Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- frantic
- visceral
- irreverent
- late night horror marathon
- cult horror screening
What critics said
Critics broadly viewed the sequel as a fast-paced, entertaining, self-aware splatter film that improves on the usual direct-to-video formula, despite its derivative and occasionally stupid construction.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Colonel Dale Murphy hosts a simulated post-apocalyptic reality show whose contestants and crew become prey in the West Virginia wilderness.
Critics describe the sequel as self-parodic and as a love-letter to old-school 1980s splatter sequels, while the plot escalates into grotesque cannibalistic mayhem.
The contestants are hunted by an inbred cannibal family in a remote West Virginia wasteland.
The reality-show participants must survive a remote forested West Virginia setting while being pursued by cannibals.
Films like Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, and why
Wrong Turn
backwoods slasher horror, cannibalistic antagonists, graphic violence, and rural isolation
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
self-aware splatter sequel energy, grotesque rural violence, and darkly comic excess
The Hills Have Eyes
remote wilderness survival, hostile rural killers, and escalating visceral brutality
House of 9
reality-show premise transformed into a fast-paced horror survival contest with graphic set pieces
Movie Details
- Director
- Joe Lynch
- Release Date
- 2007-08-25
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (1622)
Cast
- Erica Leerhsen
- Henry Rollins
- Texas Battle
- Aleksa Palladino
- Daniella Alonso
- Steve Braun
- Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe
- Kimberly Caldwell
- Matthew Currie Holmes
- Wayne Robson
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Wrong Turn 2: Dead End about?
- A simulated survival competition becomes a savage backwoods slaughter when its contestants are hunted by an Appalachian cannibal family.
- What is Wrong Turn 2: Dead End like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Wrong Turn 2: Dead End as breakneck, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Wrong Turn 2: Dead End violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Wrong Turn 2: Dead End as graphic.
- What did critics think of Wrong Turn 2: Dead End?
- Critics broadly viewed the sequel as a fast-paced, entertaining, self-aware splatter film that improves on the usual direct-to-video formula, despite its derivative and occasionally stupid construction.
- Which films are like Wrong Turn 2: Dead End?
- Films with a similar feel include Wrong Turn, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The Hills Have Eyes, and House of 9.
- How long is Wrong Turn 2: Dead End?
- Wrong Turn 2: Dead End runs 97 minutes.
- Where can I watch Wrong Turn 2: Dead End?
- In United States, Wrong Turn 2: Dead End is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
