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Wrong Turn

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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. Go to Full Review
Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness 05/04/2005
D
Headed in only one direction: straight into the toilet. Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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Gg S Aug 15 Ce film est complètement ridicule et n'a absolument rien d'un Detour Mortel. Ce sont juste des indigène qui vive dans la forest. Detour Mortel parle de personne malformé et trisomique comme dans La Colline a des Yeux. Ici ça n'a absolument rien à voir et ça ridiculise la licence de base ! Ce film ne devrait pas s'appeler detour mortel n'y même utilisé ce nom ! See more John W Aug 9 Really dark atmosphere and at some points scary. Definitely the best Wrong Turn movie. See more John P May 28 The only wrong turn about this movie was my fingers clicking on the play button, why I let myself do these things I do not know. The pacing was more chopped than David Hutchisons headshots. P.S David, feel free to contact me for some fresh pictures, those photographers did you wrong. The writers of this movie had the collective intelligence of a fish bowl, please quit your job you're making me route for A.I. Whoever truly enjoyed this movie is bringing the average intelligence of the population down by 20%, pack it in. Anyways, Hutchinson absolutely no hate on you and I look forward to following your career in the future, John Pork out- Peace. See more Nick O May 25 Throughout horror movie history, there has been hundreds upon hundreds of blatant Texas Chainsaw Massacre rip-offs and god bless em'! I hope there's a thousand more! See more George M May 22 First, I really hate cannibal films. I like zombie films, but zombies AREN'T Cannibals. If they were, problem solved as they'd eat one another. So why do I hate cannibal films; because they're really all the same trash. Morons who think they know better ignore EVERY warning sign on earth and go traipsing where they shouldn't. Honestly, these pinheads get what they deserve. However, Wrong Turn should be titled DUMB FILM. These cannibals, unlike the freaky family in the Hills Have Eyes, are living in the lushest forest around; so WHY ARE THEY CANNIBALS? The inbreeding I can understand, that's a southern thing. Cannibalism? Too lazy to hunt? And why the hell are they practically indestructible? Jason Vorhees cousins perhaps? How can these inbred morons (they should get dumber with each succeeding generation, not more cunning and intelligent) keep trucks running set booby-traps and WORST and DUMBEST of all, why do they kill and eat the nubile women? Heh? heh? Heh? No answer. Want to see a great and creepy-no cannibals but inbreeding galore- show? Go watch the HOME episode of the X-Files. Way better than all these crummy movies. See more Nolan L @Nolan265 Apr 6 Not great but not bad See more Read all reviews
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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)
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