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!

Feeling sorry for an old hitchhiker who seems to be struggling in the pouring rain, a young woman decides to pick up the old lady after having just heard on the news that a woman had been found dead. She soon gets the creeps about the old lady and tries to get her out of the car by pretending that she has a flat tyre and then speeds away. The events that take place in the next 8 minutes or so will have you gripped to the edge of your seat with an ending that will leave you shocked! Superb acting and cast done it justice!

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.