I wasn't extremely familiar with Desmond Harrington before this film but he plays a good leading man. Dushku loves to play debutantes with edge and her character here has a lot of it. Dushku is strong and emulates some of her `Buffy the Vampire Slayer' character, Faith in her portrayal here.
It's the film's harrowing tension and atmospheric pursuit that overshadows the young stars that make up the cast. Schmidt could have easily dived down the gore shoot to hell but he made a wise choice that works in spades. The parts we do see are horrific but the filmmaker relies heavily on the chase and shock than on the gore. I also liked how Schmidt barely shows the mountain men throughout the film. I really liked some of the early editing of this film by director Rob Schmidt, who allows the scares and shocks to come with brilliant accuracy. But if you love horror films then you probably have an ear to ear grin as well. You are exhausted and maybe even queasy when you come out of the theatre. The tension in this film is harrowing and relentless as it bats you back and forth. The best way to describe the experience is that if you took 2001's `Joy Ride' and `Jeepers Creepers' added 1972's `Deliverance' then threw them all in a blender. Not since the 1970's `Texas Chainsaw Massacre' has a horror film such as this been made. There hasn't been a film this gory, grotesque and chilling in a very long time.
`Wrong Turn' was in one word an utter shock to the system. Before the group knows it, they are in a fight for their very lives. Living in the woods around the crash is a family of cannibalistic mountain men who are overtly grotesque from generations of incest. Unbeknownst to them, they are being stalked by an unspeakable horror. The group splits up as they try to find some help. Finn takes a back country road to avoid a traffic jam and ends up involved in a car accident with three debutantes (Eliza Dushku, Lindy Booth and Emmanuelle Chriqui) and their boyfriends (Jeremy Sisto and Kevin Zegers). What's worse than a leather-faced madman chasing you through the bush with a chainsaw? How about three!! `Wrong Turn' stars Desmond Harrington as Chris Finn, a man who is late for a very important interview.
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