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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Dallas ObserverLuke Y. ThompsonDallas ObserverLuke Y. ThompsonHorror fans will have a blast, though it's unlikely anyone else will be won over.
- 70Film ThreatFilm ThreatSituation goes from just a little scary to terrifying.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe result is sheer, unadulterated nastiness with no apologies.
- 50Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneThe sole saving grace of Wrong Turn is its honesty. You get exactly what you expect -- blood, guts and people being taken to the killing floor. But just because it's honest doesn't make it good.
- 40The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsLacks the creepiness and craft of the films that inspired it.
- 30L.A. WeeklyMark OlsenL.A. WeeklyMark OlsenThe film does, in the end, raise something of an existential dilemma: If you set out to make a new version of something you know to be bad, and you make something that is in fact bad, have you somehow succeeded?
- 25New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsIn these movies, it's always easy to figure out who's going to survive and make the killers cough up their own blood, but you still hope that the victims will go in the order of their performances -- worst actor first, etc. No such luck.
- 20Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovThis was already tired stuff when cult fave "Sleepaway Camp" came out in 1983, and it’s downright comatose by now.
- 20VarietyDavid RooneyVarietyDavid RooneyThe 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.
- 0New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickLow-end schlock that will likely land with a dull thud in the video remainder bin before the frost is on the pumpkin.