Wrong Turn
Sign in to save2003 film directed by Rob Schmidt
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6.4Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.
Released: 2003-05-3084 minDir: Rob SchmidtHorror, Thriller
Cast
- Eliza Dushku as Jessie Burlingame
- Desmond Harrington as Chris Flynn
- Emmanuelle Chriqui as Carly
- Jeremy Sisto as Scott
- Kevin Zegers as Evan
- Lindy Booth as Francine
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Rob Schmidt
- Written by
- Alan B. McElroy
- Produced by
- Stan Winston Brian Gilbert Erik Feig Robert Kulzer
- Starring
- Desmond Harrington Eliza Dushku Emmanuelle Chriqui Jeremy Sisto Kevin Zegers
- Cinematography
- John S. Bartley
- Edited by
- Michael Ross
- Music by
- Elia Cmíral
- Production companies
- Constantin Film Summit Entertainment Newmarket Capital Group Regency Enterprises (uncredited)
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox (United States and Canada), Constantin Film (Germany and Austria) , Summit Entertainment (International)
- Release date
- May 30, 2003 ( 2003-05-30 )
- Running time
- 84 minutes
- Countries
- Germany United States Canada
Key dates
- Published
- 28 August 2003
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- splatter film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- Wrong Turn
- Director
- Rob Schmidt
- Screenwriter
- Alan B. McElroy
- Cast member
- David Huband
- Composer
- Elia Cmíral
- Production company
- Summit Entertainment
Article
Wrong Turn is a 2003 slasher film directed by Rob Schmidt, written by Alan B. McElroy, and starring Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jeremy Sisto, and Kevin Zegers. The first installment in the Wrong Turn film series, it follows a group of six individuals being stalked by deformed, inbred, cannibalistic mountain men in the woods of West Virginia.
Development for the film began in 2001 when it was announced Summit Entertainment and Newmarket Group teamed to produce Wrong Turn, a 1970s-style horror film to be directed by Schmidt, from a script written by McElroy. The film was a co-production between Summit and Constantin Film, with Stan Winston designing the creature effects and serving as a producer.