Wrong Turn

R

Released May 30, 2003

1 hr. 24 min.

Horror

List

40%

82 Reviews

Tomatometer

54%

100,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

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.

Read More

Read Less

Apple TV

Buy Wrong Turn on Apple TV.

Critics Consensus

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

Read Critics Reviews

Tony M

Wrong Turn is your average horror flick. Not great but not bad. Worth a watch but don't expect anything original.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/16/24

Full Review

Lloyd S

Lack of a story, just a group of young people lost in the woods and gets slashed by disfigured rednecks. It could be better, but it seems the writer was just into gore, nothing more. Also no chemistry among the the group, they seemed to care about each other, but it wasn't that convincing.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/09/24

Full Review

Jamie S

This is an underrated slasher film. A great cast, with great special effects and great villains in the inbred cannibals.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/10/24

Full Review

Dan R

2003s 'Wrong Turn' spawned a mass of sequels and remakes. But probably not for the better! SYNOPSIS: 'Chris and a group of five friends are left stranded deep in the middle of the woods after their cars collide. As they venture deeper into the woods, they face an uncertain and bloodcurdling fate.' The early 00s spawned so many of these uninspired slasher films it should have been illegal. But here we are and this film steals so much from previous slashers which have come before. It's a poor man's 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' but with the gore overdone, if that's possible. It's a bit lame aiming more for cheap jump scares than for anything of real substance. The one positive point being you get to see the gorgeous Eliza Dushku at her peak 'scream queen' (?) best. Watching this was a definitive wrong turn. 5/10

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/24

Full Review

Scott R

Absolute hillbilly cannibal delight lol. This and part 2 are loads of fun. Part 2 is arguably better. The rest of the franchise sucks but the first two add to your collection.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/17/23

Full Review

Robson C

Ao tentar escapar de um engarrafamento, Chris faz uma rota alternativa por dentro de uma floresta e que acaba se chocando com um carro que estava parado na estrada por estar com os pneus furados por arame. Chris faz amizade com o grupo de amigos e decidem sair em busca de um telefone para pedir ajuda. Porém, a partir daí, eles passam a ser alvos de estranhos moradores da floresta. Pânico na Floresta é o slasher movie na sua essência e clichês. Está tudo lá. Lembrando que Pânico havia sido lançado antes e, mesmo que fosse um slasher movie, era um filme consciente disso. Mas Pânico na Floresta funciona, por não querer reinventar a roda e construir bons momentos de tesão, como as cenas na casa dos canibais. O elenco está bem e, mesmo com papéis clichês e estereotipados, funciona bem e seguram o filme. Um bom filme para quem não quer esperar muita coisa.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/22/23

Full Review

Read all reviews

Post a rating

Rob Schmidt

Director

Desmond Harrington

Chris Finn

Eliza Dushku

Jessie Burlingame

Emmanuelle Chriqui

Carly

Jeremy Sisto

Scott

Kevin Zegers

Evan

Show Less Cast & Crew

Show More Cast & Crew

37%

58%

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

62%

44%

Cabin Fever

22%

37%

Long Time Dead

15%

53%

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

60%

31%

Wendigo

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

The Weekly Ketchup: "Transformers," "Indy 4" Set Pics, And More "Transformers"

Another Stephen King Flick: This Time It’s "Insomnia"

Eliza Dushku Gets Ready to Do the "Mamba"

View more photos

Barbara Ellen

Times (UK)

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.

Jan 3, 2018

Full Review

Empire Magazine

Rated: 2/5

Dec 30, 2006

Full Review

Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Headed in only one direction: straight into the toilet.

Rated: D

May 4, 2005

Full Review

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a repetitive cat-and-mouse midsection that boasts few compelling attributes.

Rated: 2/4

Dec 31, 2018

Full Review

Steve Newton

Georgia Straight

This horror flick about young campers stalked and slaughtered by gruesome backwoods barbarians is a fairly decent crossbreeding of Friday the 13th and Deliverance.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 9, 2014

Full Review

Christopher Smith

Bangor Daily News (Maine)

The understatement of the year. Essentially, ax-wielding rednecks unite in a slasher flick that drives itself into a brick wall of no return.

Rated: F

Sep 27, 2009

Full Review

Read all reviews

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
Executive Producer: Mitch Horwits, Patrick Wachsberger, Don Carmody, Aaron Ryder, Sven Ebeling
Screenwriter: Alan B. McElroy
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Lionsgate, Regency Enterprises, Summit Entertainment, Constantin Film
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
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

Most Popular at Home Now