Total Film, 08/01/2003, p.104, "...The two leads emerge as intelligent, capable characters, consistently exhibiting resourcefulness to outwit their pursuers..."
Sight and Sound, 08/01/2003, p.64, "...[Schmidt] has a sharp sense of how to stage unconventional action scenes..."
Los Angeles Times, 06/02/2003, p.C4, "...[Schmidt] manages to keep the suspense up through the final hour of the film..."
Theatrical Release: May 30, 2003
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Dual Side
Audio:
Dolby Surround - French, Spanish
Dolby 5.1 Surround - English
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Rob Schmidt - Director, Eliza Dushku - Star
Disc 1/Side 1: WRONG TURN - Widescreen
Widescreen - 2.35
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes (4)
Trailers - 1. ALIEN
2. Theatrical Trailer
Text/Image Galleries:
Galleries - Poster Gallery
Disc 1/Side 2: WRONG TURN - Full Frame
Full Frame - 1.33
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes - 1. Making Of WRONG TURN
2. "Babe in the Winston"
3. Stan Winston
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 totalled, the group has no option but to trek through the woods and seek help. Stumbling upon a mysterious cabin, the unhappy campers soon realize 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!