Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings
A group of college students on a snowmobile trip get some bad directions and end up taking shelter at an abandoned sanitarium...where it all began.
I am going to save some trouble and cut to the chase now. I couldn't even finish this one. Since I sat through both 2 & 3, which were horrendous, this has to say something. The focus (at least, of what I saw) was exploring the couples' various sexual exploits, including one lesbian couple. Never mind they're stuck in this creepy, abandoned, filthy building, they all want to get their groove on.
My advice is to do what I'm doing. Skip this one and jump ahead to the next.
Deliver Us From Evil (doc)
The brave survivors of priestly sexual abuse step forward to talk about what happened to them in this documentary by Amy Berg. Their families are present as well, having suffered from what was done to their loved ones. The surprise here is that the priest also speaks - candidly and openly - about what he did to those children. And it is clear to see by his expression, in his voice, and the casual air he maintains, that he is not truly sorry for what he has done.
Father Oliver O'Grady (Father Ollie to those close to him) was accused during the 1970s of horrendous acts against children. But, as has come to be expected of the Catholic Church, rather than do anything about the problem, they simply relocated him - to another parish, with other children! And the abuse would start again. Of course there are those higher ups who claim they didn't really know. As if they would admit to it. This story is indicative of the Catholic desire to gloss over the abuses of their own, and simply pay out hush money to the victims.
Father Ollie was finally taken to court, received fourteen years, served seven, and was deported to Ireland, where he runs around happy as a lark and fancy free - freely among children.
This is an eye-opening and disturbing documentary which will make you question why this church gets away with so much. Kudos to the brave survivors who dared to tell their stories. I give this film 4.5 Stars
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