Wrong Turn Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

33 =
Based upon 7 Critic Reviews
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Los Angeles Times | Kevin CrustAdd Critic to Favorites

Director Rob Schmidt, working from a screenplay by Alan McElroy, manages to keep the suspense up through the final hour of the film. Cast members acquit themselves agreeably, carrying off horror archetypes without much fanfare. Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Scott BrownAdd Critic to Favorites

A blood-simple backwoods spatterfest that makes shameless use of the same old antirural moonshine Hollywood's been bootlegging for decades. Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Keith PhippsAdd Critic to Favorites

Lacks the creepiness and craft of the films that inspired it. Read the full review

The New York Times | Anita GatesAdd Critic to Favorites

Lazy would-be horror film. Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | C.W. NeviusAdd Critic to Favorites

Standard hack-and-giggle fare, with a few wisecracks mixed in with the gore. Read the full review

Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Critic to Favorites

As perfectly bad horror movies go, Wrong Turn is something new: a gore-splattered workout flick.Read the full review

Variety | David RooneyAdd Critic to Favorites

The clear ambition here is to recapture the raw, explosively violent atmosphere of such hallmark 1970s shockers as "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "The Hills Have Eyes." Nice try, but no cigar. Read the full review

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