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Wrong Turn
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Wrong Turn is a 2003 horror, slasher, and thriller film directed by Rob Schmidt. The screenplay was written by Alan B. McElroy, with music composed by Elia Cmíral. The cast includes Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Emmanuelle Chriqui, and Jeremy Sisto. Produced by Stan Winston and Brian Gilbert, the movie was filmed in Toronto and Hamilton. It is a Canadian, German, and American production distributed by 20th Century Studios and Netflix.
The film has a runtime of 84 minutes and was released on May 30, 2003, and August 28, 2003. It is part of the Wrong Turn series and is categorized under the Wrong Turn film series. The narrative is set in the Appalachian Mountains. Production companies involved include Regency Enterprises, Constantin Film, and Summit Entertainment.
Review scores for the film vary, with assessments including 4.4/10, 41%, and 32/100. The movie has a budget of 12,600,000 and generated revenue of 28,650,575. It is available in video on demand format.
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Film · TMDB
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.
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
Themes
- life and death
- loss of loved one
- job interview
- mountain
- gore
- forest
- west virginia
- slasher
- hillbilly
- cannibal
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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
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $12.6 million
- Box office
- $28.7 million
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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