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The  Wrong Turn franchise has never been among the genre’s A-listers, but even so it carved out its own niche in gripping rural horror. The first entry landed in 2003 and was a hit, showing a group of attractive college students being hunted and killed by backwoods cannibals. That was followed by five straight-to-DVD sequels, none of which lived up to the promise of the first movie. But now The Domestics director Mike P. Nelson’s reboot is picking up some serious attention. Simply title...

Join Our Free “Dissecting Horror” Virtual Panel Series with the Creative Behind LUCKY on March 4th Join us for a free virtual Q&A with the creatives behind the time-loop slasher LUCKY on March 4th at 6 PM (PST) By Josh Millican In addition to our free virtual panel on March 3rd with the creatives behind the new Wrong Turn reboot next week (details in the link below), we’re be bringing you another episode of “Dissecting Hor...

CS Interview: Matthew Modine Talks Wrong Turn & Love for Horror Genre CS Interview: Matthew Modine talks Wrong Turn & love for horror genre Just in time for the reboot’s Blu-ray release, ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Matthew Modine ( Stranger Things) to discuss  WARNING: Some spoilers lie ahead for 2021’s  Wrong Turn ComingSoon.net: Wrong Turn is a franchise that’s been around for a while, though I was honestly surprised it was get...

Wrong Turn Reboot Cast & Director Take Us Into Backwoods Cannibal Country [Exclusive] Wrong Turn Reboot Cast & Director Take Us Into Backwoods Cannibal Country [Exclusive] Director Mike P. Nelson changes the hillbilly cannibal game with a fresh take on Wrong Turn, starring Charlotte Vega and Bill Sage. The new Wrong Turn reboot takes many wrong turns, using its prolific title as a sign post for what resides ahead. This is not the Wrong Turn you know. And some may say it resembles the iconic h...

News · Published February 23, 2021 Interview – Director Mike P. Nelson Talks Working with Original Writer on WRONG TURN + Lessons Learned from the Movie Michelle Swope talks to Mike P. Nelson, director of the new WRONG TURN reboot! By Michelle Swope I spoke with director Mike P. Nelson back in 2018 about his film The Domestics, which tells the story of a couple struggling to survive in a post...

The seventh entry in the franchise, with its weird cultists, takes a few original steps off the well-beaten hillbilly horror path

Even for a slasher movie, 2003’s  Wrong Turn is elemental in its efficiency. Minimal effort is expelled in setting up the stalk-and-kill plot, and the characters are uniformly one-dimensional. Despite—or perhaps because of—this simplicity, one subtextual element stands out: Much like the Sawyers in Wrong Turn’s clan of inbred cannibal mutants (or is it inbred mutant cannibals?) can almost be seen as simple farm folk defending their land. Toward the beginning of the film, a gaggle of o...

Mike P. Nelson (Director) If the apocalypse were to happen tomorrow, you’d find Mike sipping an old-fashioned in his backyard and reveling in the fact that now he could go out and shoot a post-apocalyptic revenge film entirely practical. Whether he’s writing or directing, Mike’s focus remains on creating stylized, character-driven work. Sure he may like the dark, weird, and gritty nature of storytelling, but underneath all that cool midnight madness is something warm we call heart. And bo...

Wrong Turn Reboot is the Right Choice for Terror Wrong Turn Wrong Turn from way back in 2003. Or perhaps you’ve seen 2007’s Wrong Turn 2: Dead End. Or maybe you hopped on the bandwagon for Wrong Turns 3-6; Left for Dead, Bloody Beginnings, Bloodlines and Last Resort, respectively. vein of Jason, Freddy, Michael Myers, Final Destination or Jigsaw, the Wrong Turnfilms just keep coming back for more grotesque butcherings of sex-crazed teenagers who dare to wander off the beaten path. Often...

Matthew Modine cemented his place in Hollywood history in Kubrick's 1987 film Full Metal Jacket, and now he's branching out into horror with Wrong Turn.