Reviews

If you're looking for something that's entertaining, this will definitely do. It's certainly not a bad movie by the typical horror genre standards. It comes with a pretty damn original plot, though I developed a theory within the first third of the movie that turned out to be mostly spot on aside from one or two particulars. If you don't go into it thinking it's going to be a totally believable story, you'll probably be able to have fun with this one. I went into it expecting it to be another ghost story. Thankfully, it is not.

I wasn't a huge fan when I first realized it was going to be so much different than the previous installments. Not that all of the previous installments were good, but I went in hoping they could redeem themselves. This movie goes down a much different path the rest of the Wrong Turn franchise. I must say though, this wasn't bad. There were certainly far worse WT films that DID follow the common theme, and at the end of those I regretted ever watching them. I don't regret watching this one. It definitely has those "Why would you do that?!" and "You obviously could have easily lived by stepping 3 feet to the left" moments. But at least it doesn't have the same annoying, played out antagonists who make ridiculous laughing/grunting noises rather than having actual lines. It won't knock the original out of the top spot by any means, but it's a strong contender for 3rd (or maybe even 2nd) place in my book.

I'll start by saying this, I know there are some that will claim "He wasn't going for a traditional scary movie. People that don't like it just don't understand his perspective." I'm sure that in all of the conversations they had with Mr. Zombie these points were covered and clearly they have a much better understanding than anyone else. This review is for those that have been excited about seeing this because Rob Zombie's pieces in the past have had that intense shock factor and were delivered very well. Unfortunately, this one does not. It is kind of sadistic and if you put yourself in the position of one of these actors you can imagine it would probably be terrifying. Then again, you wouldn't use poorly scripted cheesy lines and engage in badly choreographed fights. Personally, I have been looking forward to this film since I first heard about it last year and have kept myself up on the release date so as soon as it was available I could treat myself to it. I couldn't have been more disappointed. I thoroughly enjoyed his other films and would watch another if he made it. I realize fanatic Zombie lovers will disagree with me when I say this but for every one that like it there will be several that don't. I can't decide which was worse: the ending or the overall acting. I must give credit where credit is due, the intro is entertaining and you will probably enjoy Doom Head (the guy in the opening scene). Again unfortunately, he is in the movie all of about 10 minutes non-consecutively. Had the movie centered around him and a twisted hunting obsession perhaps I would be writing a very different review. The acting is over-the-top and awful. Not in the same way that some movies are so bad they're good (like Zombeavers or Axe Giant) but more like super low budget projects filmed on an iPhone. For a movie that has reasonably good quality in most scenes I was so let down to see the acting was so unrefined. It probably could have been worse, I'm just not sure how.

Read some mixed reviews about this special, mostly good, so I figured I'd give it a shot. I'm regretting that now. Maybe it's just the humor that I'm accustomed to but I found none of Baby Cobra entertaining. I could tell she was trying and what she does works for some people. It certainly has nothing to do with the slight vulgar elements, I'm a big fan of Ron White's stand-up. It simply isn't funny in my opinion. I enjoy the comedy styles of those like Jim Gaffigan and Mitch Hedberg. She's closer to the level of someone like Amy Schumer without the shock value...or the funny. My opinion was obviously much different than the people in the audience. Had I not seen people in the seats I would have been sure Netflix used a laugh track at her punchlines. I would have given her special a rating of 1 out of 10 if it weren't for two vaguely redeeming qualities: She appears to be enthusiastic about performing and she's an attractive female comic. (The last reason may come off a bit crass but I really had no other motivation to endure the entire show.) I'm not attempting to deter anyone from watching her show but after seeing it I would advise you to set the bar low before starting.