The Infamously Gruesome Wrong Turn Is Inspired by a 500-Year-Old Story

Some of the greatest horror movies draw inspiration from real-life killers. Whether it be Henry Lee Lucas’s influence on Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) or Ed Gein’s influence on Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960), true crime and horror have long gone hand in hand. Yet, there is one infamous family of cannibals that has had a substantial influence on film, literature, and video games whose victims were said to be over a thousand, the notorious Sawney Bean family.


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