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‘Wrong Turn’ Director Mike P. Nelson Talks Traps And Much More In Our Interview

It’s rare these days, but sometimes a reboot outdoes the original. That’s the case with 2021’s Wrong Turn from director Mike P. Nelson, which is a little more sophisticated than its predecessors, but just as bloody. I sat down with the director to talk about the film. HorrorFuel: “I must say, I was impressed by Wrong Turn, it’s rare that I say I love a reboot, so take it as a serious compliment.” Mike P. Nelson: “Awesome! It’s a little different.” HorrorFuel: “It feels a little more sophisticated, I guess that’s a good way to explain it. I was a little worried when it was first announced. I always am when I hear the word “reboot.” I wondered just how different it would be. Mike P. Nelson: “Oh, well thank you. Oh my gosh, well I mean, that was a gamble we took with this one. We were like, ‘We either do it all the way or we don’t do

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 22, 2021

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Review: Wrong Turn (2021) Is A Bloody Good Movie

Every time I hear the words remake or reboot I cringe. In fact, I usually avoid them altogether, but after watching the new Wrong Turn movie that may be changing. It’s proof that they can be better than the original. The trailer piqued my interest so I decided what the hell, I’ll give it a shot, and boy am I glad I did. In the film, while hiking the Appalachian Trail, a group of friends begins stumbling into traps. Believing that someone is out to kill them, one of the group kills a hunter, setting off a disturbing chain of events. The Wrong Turn franchise is known for its brutal kills from both the inbred hillbilly family and their nasty traps. In Mike P. Nelson’s new version we get the traps that we’ve come to expect and the kills are still brutal, but it’s a very different movie than the original. While the 2003 original has its own unique charm,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 10, 2021

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New Blood-Drenched Images From ‘Wrong Turn’ Surface

Next month, you can bring home director Mike P. Nelson‘s (The Domestics) Wrong Turn, a new take on the hillbilly cannibal slasher released in 2003. Ahead of the release, we’ve gotten our hands on a new batch of blood-drenched images (originally shared by Bloody-Disgusting). In the film, “Backwoods terror and never-jangling suspense meet when Jen (Charlotte Vega) and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross onto land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to protect their way of life. Suddenly under siege, Jen and her friends seem headed to the point of no return— unless Jen’s father (Golden Globe nominee Matthew Modine) can reach them in time.” Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night, Haunt), Bill Sage (“Hap and Leonard”), Emma Dumont (“The Gifted”), Chaney Morrow (Haunt), Valerie Jane Parker (“Greenleaf”), and David Hutchinson (“American

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 1, 2021

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‘Wrong Turn’ Is Coming To Blu-Ray And DVD

Next month, you can bring home director Mike P. Nelson‘s (The Domestics) Wrong Turn, a new take on the hillbilly cannibal slasher released in 2003. In the film, “Backwoods terror and never-jangling suspense meet when Jen (Charlotte Vega) and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross onto land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to protect their way of life. Suddenly under siege, Jen and her friends seem headed to the point of no return— unless Jen’s father (Golden Globe nominee Matthew Modine) can reach them in time.” Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night, Haunt), Bill Sage (“Hap and Leonard”), Emma Dumont (“The Gifted”), Chaney Morrow (Haunt), Valerie Jane Parker (“Greenleaf”), and David Hutchinson (“American Horror Story”) also star in the film. The original movie’s writer Alan B. McElroy returned to write the script

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 30, 2021

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Traps Are Set & Blood Is Spilled In The New ‘Wrong Turn’ Trailer

Saban Films takes us back in the woods with the first trailer for Mike P. Nelson‘s (The Domestics) new take on 2003’s hillbilly horror Wrong Turn. Before you complain about it being a reboot, you should know that Alan B. McElroy, who wrote the original, wrote the new film’s script too. “Backwoods terror and never-jangling suspense meet when Jen (Charlotte Vega) and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross into the land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to protect their way of life. Suddenly under siege, Jen and her friends seem headed to the point of no return— unless Jen’s father (Golden Globe® nominee Matthew Modine) can reach them in time.” Matthew Modine (“Stranger Things”), Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night, Haunt), Bill Sage (“Hap and Leonard”), Emma Dumont (“The Gifted”), Chaney Morrow

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 17, 2020

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Saban Films Acquires The Rights To The ‘Wrong Turn’ Reboot

Saban Films has snagged the rights from Constantin Films to the upcoming reboot of the 2003 movie Wrong Turn that went on to spawn six sequels and has plans to take if to AFM this week. Wrong Turn follows a group of friends hiking the Appalachian Trail, who are confronted by ‘The Foundation’, a community of people who have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years. Mike P. Nelson’s reboot of Wrong Turn stars Charlotte Vega (The Lodgers), Matthew Modine (“Stranger Things”, 47 Meters Down), Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night, Haunt), and Bill Sage (“Hap and Leonard”). Mister Smith Entertainment is handling worldwide sales for Constantin Film productions this week out of the AFM, where it will be screening for buyers. The franchise reboot was written by Alan B. McElroy, the writer of the original film. Robert Kulzer, Constantin Film, in association with James Harris, Tea Shop Productions, produced.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 11, 2020

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‘Wrong Turn 7’ Receives A Hard “R” Rating

The inbred killer redneck franchise Wrong Turn will soon unleash another bloody installment. The follow-up to Wrong Turn 6 is on its way and has just scored its MPA rating, a hard “R,” for “strong bloody violence, grisly images, and pervasive language.” But that’s no surprise, after all the movies are damn pretty brutal. Mike P. Nelson (The Domestics) is in the director’s chair for Wrong Turn 7, reportedly titled Wrong Turn: The Foundation. In the sequel, a group of unlucky friends to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia to spend a couple of days hiking the Appalachian Trail where they are confronted by “The Foundation”, a community of people who have lived isolated in the mountains since before the Civil War. Bloody-Disgusting reports. Matthew Modine (“Stranger Things”, 47 Meters Down), Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night, Haunt), Bill Sage (“Hap and Leonard”), Emma Dumont (“The Gifted”), Valerie Jane Parker (“Greenleaf”), Chaney Morrow (Haunt) and David Hutchinson (“American Horror Story”) star.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 5, 2020

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‘Wrong Turn’ Reboot’s Title And Poster Racks Up Interest

Not only has the first poster arrived for the 2020 reboot of the Wrong Turn (*sigh), but the official title has also been revealed as Wrong Turn: The Foundation. Alan B. McElroy, the writer of the original Wrong Turn, wrote The Foundation, directed by Mike P. Nelson (The Domestics) and starring Matthew Modine (Stranger Things), Damien Maffei (Haunt), Bill Sage (Hap and Leonard), and Emma Dumont. Filming in Ohio has now wrapped and according to Movieweb, “The story will follow a new group of young friends venturing through the woods of the Appalachian Trail where they apparently take a wrong turn and come across a hidden society of people who’ve been living in the mountains for hundreds of years. Called “The Foundation,” this new group seems to be different in many ways from the inbred killers we remember from the other movies.” As soon as the 2020 premiere date is announced we’ll let you know.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 30, 2019

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Bring Home The Domestics Later This Month

Earlier this year Orion Classics relaunched with their post-apocalyptic thriller The Domestics which will arrive later this month on home video. The film, from director Mike P. Nelson, is set in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by murderous gangs divided into deadly factions as Kate Bosworth and Tyler Hoechlin’s characters race desperately across the lawless countryside in search of safety. Lance Reddick, Sonoya Mizuno, Dana Gourrier, Thomas Francis Murphy, and David Dastmalchian also star. The Domestics is already out on Video On Demand and will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD on November 20, 2018, from Cinedigm.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 5, 2018

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Post-Apocalyptic Thriller ‘The Domestics’ Gets New Trailer

A couple fights to survive in the trailer from Orion Pictures’ post-apocalyptic thriller The Domestics, from the Producers of 300 and From Dusk till Dawn. Mike P. Nelson‘s film stars Kate Bosworth and Tyler Hoechlin who must fight their way through the apocalypse. The film, set in a post-apocalyptic world, is inhabited by murderous gangs who have divided into deadly factions as Bosworth and Hoechlin’s characters race desperately across the lawless countryside in search of safety. Lance Reddick, Sonoya Mizuno, Dana Gourrier, Thomas Francis Murphy, and David Dastmalchian co-star. The Domestics is now in theaters and on VOD platforms. Check out the new trailer which has a serious Mad Max meets The Purge feel.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 29, 2018

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