I am pretty sure I saw the original Wrong Turn (2003) back in the day, but I remember almost nothing about it apart from the basic premise and the fact that Eliza Dushku — now and forever Faith from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 – 2003) — was in it. I was aware of a sequel or two, and there’s a non-zero chance that I saw one or two of them at some point or another, but if so, the details are even sketchier. That whole hillbilly cannibal clan thing is hard ground to stake a claim in when your neighbors include Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes (1977) and Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).
Still, apparently, someone was paying attention, as the original Wrong Turn series got up to a whopping six installments, ending with 2014’s Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort. Now, after seven fallow years, the whole megillah is being rebooted.
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