Wrong Turn

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Wrong Turn

R

2003

1h 24m

Horror

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Friends Jessie (Eliza Dushku) and Carly (Emmanuelle Chriqui) are traveling with pals Scott (Jeremy Sisto), Evan (Kevin Zegers) and Francine (Lindy Booth) when they have car trouble in West Virginia. Moments later, motorist Chris (Desmond Harrington) crashes into their disabled vehicle. Stranded, the friends discover that they're being stalked by a horde of backwoods cannibals. The woodsmen are hungry and fierce, and they'll be eating well unless Jessie and pals can outsmart them.

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Critics Consensus

An unremarkable slasher flick that fails to distinguished itself from others of its ilk.

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Barbara Ellen

The Times (UK)

01/03/2018

This could have been a half decent cross between a Romero zombie movie and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre but in the end the gore is so ridiculously overdone and the script so lame, that it undermines all sense of suspense.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

05/04/2005

D

Headed in only one direction: straight into the toilet.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

06/25/2003

3/4

The scares are legit, making this one of the better pure sit-in-the-dark-and-tell-a-scary-story horror flicks to come down the pike in quite some time.

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Bryce Hanson

Horror Movie Talk

Sep 18

5/10

This is a good old fashioned, dumb slasher. The only unique twist on the generic formula is that the antagonists are a family of inbred homicidal hicks. Oh wait, that’s not unique, that’s a rip off of Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 11

2/5

Even with an R rating, this just feels like a less original, watered down The Hills Have Eyes ripoff.

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Paul Lê

Bloody Disgusting

05/30/2024

3.5/5

While not considered an outright classic from its own time period, the first Wrong Turn is a wicked love letter to ’70s brutality. Its unapologetic yet sincere approach has been long underappreciated.

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Dawson K.

@DawsonLovesMovies 10h

This is one of the biggest surprises in my history of horror. I heard some things about this franchise and was sure I wouldn’t like it. But this first entry did have any of what I heard about it. Besides a couple dumb moments this movie is awesome. It has some great thrilling and awesome moments. I like these characters and it’s written fairly well. The story is interesting and very well paced. The special effects are great for a B-horror and I kinda love this movie now.

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Charlie T

@fanboy999 May 30

It just feels like a 5 min YouTube video and the story is wack and only one kill is good.

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John C

@JayDizzle209 Apr 16

One of the stupidest movies ever made. And to make it even worse, the character "Carly" in this dumb flick, makes you wish she was chopped up and left for dead in the very beginning of the movie. It's horrible and a waste of time. I'd rather watch Garbage Pail Kids the Movie.

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Jacob D.

@jacobihy Mar 8

One of the best back woods movies out wonderful movie

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Steven F.

@SteveGotScored Feb 14

One of the best backwoods horror movies of all time!

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Nathan B

@Neeth Jan 24

If great acting, believable stories and intelligent dialogue are important to you, wrong turn is probably best avoided. But if you're ok with stupid, this slasher won't disappoint...

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Synopsis

Friends Jessie (Eliza Dushku) and Carly (Emmanuelle Chriqui) are traveling with pals Scott (Jeremy Sisto), Evan (Kevin Zegers) and Francine (Lindy Booth) when they have car trouble in West Virginia. Moments later, motorist Chris (Desmond Harrington) crashes into their disabled vehicle. Stranded, the friends discover that they're being stalked by a horde of backwoods cannibals. The woodsmen are hungry and fierce, and they'll be eating well unless Jessie and pals can outsmart them.

Director: Rob Schmidt
Producer: Erik Feig, Robert Kulzer, Stan Winston, Brian J. Gilbert
Screenwriter: Alan B. McElroy
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Lionsgate, Constantin Film, Summit Entertainment, Regency Enterprises
Rating: R (Some Language|Some Drug Use|Strong Gore|Strong Violence)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 30, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $15.4M
Runtime: 1h 24m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)