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 .. Read more
| Starring | Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jeremy Sisto |
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| Director | Rob Schmidt |
| Genres | Horror |
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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!
| Starring | Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jeremy Sisto, Kevin Zegars, Lindy Booth |
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| Director | Rob Schmidt |
| Studio | PATHE DISTRIBUTION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 21 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Horror Films |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 02 Feb 2004 Production year: 2003 |
| Format | DVD |
Director Rob Schmidt pays tribute to 1970s exploitation cinema with this simplistic but extremely satisfying horror feature. Offering everything a high-quality shocker should, it's gruesome, gratuitous, totally terrifying and, above all, rollicking good fun. A blend of Deliverance, The Hills Have Eyes and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, this has mutant American hillbillies turning the woods of West Virginia into their personal (human) hunting ground. But the grisly extent of their sport only becomes clear when five campers and a stranded doctor (Ghost Ship's Desmond Harrington) fall prey to their cannibalistic urges. While Harrington and Eliza Dushku (Faith in TV's Buffy) deliver ballsy and believable heroics, it's producer Stan Winston's special effects that steal the show — horribly realistic, they send serious shivers down the spine. Add Schmidt's skilful use of shadow and sound to the equation and you've got a pretension-free chiller that — while derivative — really packs a punch.
Routine slasher flick, harking back to 70s splatter, with blood and gore all over the floor that is shameless enough to mention Deliverance; just deliver us from this.
Everynow and again a film like this comes from nowhere, with little hype and manages to scare the living crap out of it's audience. Wrong Turn is one of those films.
It tries very hard to become a cross of the Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Deliverance and manages to pull it off. Unfortunately, it lacks the rawness and power of the previous films, but that can be overlooked considering that there is plenty here to keep one entertained and on the edge of your seat.
Wrong Turn is a very tense piece of work, and with a very short running time, manages not to outstay it's welcome and maintains it's pace.
A very surprising and underated hit.
Read my lips...just simply awful! Give it a miss!