You learn that proper. The “Wrong Turn” franchise is now a complete seven motion pictures sturdy. We are as shocked by means of that as somebody, however 2021’s vicious, cushy reboot, additionally entitled “Wrong Turn,” used to be certainly the 7th installment within the gore-mongering collection. If the critics are to be believed, the newest addition to the franchise is likely one of the best but, although Rotten Tomatoes confirms the franchise arguably reached its inventive zenith with the Qualified Contemporary ’07 sequel.
The 4 motion pictures launched between the primary, 2d, and 7th chapters of the “Wrong Turn” saga all noticed direct-to-video releases, and the critics did not truly hassle with any of them. As for the audience who did, they obviously want they hadn’t, with maximum claiming the ones 4 “Wrong Turn” flicks introduced not anything new to the franchise combine, recycling just about each cannibalistic storyline from the primary two motion pictures.
As for 2021’s strangely well-received “Wrong Turn” reboot, the brand new movie most likely benefitted from the go back of the unique movie’s creator Alan B. McElroy, who manages to make issues fascinating in cannibal-land even if his politically charged screenplay principally makes use of the very same template because the franchise’s different choices. Even nonetheless, with the brand new movie’s obvious good fortune, the query turns into whether or not or now not it’ll encourage extra “Wrong Turn” sequels. That turns out much more likely than now not at the moment, even though maximum people can agree seven “Wrong Turn” motion pictures truly is greater than sufficient.