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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 Read all reviews

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Jacob D. @jacobihy Mar 8 One of the best back woods movies out wonderful movie See more Steven F. @SteveGotScored Feb 14 One of the best backwoods horror movies of all time! See more 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... See more Gg S @RT86296741 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 @RT18279564 Aug 9 Really dark atmosphere and at some points scary. Definitely the best Wrong Turn movie. See more John P @RT72662675 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 Read all reviews
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Rob Schmidt

Director

Desmond Harrington

Chris Finn

Eliza Dushku

Jessie Burlingame

Emmanuelle Chriqui

Carly

Jeremy Sisto

Scott

Kevin Zegers

Evan

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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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