![]() ![]() While I won’t let on how the story ends-although, if you love serial killers like me, you’ll likely enjoy it-I can say that this is one twisted movie that will leave you thinking twice about pranking drivers while on the road. (This was in the very early days of GPS and cellphones.) Anyways, when Lewis and Fuller start messing with this unknown trucker, I already had a bad feeling, having been yelled at before for trying to speak over the radio without permission, let alone without a purpose.Īs expected, this “Candy Cane” tease goes downhill fast and the guys end up being stalked by the trucker. Even after my grandpa retired, he kept one in his Dodge truck and used it as a means to stay keen on traffic or any accidents when we were traveling. I’m not sure if anyone else reading had a parent or grandparent who was ever a trucker, but if you did, you’re familiar with a CB radio. Although this doesn’t put a big dent in Lewis’ plans, things start to get weird after Fuller convinces him to play a trick on a lonely trucker over the CB radio. Along the way, however, he ends up having to rescue his brother, Fuller (Steve Zahn). As the story goes, college freshman Lewis Thomas (Paul Walker) is about to embark on a cross-country road trip to meet up with his girlfriend (Leelee Sobieski). I only saw this movie for the first time about a year ago, and I was thoroughly shocked by the storyline and the chills it sent down my spine. If you’re up for reliving some of your early 2000s nostalgia with a sickening plot, you might want to put this on your roster for summer road trip horrors. While the sounds from Deliverance (1972) wouldn’t queue in my head until I saw it years later, the inbred hillbilly horror embodied this nightmare of an adventure. Yes, just as the title would imply, several friends are traveling together when they experience car trouble in the middle of the woods in, where else, but West Virginia. Unlike a curse or disease, Wrong Turn was one of the first films I’d watched that had characters who practiced cannibalism or featured a road trip gone bad. But, something about Wrong Turn took things a little bit farther for me. ![]() With each new premiere, it felt as though I had a new favorite. During this period, some of the more creepy and gruesome movies were coming out, like The Ring (2002), Cabin Fever (2002), and The Grudge (2004), just to name a few. ![]() The very first time I saw this movie, I think it was only a year or so after the release, putting me around 11- or 12-years-old Very likely, as this was just when I was first getting into horror. From a wrong turn to a flat tire, many of our characters wish they never packed their bags.ĭestiny’s Picks Wrong Turn (2003) | Directed by Rob Schmidt While our listicle features all demographics, the end result is one most unfavorable. It’s also a time when friends and family can all get together because school is out. We can all agree that during the summer months, road trips are practically essential-at least for some with the weather is nice, let’s do something mentality. While the horrors of inflation continue to haunt us, we escape to endure only the scariest, but somehow more enjoyable, horror movies. Since None of Us Are Actually Going AnywhereĪt a time when gas prices are soaring, many of us aren’t actually able to travel. ![]()
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