Wrong Turn is a 2003 horror film, directed by Rob Schmidt, and written by Alan B. McElroy. The film stars Desmond Harrington, and Eliza Dushku. The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and was followed by Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, due to its commercial success. The film was entitled "Dead Camp", when shown on South Korean television. Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead was released direct-to-video in October 2009.

Plot

Two college students, Halley and Rich, are rock climbing in the West Virginia forest. Rich reaches the top first, and admires the view. Halley starts to struggle and falls, but her climbing line catches her. She calls out for Rich to pull her up the rest of the way, but she doesn't get an answer. Then she sees Rich's hand at the top of the cliff, dripping blood that lands on her face, before his body is thrown off the cliff. The killers then start hauling Halley up by her climbing line, but she cuts her rope and falls. She lands next to Rich's dead body, screams, then runs back towards her car. The trees around her move and three eerie laughs are heard. Just before she reaches her car, Halley trips over a piece of barbed wire and is dragged back into the woods, screaming.

The opening credits feature a montage of newspaper articles and photos about mountain men, genetic mutation caused by inbreeding, and a series of missing person reports, giving a clue to the nature of the killers.