Wrong Turn 2: Dead End

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
Film poster
Directed by	Joe Lynch
Produced by	Jeff Freilich Erik Feig
Written by	Turi Meyer Al Septien
Based on	Characters by Alan McElroy
Starring	Erica Leerhsen Texas Battle Crystal Lowe Aleksa Palladino Daniella Alonso Kimberly Caldwell Henry Rollins
Music by	Bear McCreary
Cinematography	Robin Loewen
Editing by	Ed Marx
Studio	Summit Entertainment Constantin Film
Distributed by	Fox Home Entertainment
Release date(s)	October 9, 2007 (2007-10-09)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Canada United States
Language	English
Budget	$4 million
Box office	$9 million

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End is a 2007 American slasher film, directed by Joe Lynch, and starring Erica Leerhsen, Crystal Lowe, Henry Rollins and Texas Battle. It is a sequel to the 2003 horror film Wrong Turn, and has been available on DVD since October 9, 2007. The film was commercially successful and received a positive response from critics.

Plot

Reality show contestant, Kimberly is driving through the West Virginia back country searching for the location of her next project. When driving, she accidentally hits a teenager. She stops to check on him, but the teenager reveals to be a cannibal and bites her lip. She attempts to escape but runs to Three-Finger, who chops her with an axe. The two drag her body halves off.

Former U.S. Marine Colonel Dale Murphy (Henry Rollins) hosted a survival reality game show in the West Virginia Forest and the other contestants: model Elena (Crystal Lowe), wisecracking skateboarder Jonesy (Steve Braun), U.S. Marine officer and Iraq veteran Amber (Daniella Alonso), former high school football player Jake Washington (Texas Battle) & a goth Nina Papas (Erica Leerhsen) starting to wait in production. After Kimberly does not show up, the show's producer Mara (Aleksa Palladino) steps into her place.

As the game starts, Three-Finger kills Neil, one of the television crew. When Dale prepares to set the games, Three-Finger and another cannibal, "Pa" attacks Dale before Pa knocks him unconscious. Nina and Mara find a log cabin in the woods. Mara enters the cabin to try to find a telephone as Nina follows her. When they check the house, they hear the occupants return and force themselves to hide in the bedroom. They witness a female cannibal, "Ma" giving birth to a mutant deformed baby. Her daughter, "Sister" spots them at the bedroom but Nina and Mara manage to escape to the toilet pit. The two run away into the woods, but Mara is hit in the head with an axe. As the cannibals drive up with Mara's body, Nina sets off to find the others.

After M (Matthew Currie Holmes) and Elena had sex, He returns to the RV as Elena stays in the lake. When Elena hears the cannibals and the alarm setting off, she starts to get dressed as Sister emerges out of the bushes and slashes Elena to death with a machete. While M is in the RV, he witnesses the cannibals driving it. Pa attacks M before returning to the cabin. Meanwhile, Dale manages to escape himself and fights Three-Finger. After a short fight, Dale shoots Three-Finger with a shotgun.

As Jake, Amber and Jonesy were eating some meat, Nina returns and tells her story. When Jake realizes it was Kimberly's leg they had been eating, He, Nina, Amber and Jonesy attempt to escape. Dale finds an old man in his cabin. The old man tells him how the cannibals' mutations were caused by effluent dumped in the river by the abandoned paper mill and then reveals that he is their father and attacks Dale. After a brief skirmish, Dale kills the old man by blowing him up with a stick of dynamite. After finding the RV gone, they run towards the woods and encounter Brother and Sister. After fighting the cannibals, Jake searches for Nina while Amber and Jonesy go for help. Jake rescues Nina from the pit and they jump into the river.

After Amber and Jonesy are killed in a trap, Nina and Jake make it to the mill. They enter the mill and find a garage full of vehicles stolen from the victims. They find the RV and Jake enters and witnesses M being decapitated from a live feed monitor inside. He and Nina attempt to leave but Sister and Pa capture them both. The abandoned mill is revealed to be the mutant's home. Jake is strung up and Nina is strapped to a chair with barbed wire at the table. The mutants eat dinner, also force feeding Nina.

Dale sneaks into the compound and distracts the cannibals. As the cannibals were searching for him, Dale manages to kill Brother and Sister with a dynamite attached to an arrow. He frees Nina and Jake, but Dale is killed by Pa and Ma, who were incensed by the deaths of their children. Nina successfully escapes, but Jake wanders in a room fitted an enormous tree de-barker before he was pursued by Ma and Pa. Nina returns to the mill and manages to kill Pa and Ma by pushing them into the de-barker. They find Kimberly's abandoned car and drive away to safety. Meanwhile in the river, Three-Finger is shown feeding the newborn mutant baby with a finger and a bottle filled with chemical waste. His laugh is heard as the credits roll.

Cast

• Erica Leerhsen as Nina Papas
• Henry Rollins as Dale Murphy
• Texas Battle as Jake Washington
• Crystal Lowe as Elena Miller
• Daniella Alonso as Amber
• Steve Braun as Jonesy
• Matthew Currie Holmes as Michael/"M"
• Aleksa Palladino as Mara
• Kimberly Caldwell as Kimberly
• Wayne Robson as The Old Man
• Ken Kirzinger as Pa
• Ashlea Earl as Ma
• Clint Carleton as Brother
• Rorelee Tio as Sister
• Jeff Scrutton as Three Finger

Soundtrack

Wrong Turn 2
Film score by Bear McCreary
Released	September 18, 2007
Genre	Soundtracks Film scores
Length	52:11
Label	La-La Land
Bear McCreary chronology
Wrong Turn (2003) Wrong Turn 2 (2007) Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (2009)

The soundtrack's music was composed by Bear McCreary.

Track Listing

1. "Main Title" (3:39)
2. "Ultimate Survivalist Theme Song" (3:20) by Captain Ahab
3. "Dale for Dinner" (2:33)
4. "Birth of Baby Splooge" (3:04)
5. "Nina's Theme" (2:43)
6. "Mutant Cannibal Incest" (3:01)
7. "Into the Mill" (2:49)
8. "Arrow through Two Heads" (3:18)
9. "Dale Vigilante" (3:19)
10. "Hunting Dale" (3:40)
11. "Rescuing Nina" (3:04)
12. "Dale to the Rescue" (3:18)
13. "The Meat Grinder" (2:15)
14. "Baby Splooge Lives" (2:36)
15. "End Credits (Theme from Wrong Turn 2)" (3:39)
16. "Under Your Bones" (5:25) by Captain Ahab

Release

Fox Home Entertainment released the film on DVD on October 9, 2007 in an Unrated version with extras that include commentary by director Joe Lynch, and actors Erica Leerhsen and Henry Rollins, a second commentary by writers Turi Meyer and Al Septien, a featurette on the making of the film, and the trailer.

Box office

The film debuted at number 9 on the Billboard Top DVD Sales chart, and has grossed $9 million on DVD sales, covering its budget of $4 million.

Reception

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End received positive reviews. It currently holds a 78% fresh rating from review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 9 reviews.

Uncle Creepy of DreadCentral gave the film 8 out of 10 stars, stating that the film "is a hot ticket for some gore-soaked backwoods mayhem that gets even better with repeated viewings and lots of booze". Bloody-Disgusting stated that "what could have been a cheap and lazy cash-in turned out to be one of the year’s better genre offerings".

At the Gérardmer Film Festival it won the "Best Direct-to-Video Film" award.

Sequel

Main article: Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead

On June 30, 2008, Bloody Disgusting learned that Declan O'Brien will be directing Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead; Joe Lynch did not return for the third film. Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 20, 2009 to largely negative reviews from critics and fans alike.

External links

• Official website
• Wrong Turn 2 at the Internet Movie Database
• Wrong Turn 2 at AllRovi