Stars: Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jeremy Sisto, Kevin Zegars, Lindy Booth

Director: Rob Schmidt

Summary: Chris takes a turning into an unmarked dirt road to avoid a traffic jam, he ploughs into the back of another vehicle after his tyres blow. As the two drivers swap details they notice that the road had been sabotaged with barbed wire... Four of the party leave to track down some help and Evan and Francine stay to look after the cars...

Revisiting the teenage slasher movies of the 1970s and 1980s, WRONG TURN is a tense, suspense-packed horror film starring Eliza Dushku (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER). When Chris (Desmond Harrington) is late for a job interview, he drives speedily through a backwoods dirt road, and winds up in a head-on collision with a group of teenage campers. As the cars are write-offs, the group has no option but to trek through the woods and seek help. Stumbling upon a mysterious cabin, the unhappy campers soon realise they are in grave danger when they happen upon a mixture of grotesque oddities and body parts, soon followed by the return of the freakish inhabitants of the disgusting abode. The intensity builds as the inbred, kill-crazy cabin dwellers go after Chris and the campers, leading to some grisly scenes in the dense woodland, and a series of brutal, bloody set-pieces from director Rob Schmidt.
WRONG TURN takes similar backwoods horror flicks like TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and THE HILLS HAVE EYES as its inspiration, providing visceral thrills aplenty, and the requisite amount of dumb teenage characters. Never lapsing into self-parody, the film should appeal to older horror movie fans keen to revisit the movies of their youth, and younger fans eager to witness some modern-day stalk-and-slash mayhem!

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Reviewed by: philreyn
Posted on October 10, 2005 9:23 AM

This is a return to the kids (young adults) wandering off into areas they shouldn't , and getting slaughtered 'Friday the 13th' type movie, but better. The tension is there from the start, and doesn't let up through the whole movie. There is definitely something really scary about these interbread American rednecks, and the movie maker milks it. It's also nice to see a horror where most of the action is not in the dark!. Buffy's Eliza Dushku shines as the sexy lead all the guys would want to save. All the right ingrediants for a horror.

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Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Commentary, Featurette - 1. Stan Winston, 2. The Making of WRONG TURN, 3. Fresh Meat: The Wounds of Wrong Turn, Deleted and Extended Scenes, Poster Gallery
Year:	2003
Release Date:	February 2, 2004
Runtime:	81 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	P 9140 D V D
Keywords:	General, Turn, Wrong, Horror, Occult, Sci, Fi
Genre:	Horror/Occult