The film’s success single-handedly kept the Wrong Turn franchise alive, paving the way for four subsequent sequels and a 2021 reboot. More importantly, it showed a generation of young horror filmmakers that the DTV market offered more creative freedom, fewer censorship restrictions, and a direct line to a passionate, hardcore audience hungry for unrated, unapologetic horror cinema.
For context, Wrong Turn 2: Dead End is a 2007 slasher film directed by Joe Lynch. It was released straight to DVD on October 9, 2007, following a premiere at the London FrightFest Film Festival on August 25, 2007. With a budget of $4 million, the film was highly successful on home video, grossing $9.2 million in sales alone. It is a sequel to the 2003 original and the second installment in the Wrong Turn franchise. wrong turn 2 dead end videos
The premise of Wrong Turn 2 is a stroke of genius: a group of contestants participates in a post-apocalyptic reality TV show called The Ultimate Survivalist , hosted by a retired military officer (played with iconic charisma by Henry Rollins). The show is set in the remote forests of West Virginia—the exact hunting grounds of the cannibalistic Odets family. The film’s success single-handedly kept the Wrong Turn