Wrong Turn

Wrong Turn is a horror film about a group of college students who get lost in the mountains of West Virginia and encounter a pack of inbred cannibals and the race is on to survive. Wrong Turn was released May 30, 2003 and grossed $5,161,498 on opening weekend.

Fast Facts

1. Directed by: Rob Schmidt
2. Produced by: Stan Winston, Brian Gilbert
3. Written by: Alan B. McElroy
4. Starring: Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Burlingame, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Julian Richings, Kevin Zegers
5. Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
6. Release date May 30, 2003
7. Tagline: It's the last one you'll ever take
8. Domestic Total Gross: $15,418,790
9. Run time: 1 hour 21 minutes
10. Rated R
11. Sequel: Wrong Turn 2

Trivia

1. Jesse Burlingame, the lead female character, was named after the heroine in Stephen King's novel, Gerald's Game
2. Eliza Dushku preformed most of her own stunts
3. Emmanuelle Chriqui dislocated her shoulder falling through the trees
4. Eliza Dushku actually set actor Julian Richings on fire during one of the last scenes

Quote

Director Rob Schmidt proves himself a committed hack, letting the eardrum-crushing Dolby sound do the talking for Alan B. McElroy's script. There's one nicely staged scene in the hicks' creep-show of a home -- jars of pickled body parts and a cauldron abubble with more -- from which the kids try to escape while the killers sleep. It's a tense moment, like a Grade-Z Grimm Brothers fable. — The Boston Globe

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