Directed by:Joe Lynch Writers: Alan B. McElroy (characters) Turi Meyer(Movies)
Released: October 2007
2003's 'Wrong Turn' was a pretty unremarkable little thriller. It had some good moments, but just being good doesn't really cut it when you're amongst modern horror giants like 'Saw', 'Switchblade Romance' and 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre', all also released around the same time. Popular amongst a teen audience, it was really a 'The Hills Have Eyes'-inspired romp that managed to be enjoyable but ultimately forgettable, so guess what? They only went and made a sequel!
'Wrong Turn 2: Dead End' (do you see what they did there?) follows a reality game show, hosted by ex-Marine Dale Murphy (Henry Rollins), where a group of young people have to survive five days in the woods in a supposed post-apocalyptic fallout. The usual group of misfits turn up - the wise-cracking joker, a jock, a lesbian, a prick-tease, a self-harmer and an actress - and proceed to get picked off by the redneck cannibals that dwell in the woods.
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