Movies filmed or based on west virginia show list info. Mcelroy, and filming for the project has already begun. Movies that were based or filmed in a west virginia location. Films in which a significant portion of the story takes place in the state of west virginia. The original movie was about a group of friends who end up lost in west virginia and are hunted down by cannibalized mountain men.
Wrong turn is a 2003 horror film, directed by rob schmidt and written by alan b. Kicking off in 2003, the wrong turn franchise has to date released six installments, and another film is soon on the way. Bloodlines 2012 fairlake is a small town in greenbrier county, west virginia and is home to the odet family, a family of inbred deformed cannibals. The real wrong turn house strange things happened here. An inheritance leads a young man and his friends to an abandoned resort inhabited by two sketchy caretakers and a clan of mutant cannibals. Last resort was the most recent entry in the horror franchise and was released in 2014. Not only do wrong turns hillbillies terrorize annoying city folk, but they do. With eliza dushku, jeremy sisto, emmanuelle chriqui, desmond harrington.
Standing in for west virginia, w pivotal scene was filmed here. The film was shot in hamilton, ontario, canada, and was followed by wrong turn 2. Movies and televisions shows taking place in west virginia. The film stars desmond harrington and eliza dushku. Americas freakbasket every once in a while there comes along a film so nasty, so meanspirited, that it defies all accepted rules of criticism due to its status as a piece of film entertainment second, and as an. With anthony ilott, chris jarvis, aqueela zoll, sadie katz. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Lassie1994 was filmed in the united states in the following locations. Surprisingly enough, west virginia has been the setting of several.
Filmed in bulgaria with british actors, this slasher flick makes a right turn when busty brunette louise cliffe doffs her top and shows off her 32ds before she gets shot through the left. After the events of the second film it is unknown if it was demolished or. My thinking on the first film is that it takes elements from ed gein via the depiction of leatherface in texas chainsaw massacre, threw in a little of west virginias history, then mixed in a bit of hills have eyes and deliverance in equal measures. A group of traveling companions gets lost in the backwoods of west virginia and falls victim to a band of vicious cannibals in the straighttodvd horror sequel wrong turn 3. Some of the most famous movies filmed or set here include we are marshall, wrong turn, the mothman prophecies, win a date with tad hamilton and superman iii.
Here are 10 more movies most people dont know were filmed in west virginia. An earlier headline on this story stated the production was accepting resumes for extras to appear in the film. Alan mcelroy, who wrote the original 2003 film, will return to pen the remake, which will presumably once again. Mtvs buckwild star shain gandee found dead in west virginia. Wrong turn is a 2003 slasher film directed by rob schmidt and written by alan b. Here are 10 more movies that were shot, or partially shot, in west virginia. Wrong turn remake in the works 15 years after original film.
Washingtons spies takes viewers into the stirring and treacherous world of the revolutionary war and introduces abraham woodhull who, after aligning with a group of childhood friends, forms the culper ring americas first spy ring george washington and the members of the culper ring are. Wrong turn reboot begins filming in ohio horror geek life. Six people find themselves trapped in the woods of west virginia, hunted down by cannibalistic mountain men grossly disfigured. Wrong turn movie filming locations then and now youtube. In the wrong turn movies, various families of deformed cannibals hunt down folks in west virginia. Filmed in moundsville, sistersville and new martinsville, this 1955 film noir boasts yet another west virginia connection. We already told you about movies and shows that were shot in west virginia, but did you know about these 10 more. Just watched the season 2 premiere, and instantly recognized palace green from colonial williamsburg. A shot of the fictional fairlake while shooting for wrong turn 5.
Wrong turn 2003 six people find themselves trapped in the woods west virginia after making a wrong turn. Fairlake is a small town in greenbrier county, west virginia and is home to the odet family, a family of inbred deformed cannibals. According to imdb, it was partially filmed in parkersburg, west virginia. As reported by journalist sheila vilvens on twitter, film crews are now in new richmond, ohio through sept. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and.
They are then hunted down by grossly disfigured cannibals. Decided to look up the filming locations for turn and it apparently is filmed at quite a few places in centraleastern virginia. Dozens of movies have been filmed in or about west virginia, including we are marshall, the story of the 1970 marshall university plane. The movie is a poorly made play on the backwoods stereotype of a. Six people find themselves trapped in the woods of west virginia, hunted down by. A group of college students, on a trip to the mountain man festival on halloween in west virginia, encounter a clan of cannibals. Get ready to head back to the wilderness of west virginia with a wrong turn remake. Join facebook to connect with wrong turn west virginia and others you may know. Left for dead, the first one to be filmed in neither west virgina nor canada was filmed in sofia, bulgaria and vitosha, bulgaria. Dead end was filmed in vancouver, british columbia, canada. How did west virginia get a reputation for inbreeding. Fairlake is a small town in greenbrier county, west virginia and is home to the.
Filming has begun on the new installment in the wrong. Turn, the brand new television series by amc, has been filming on location in virginia and premieres sunday, april 6, 2014 at 9 p. Set in west virginia, it features cannibalistic mountain men, horribly disfigured from generations of. That may sound dismissive, but it isnt important where the elements come from, it is what the director does with the script. Movies filmed or based on west virginia list challenges. Six people find themselves trapped in the woods of west virginia, hunted down by cannibalistic mountain men grossly disfigured through generations of inbreeding. In more recent memory, the 2003 film wrong turn helped perpetuate the inbreeding stereotype. Some of these great movies are actually really flattering, and some of them are quite horrifying and honestly shameful. One of the most underrated horror franchises of our time is that of the wrong turn movies. Similarly in the movie, maynard a serial killer is introduced in bloodlines who teams up with a similar to wrong turn family.
West virginia has a pretty limited selection of television shows and movies set in our state. A small west virginia town is hosting the legendary mountain man festival on halloween, where throngs of costumed party goers gather for a wild night of music and mischief. The film stars desmond harrington, eliza dushku, emmanuelle chriqui, jeremy sisto and kevin zegers. There isnt and never has been anyone from west virginia like those in wrong turn. It was filmed in hinton, west virginia, usa also in sandstone falls, new river gorge national river, west virginia, usa and. It was also rumoured that serial killer of the rainbow murders provided the story for the fifth wrong turn instalment. Wrong turn is a reboot of a horror franchise that started in 2003. First released in 2003, the film spawned six sequels. The story goes that joseph franklin murdered two women when he was in west virginia. Wrong turn 4 behind the scenes and interview duration. A visit to websters falls, where the 2003 horror film, wrong turn, was shot. Wrong turn reboot looking for crew in cincinnati shoot. Although this moving was set in the backwoods of west virginia, it was filmed in canada. Wrong turn is getting rebooted from scratch with an allnew take on the story from series creator alan b.
Wrong turn reboot begins shooting in ohio movieweb. With production now under way, it would seem that the project will likely. Id been watching for it since i first saw it advertised, because the trailers revealed it was set in west virginia and featured frightening hillbillies doing terrible things to vacationing suburbanites. Filming began this week over in ohio, weve learned today from a local. Most people dont know these 10 movies were set in west. The wrong turn set in the woods of west virginia while this 2003 original was filmed in ontario, canada, the entire plot takes place in the allegheny mountains of west virginia, telling the tale of a group of young people who have car trouble and find themselves stuck in the middle of the woods.
With doug bradley, camilla arfwedson, simon ginty, roxanne mckee. It is supposed to be set in west virginia, but the whole film was shot in northern canada. Medical student chris flynn drives through the mountains of west virginia on his way to a business meeting. Wrong turn follows a cast of bewildered outsiders some visiting west virginia to hike or rock climb and some passing through on business as they stumble through an impenetrable forest to. Silence of the lambss protagonist, clarice, was from west virginia, and locals say jodie foster had a pretty convincing appalachian accent, tooafter all, she did win an oscar. Friends jessie eliza dushku and carly emmanuelle chriqui are traveling with pals scott jeremy sisto, evan kevin zegers and francine lindy booth when they have car trouble in west virginia. The wrong turn was filmed in canada i which people would get their facts. Bloody beginnings was filmed in brandon, manitoba, canada. This list may not reflect recent changes learn more. Here be cannibals earlier this week i watched a teen horror movie on satellite tv. Wrong turn remake the cult favorite west virginia cannibal franchise will be getting the remake treatment from constantin film following six movies. It was believed that the town of fairlake used to be home to one of the many breeds of human cannibalism and one night after having a fight with the hills people, the whole town of fairlake where then slaughtered and eaten by the hillbillys, which may be ancestors. Shooting for the next wrong turn movie, described as a total reboot.
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