Wrong Turn

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Wrong Turn

R,

2003,

1h 24m,

Horror

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40%

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54%

100,000+ Ratings

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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)

Jan 3, 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.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

May 4, 2005

D

Headed in only one direction: straight into the toilet.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Jun 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.

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Bryce Hanson

Horror Movie Talk

Sep 18, 2025

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.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 11, 2025

2/5

Even with an R rating, this just feels like a less original, watered down The Hills Have Eyes ripoff.

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Paul Lê

Bloody Disgusting

May 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.

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Draco S

Apr 15, 2019

I'm not going to say that this movie is a great "Movie." In fact as a movie, it's probably pretty bad. But as a run of the mill slasher flick, it's one of the better franchises. Sometimes it's not about good acting, or complete originality. Sometimes it's about bad acting, and just wanting to see someone chopped up. It's a slasher movie, it's not here to win any awards so stop reviewing it like it's trying to compete against actual movies like The Lord of the Rings. I rate it 5/5 against other slasher movies, it's better than most of the F13 movies.

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Theodore W

Aug 8, 2018

A fun slasher film that could of been more with a better plot and stronger acting.

Albus W

Jul 23, 2018

A very stylish horror film with a very stereotypical 80s horror film feeling. Has a very nice plot with much fear factor to it. A strong 8.5/10

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Jun 26, 2018

One of the better backland slashers with three really creepy antagonists and some cool shock effects.

Finn W

Oct 28, 2017

great slasher film Texas chainsaw masc mixed with deliverance

Poe W

Oct 20, 2017

10/30/2017: Meh. A pretty decent cast, but an ok movie at best.

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Rob Schmidt

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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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