Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to West Virginia, those inbred hillbilly cannibals of the last four Wrong Turn movies are back, wreaking havoc on the nubile young adults attending a local rock music festival. If you’ve seen their previous culinary adventures, then you know what to expect from Wrong Turn 5 and director Declan O’Brien, who directed the last two movies, delivers it by the bucketful. The series has lasted so long – and separated itself from the pack of recent horror movies – by combining chuckles and scares in almost equal amounts. Granted, the chuckles are mainly aimed at people with a sick sense of humor, but that’s Ok, too. What makes the fifth movie special is the work of horror movie veteran Doug Bradley as Maynard, the demented uncle of the hillbillies. In less talented hands, Maynard would have been laughable, or at least played for laughs. Maynard plays it with Shakespearean seriousness, which also makes Maynard about the scariest thing in the movie.