Wrong Turn (film series)

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Wrong Turn
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UK box set containing the first five films
Directed by Rob Schmidt (1)
Joe Lynch (2)
Declan O'Brien (35)
Valeri Milev (6)
Mike P. Nelson (7)
Written by Alan B. McElroy (1, 7)
Turi Meyer (2)
Al Septien (2)
Connor James Delaney (3)
Declan O'Brien (45)
Frank H. Woodward (6)
Produced by Stan Winston (1)
Brian Gilbert (1)
Erik Feig (16)
Robert Kulzer (17)
Jeff Freilich (2)
Jeffrey Beach (3, 5, 6)
Phillip Roth (3, 5, 6)
Kim Todd (4)
James Harris (7)
CinematographyJohn S. Bartley (1)
Robin Loewen (2)
Lorenzo Senatore (3)
Michael Marshall (4)
Emil Topuzov (5)
Martin Chichov (6)
Nick Junkersfeld (7)
Edited byMichael Ross (1)
Ed Marx (2)
Raúl Dávalos (3)
Stein Myhrstad (45)
Ludmil Kazakov (5)
Don Adams (6)
Cameron Hallenbeck (6)
Tom Elkins (7)
Music by Elia Cmiral (1)
Bear McCreary (2)
Claude Foisy (36)
Stephen Lukach (7)
Production
companies
Distributed by 20th Century Fox (16)
Saban Films (7)
Release date
2003–present
Running time
657 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$33.5 million (2 films)

Wrong Turn is an American slasher film series created by director Rob Schmidt [1] and writers Alan B. McElroy, Adam Cooper and Bill Collage (uncredited). [2] The series consists of seven films, five of which share the same continuity, while the later two films serve as reboots.

Contents

The films originally focus on various families of deformed cannibals who hunt and kill a group of people in West Virginia in horrific ways by using a mixture of traps and weaponry. The reboot film features a centuries-old cult in Virginia who respond violently to outsiders who intrude on their self-sufficient civilization. The film series became known primarily as a direct-to-video franchise grossing $21.8 million in home video sales. [3]

Films

FilmU.S. release dateDirector(s)Screenwriter(s)Producer(s)
Wrong Turn May 30, 2003 Rob Schmidt Alan B. McElroy Stan Winston, Brian Gilbert, Erik Feig & Robert Kulzer
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End October 9, 2007 Joe Lynch Turi Meyer & Al SeptienJeff Freilich
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead October 20, 2009 Declan O'Brien Connor James DelaneyJeffery Beach & Phillip Roth
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings October 25, 2011Declan O'BrienKim Todd
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines October 23, 2012Jeffery Beach & Phillip Roth
Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort October 21, 2014 Valeri Milev Frank H. Woodward
Wrong Turn January 26, 2021Mike P. NelsonAlan B. McElroyJames Harris & Robert Kulzer

Wrong Turn (2003)

In the first film, a group of six individuals are stalked by One Eye, Saw Tooth, and Three Finger. Chris Flynn (Desmond Harrington) is forced to make a detour after a chemical spill on the road. He makes a wrong turn and crashes into another vehicle which had already fallen victim to one of the mountain men's road traps. While searching for help in the cabin belonging to the three monstrous mountain men, they are hunted down one by one. At the end, Chris and Jessie Burlingame (Eliza Dushku) survive.

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)

The second film introduces new cannibals: Ma, Pa, Brother and Sister. Three Finger and the Old Man are the only returning characters from the first film. This time, the cannibals hunt down a group of reality show contestants who are taking part in a survival reality tv show.

Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (2009)

Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead features a group of prison officers and convicts. The returning character Three Finger causes the transport bus to crash, allowing the convicts to escape and take the surviving prison officers, Nate (Tom Frederic) and Walter (Chucky Venn) prisoner. While fleeing, the convicts and their prisoners stumble across a lost truck which had been transporting thousands of dollars, as well as Alex Miles (Janet Montgomery), who has been lost in the woods since Three Finger killed the rest of her friends. Eventually, Three Toes (Three Finger's nephew) is killed by Chavez. Three Finger finds Three Toes's severed head, which makes him furious. He creates a shrine and leaves the head on display in his cabin. The one remaining surviving convict, Brandon, convinces Nate of his innocence, and is set free. Nate returns later to the truck to steal the money that Chavez wanted. But Brandon shoots him in the back with a bow and arrow and takes the money for himself. An unknown cannibal comes up behind Brandon and bludgeons him with a crude club killing him and leaving Alex the only survivor in the film.

Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings (2011)

This film provides the back story to the three original killers and shows their childhood. It also shows the three brothers story. The story focuses on a group of nine teenagers who take a wrong turn while riding their snowmobiles and are looking for their cabin. They end up in an old abandoned insane asylum which is still inhabited by Three Finger, Saw Tooth and One Eye. The friends decide to spend the night in the insane asylum and they are attacked by the hilker brothers. By the end of the film, all nine teenagers are dead. The film served as a prequel to the first film.

Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines (2012)

It is revealed that Maynard is a serial killer who has been on the run for over thirty years, and is now in cahoots with the three cannibal brothers. He repeatedly refers to them as 'my boys' and his kin. Throughout the course of the film, the brothers attempt to break Maynard out of jail and kill off the college students and Sheriff Angela Carter (Camilla Arfwedson), while the rest of the town is at the festival. The film ends with Maynard and the three brothers escaping with the blinded young college student Lita (Roxanne McKee) as a captive.

Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort (2014)

In the sixth installment, Danny (Anthony Ilott) discovers his long lost family as he takes his friends to Hobb Springs, a Forgotten resort deep into the West Virginia Hills. Danny then has to choose between his family or his friends as they are being killed by his family one by one. The film doesn't follow the continuity of its predecessors and serves as a reboot instead. [4] [5]

Wrong Turn (2021)

Internationally known as Wrong Turn: The Foundation, the second reboot film follows six friends hiking on the Appalachian Trail who become hunted by the Foundation when they inadvertently intrude on the community's land. [6]

Cast and crew

Principal cast

Key
  • A Y indicates the actor portrayed the role of a younger version of the character.
  • An O indicates a role as an older version of the character.
  • A V indicates the actor or actress lent only his or her voice for his or her film character.
  • A C indicates a cameo appearance.
  • An A indicates an appearance through archival footage.
  • A dark gray cell indicates the character was not in the film.
CharactersOriginal filmsReboot films
Wrong Turn Wrong Turn 2:
Dead End
Wrong Turn 3:
Left for Dead
Wrong Turn 4:
Bloody Beginnings
Wrong Turn 5:
Bloodlines
Wrong Turn 6:
Last Resort
Wrong Turn
2003200720092011201220142021
Cannibals
Three Finger Julian Richings Jeff ScruttonBorislav IlievSean Skene
Blane Cypurda Y
Borislav IlievRadoslav Parvanov 
Saw ToothGarry Robbins Scott Johnson
Bryan Verot Y
George KarlukovskiDanko Jordanov 
One EyeTed Clark Dan Skene
Tristan Carlucci Y
Radoslav ParvanovAsen Asenov 
Pa  Ken Kirzinger  
Ma Ashlea Earl 
Brother Clint Carleton 
Sister Rorelee Tio 
Three Toes AppearedBorislav Petrov 
Humans
Maynard Odets Wayne Robson   Doug Bradley  
Chris Flynn Desmond Harrington  
Jessie Burlingame Eliza Dushku  
Carly Numan Emmanuelle Chriqui  
Scott Korbee Jeremy Sisto  
Evan Ross Kevin Zegers  
Francine Childes Lindy Booth  
Nina Papas  Erica Leerhsen  
Colonel Dale Murphy  Henry Rollins  
Jake Washington  Texas Battle  
Mara Stone  Aleksa Palladino  
Amber Williams  Daniella Alonso  
Matt "Jonesy" Jones  Steve Braun  
Elena Garcia  Crystal Lowe  
Officer Nate Wilson Tom Frederic 
Alex Miles  Janet Montgomery  
Carlos Chavez  Tamer Hassan  
Floyd Gil Kolirin 
Brandon Lewis Tom McKay 
Williams "Willy" Juarez Christian Contreras 
Crawford Jake Curran 
Walter Hazelton  Chucky Venn  
Kenia Jennifer Pudavick 
Kyle Victor Zinck Jr. 
Sara Tenika Davis 
Jenna Terra Vnesa 
Daniel  Dean Armstrong  
Lauren Ali Tataryn 
Bridget Kaitlyn Leeb 
Claire Samantha Kendrick 
Vincent Sean Skene 
Dr. Brendan Ryan Arne MacPherson 
Dr. Ann Marie McQuaid Kristen Harris 
Mrs. Hillicker Mentioned 
Sheriff Angela "Angie" Carter  Camilla Arfwedson  
Billy Simon Ginty 
Lita  Roxanne McKee  
Gus Paul Luebke 
Julian Oliver Hoare 
Cruz Amy Lennox 
Mose Duncan Wisbey 
Danny Anthony Ilott 
Jackson  Chris Jarvis  
Toni Aqueela Zoll 
Sally  Sadie Katz  
Vic Rollo Skinner 
Jillian  Roxanne Pallett  
Rod Billy Ashworth 
Charlie Harry Belcher 
Bryan Joe Gaminara 
Jennifer "Jen" Shaw  Charlotte Vega
Scott Shaw  Matthew Modine
Darius Clemons Aiden Bradley
Milla D'Angelo  Emma Dumont
Adam Lucas Dylan McTee
Gary Amaan  Vardaan Arora
Luis Ortiz Adrian Favela
Edith  Daisy Head
Venable
Ram Skull
  Bill Sage

Characters

The Wrong Turn film series has featured several different cannibals. All of the cannibals are hostile toward the characters they encounter, showing no remorse for their victims. The cannibals are portrayed as mute, but show the ability to communicate with each other. They also show the mental capability to operate machinery and vehicles. The cannibals stay with each other in groups and appear to be the result of inbreeding.

Three Finger

Three Finger is the main antagonist of the Wrong Turn film series. He is a cannibal with great physical deformity caused by toxic chemicals he was exposed to at birth, alongside his two brothers. He is a skilled trap maker, crafting his traps so well that they often kill his victims before he can enact horrific acts of violence upon them.

Saw Tooth

Saw Tooth, like his two brothers, first appears in Wrong Turn (2003). He is the biggest and strongest of the family and appears to be the leader of his branch of his family as he is the older brother to Three Finger and One Eye. He is killed at the end of the first film and does not appear again until the first prequel, Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings, Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines and then Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort.

One Eye

One Eye, the least harmful of the three, first appears in Wrong Turn (2003). Just like Saw Tooth, he dies in the first film, and does not make another appearance until the fourth, fifth and sixth film.

Maynard Odets

The Patriarch of the cannibals who appeared in the first two films and the fifth film.

Other cannibals

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End introduces a family of four cannibals called Ma, Pa, Brother and Sister. The two young siblings are shown to have an incestuous relationship; Sister even gets extremely jealous and angry when she catches Brother masturbating while spying on a human girl. Ma gives birth to a mutant baby before she (and the rest of her family) is killed. The second film ends with Three Finger caring for the baby. The baby becomes known as Three Toes in Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead. Three Toes is killed by a group of convicts, and his head left as a warning. Three Finger finds Three Toes' severed head, which makes him furious. He creates a shrine and leaves the head on display in his cabin. In the third film's ending, another cannibal shows up, killing Brandon. The sixth film introduces Sally, Danny, and Jackson.

The Foundation

The Wrong Turn (2021) reboot introduces the Foundation, a self-sufficient civilization who have lived on the Appalachian Trail since the 19th century. They are hostile to any outsiders intruding on their secluded community.

Venable / Ram Skull

The leader of the Foundation.

Cullen / Wild Boar Skull

A member of the Foundation.

Morgan / Deer Skull

A member of the Foundation.

Standard / Wolf Skull

A member of the Foundation.

Edith

A member of the Foundation.

Ruthie

A mute young girl and a member of the Foundation.

Reception

Box office performance

FilmU.S. release dateBox office grossBudgetReference
North AmericaOther
territories
Worldwide
Wrong Turn (2003)May 30, 2003$15,418,790$13,231,785$28,260,575$12.6 million [7]
Wrong Turn (2021)January 26, 2021$1,251,184$3,578,742$4,829,926  [8]
Total$16,669,974$16,810,527$33,090,501 

Critical and public response

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
Wrong Turn (2003)40% (82 reviews) [9] 32 (17 reviews) [10] C− [11]
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End70% (10 reviews) [12]
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead0% (5 reviews) [13]
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings57% (7 reviews) [14]
Wrong Turn 5: BloodlinesN/A (3 reviews) [15]
Wrong Turn 6: Last ResortN/A (1 review) [16]
Wrong Turn (2021)65% (65 reviews) [17] 46 (7 reviews) [18]

Music

Soundtracks

TitleU.S. release dateLengthPerformed byLabel
Wrong Turn: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack June 3, 200345:43 Elia Cmiral Varèse Sarabande
Wrong Turn: Soundtrack from the Motion Picture July 1, 200347:01Various artists Lakeshore Records
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) September 18, 200752:11 Bear McCreary La-La Land Records
Wrong Turn: The Foundation (Original Soundtrack) [19] February 25, 202165:01Stephen LukachKonigskinder Music

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