Undescribable Perfection

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Has anybody noticed that this film is a complete and utter retread of a classic and chilling but little-seen 1978 short UK film called Panic directed by James Dearden (son of the famous Basil Dearden). It's okay to attempt a remake or update of a film but at least the maker of the new film should give credit where credit is due. The director of Left Turn has most definitely seen Panic but doesn't seem to credit this. Also, there is nothing that instills the same panic in Left Turn that the original Panic achieved so well. A longer running time and some important additional scenes in the original made it truly chilling where this version is just botched. Anyway - why does Ellis assume that everyone has forgotten the 1978 Panic and try and make out the story is his idea? Plagiarism is just reprehensible and Ellis should be ashamed. Arghhhhh!

OK- actors- there are none in this film. There are simply poser idiots who wish they could act- one major problem with these complete idiots is the direction and the complete lack of any acting ability- Imagine the dumbest jock at your high school- now hand him a script he has never seen before- and tell him to read it aloud- now you have the caliber of the dialog in this movie.THis is the kind of thing some idiot wrote while flunking out of film school and his girlfriend thought it was awesome because she smokes crack and has no ability to differentiate crap from a good movie.This is my theory- since it is one of the few situations that can spawn such a useless turd of endless non-acting, wooden script reading and imbecilic non-believable casting.It's crap. It doesn't get ANY worse than this without intentionally trying to be terrible. THE FUNNIEST THING ABOUT THIS MOVIE: These so-called actors all make the same ROOKIE mistake --- they cannot keep their eyes off the camera!! THey look from left to right very quickly in a failed attempt to keep their eyes off the camera and "act natural" You will continually catch these COMPLETE MORONS looking into the camera by a simple lack of any skill whatsoever.I heartily suggest everyone in this movie get a real job quick because none of them have any future in film-making if they stay at this caliber level!!

A short does not have a lot of time to make its point. I don't think they did. It was a bit eerie, but it lacked convincing fear or fear development. Also just reminded me a lot of an old Twilight Zone teaser. Maybe another viewing will change my opinion...

LEFT TURN is a dark and disturbing short film which manages to supply a large amount of suspense within it's short running time(15 minutes). Lucy Russell (The Lady and the Duke) plays Julie, who driving home on a dark and rainy night picks up an old woman who appears to be in trouble. Julie starts to have second thoughts about her good deed when something starts to feel very wrong about her hitch hiker.In the style of "Don't Look Now" this scary short film has great performances along with slick looking sequences filled with tension.