the first two films. Also the cannibal family in Dead End who are only known as Pa, Ma, Brother and Sister.
Only Known by Their Nickname: In Bloody Beginnings, it's mentioned that the sanatorium staff, because they had nothing else to go by, named the hillbillies the Hillikers.
Outside Ride: Chris hitches a ride under one of the cars stolen by the hillbillies in the first film.
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