Wrong Turn DVD

Advantages: Sisto, Dushku and the occasional giggle
Disadvantages: Too formulaic to be anything more than boring at times

...back from the woods, what’s wrong with their face and what’s that they’re carrying? I feel stupid even telling you how formulaic this film is. Anyone who doesn’t read that plot summary and get a startling sense of déjà vu is obviously not a fan of the horror genre. Alan B. McElroy’s script is really ‘horror by numbers’ with the most startlingly obvious comparisons being with ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ (and a little seen but brilliant episode ...
...the unthreatening murderers, the Hicksville USA (or West Virginia as it's otherwise known) location, the stupid road tripping teens, it’s all there. In fact the scene in which the kids turn up looking for a phone is almost identical to when their 1970’s counterparts first meet Leatherface. It’s not just the script however that feels familiar, Rob Schimdt’s uninspiring and amazingly derivative direction leaves you able to guess everyone’s next move ... Read review

Advantages: has its moments
Disadvantages: cliche ridden, predictable, lack of tension, hollywood moments

Well... apparently so. Wrong Turn is a very violent, very predicable varriant of your routine slaher where; (deep breath) a group of people meet due to an unforeseeable, unavoidable accident and are picked off one by one in a predictable fashion by some unknown and evil force that either dwells there or has plans for world domination. The film begins with two collage sweathearts on a rock climbing excursion which ends in decapitation. The two teens ...
...too convient for my liking, Wrong Turn doesn't deliver the goods that it promises. BOTTOM LINE Wrong Turn is run of the mill and is limited in its entertainment value. The whole inbred concept is actually quite original but the film never takes the time to go into it more, for example; who are they? Why are they like that? Why do they do what they do? etc. The opening credits give you the inspiration that this film is going to be different but ... Read review

Advantages: Good Cast, Nasty, Better Than Alot Of Other Genre Entries
Disadvantages: Predictable, Ridiculous

...escape with their lives? Wrong Turn made quite a splash in 2003 as there was only limited advertising buzz surrounding it, due to even the tamer scenes being too 'intense' to make trailers out of and what they did show disgusted many movie goers, but to be honest I don't think this movie is all about gore. Wrong Turn succeeds where other recent horror flicks have failed because it doesn't rely on gore to scare the audience it is just there to make ...
...it. Largely the success of Wrong Turn can be put down to its location. The woods offer a wonderfully claustrophobic sense to the movie making the audience fell closed in with these characters and offers a whole arsenal of places and weapons that the mad killers can hide in and use which again works to keep the viewers hyped up and expectant. I am pleased to say, that for a teenage horror flick the performances in Wrong Turn are actually fairly good. ... Read review

Advantages: Gory, tense.
Disadvantages: Arguably - nothing new.

ONLY YOU know that messing with people on their own property is not a clever thing. ONLY YOU know that woods are scary places. ONLY YOU can prevent getting yourself killed by savage mountain men. Let The Institute of Gory Movie Hazard Pointing Out and their mascot Pepper Bear guide you through the do’s and do not do’s of woodsmanship. #1 KNOW WHAT’S AHEAD Consider the example set out by the informative movie “Wrong Turn”. A doctor is on his way ...
...traffic snarl-up. He decides to try another way around – and makes a…WRONG TURN! Whilst travelling down a stretch of country lane, he accidentally crashes into another vehicle, which has also made a…WRONG TURN! Their tyres have been punctured by some seemingly misplaced razor wire. The good doctor teams up with the 5 folks who were travelling in said vehicle, and they go looking for assistance. Of course, seeing as they have made a….yup…they do not ... Read review

Advantages: Nasty
Disadvantages: Nasty

...that forms the story behind Wrong Turn - and a very good story it is too. There are very few films that I have seen that had the same effect on me as this one did. I didn’t find Wrong Turn frightening because it was so far-removed from reality that the fantasy provided a safety-cushion. The sparkle in this film’s eye was tension, the sort of tension that stems from not really knowing what to expect and then being made to jump when it ...
...are two principle scenes in Wrong Turn that made this film memorable to me. The first takes place when four of the group discovers a log cabin in a clearing. It is quite clear from the outset that something is not right about the place, but despite the nagging voices in their heads, they all still wander in. What greets them is horrific beyond belief. They find jars of human teeth on the shelves, still retained in their original jawbones. There is ... Read review