Wrong Turn made the front page news in WV in 2003 when it was released because of its supposed “negative stereotypes” of West Virginians. Reporters called me - and I asked another question - “How do you think the people of Texas think when they see the many versions of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” or NYC people think of all the crime/murder TV shows and movies set there? Now Wrong Turn 2 is being released on DVD with Henry Rollins starring.

Ever since “Deliverance” people in Appalachia have been particularly sensitive to stereotypes - which is understandable. However, to consider any horror film as being literally “about ” local people would be ridiculous. Horror films have to take place somewhere….and what they show is that almost anyone can do very bad things under the right circumstances.

One WV film promoter told me that Henry Rollins’ parents have a summer home in WV. I wonder if they have met Mel Gibson’s father who lives around Summersville?

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