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Release Date: 14 October, 2003 Retail Price: $14.98 OUR Price: $13.48 You SAVE: $1.50! Cast: Complete Cast (7 total) |
Wrong Turn Reviews
Wrong Turn Is The Last Turn You'll Ever Take!
I guess they didn't tell the producer and director of Wrong Turn that an official remake of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre would be gracing the screens in October of 2003. This movie borrows very heavily from the horror classic in terms of the set up, the killers and the level of gore. Now that being said, this is an above average horror film with excellent make up and special effects delivered by one of Hollywood's greatest - Stan Winston, and a good performance by Buffy and Angel regular Eliza Dushku (although it is kind of weird seeing her scream and run away from villains that would be considered lightweights in the Buffy and Angel universe).
While watching the extras and listening to the audio commentary, often the film is described as a `70's horror movie' which it really is (aka the Texas Chainsaw Massacre). However, this follows in the footsteps of recent teen slasher flicks like Jeepers Creepers which put a unique spin on the villains and have solid stories which have improved the horror genre over the last few years. A decent story and some believable performances (it's pretty easy to believe Dushku can take on a few hillbilly cannibals after fighting hordes of vampires and demons for a few years) make this a better than average thrill fest.
This disc has a great commentary track with director Rob Schmidt and the two main actors Desmond Harrington and Eliza Dushku. It is quite evident that they had a lot of fun making this film and really seem to enjoy doing the commentary. They share a lot of insights about what are the basic elements of making a good horror movie and how to pull them off.
There are 5 deleted scenes which only add a bit of a romance between the two main characters which is completely unnecessary (hence the reason for deletion). They also include the dalies of a death scene - it's interesting the first 3 times you see it but by the 8th take it gets kind of redundant.
4 featurettes grace this disc. The first is a "making of" featurette that goes behind the scenes from the standpoint of the director, actors and the producer/special effects wizard Stan Winston. They way they talk about it, you'd think that it was the next best thing to the "sixth sense," which it clearly is not. It's good but not that good. Secondly, there is "Eliza Dushku: Babe in the woods" - pretty self-explanatory. I think that there's definitely a future for Ms. Dushku in horror and action genres. They chronicle Eliza actually doing most of her own stunts. Impressive...most impressive. The best featurette however, is the one on Stan Winston. This guy is a legend in special effects and make up - he made the Queen Alien (from Aliens) and the Predator. Can it get any better than that? Well actually yes...he was also involved in the process to bring the dinosaurs to life in Jurassic Park. Very cool! The last featurette is "Fresh Meat: The Wounds of Wrong Turn" which displayed the various techniques used to bring some very unique kills to the big screen - some aided by a computer and some not. It also chronicles the creation of the hillbilly three from concept to finished product. The remainder of the extras include a poster concept gallery of the 6 possible posters and the trailer.
Wrong Turn continues a favorable trend in horror movies which focuses on a solid (but clichéd) story and some decent acting. I wish the actual remake of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre could be as good as this.
TOOK A WRONG TURN
this movie has a good 80's horror feel to it, great gore efects and a good cast(ELIZA DUSHKU) and an all around scary movie. they sure don't make them much like this anymore.it also sounds good on my hometheater.
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