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Wrong Turn 2: Dead End is a 2007 horror and slasher film directed by Joe Lynch. The movie features cast members Erica Leerhsen, Henry Rollins, Texas Battle, and Crystal Lowe. It serves as a sequel to the original Wrong Turn and is followed by Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead. The production involves Summit Entertainment, 20th Century Studios, and Constantin Film, with Bear McCreary composing the score.
The film was shot in Vancouver and set in the Appalachian Mountains. It is an English-language production originating from the United States, Canada, and Germany. Distribution occurred via video on demand and direct-to-video formats through 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment and Netflix. The runtime is listed as 97 or 93 minutes, and the movie holds an R rating.
Critical reception includes a review score of 6.4 out of 10 and a 70% rating, alongside an IMDb rating of 5.5 from 39,555 votes. The film received one award win. Its narrative focuses on incest, and keywords associated with the plot include competition, dynamite, forest, and West Virginia. The tagline for the release is "Evil Awaits."
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6.1Retired military commander Colonel Dale Murphy hosts the simulated post-apocalyptic reality show where participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland. But the show turns into a nightmarish showdown when each realizes they are being hunted by an inbred family of cannibals determined to make them all dinner!
Cast
- Erica Leerhsen as Nina Papas
- Henry Rollins as Dale Murphy
- Texas Battle as Jake Washington
- Aleksa Palladino as Mara
- Daniella Alonso as Amber
- Steve Braun as Jonesy
Themes
- competition
- dynamite
- forest
- west virginia
- sequel
- woods
- road accident
- slasher
- cannibal
- incest
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Ratings
IMDb
5.5/10
39,555 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
- Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Horror
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win.
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Joe Lynch
- Written by
- Turi Meyer Al Septien
- Based on
- Characters, by Alan B. McElroy
- Produced by
- Jeff Freilich
- Starring
- Erica Leerhsen Henry Rollins Texas Battle Aleksa Palladino Daniella Alonso Steve Braun Crystal Lowe Matthew Currie Holmes Kimberly Caldwell
- Cinematography
- Robin Loewen
- Edited by
- Ed Marx
- Music by
- Bear McCreary
- Production companies
- Constantin Film Summit Entertainment
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Release dates
- August 25, 2007 ( 2007-08-25 ) ( FrightFest ) October 9, 2007 ( 2007-10-09 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 97 minutes
- Countries
- Germany United States Canada
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- Wrong Turn
- Followed by
- Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead
- Follows
- Wrong Turn
- Main subject
- incest
- Director
- Joe Lynch
- Cast member
- Wayne Robson
- Composer
- Bear McCreary
- Production company
- Constantin Film
- Narrative location
- Appalachian Mountains
- Filming location
- Vancouver
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 971973
- Performer
- Bear McCreary
- Distribution format
- direct-to-video
- Image
- Wrong Turn 2 Dead End logo black.png
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 2007-01-01
- title
- Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 70%
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Encyclopedic overview
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End is a 2007 black comedy slasher film directed by Joe Lynch and written by Turi Meyer and Al Septien. An international co-production between Summit Entertainment from the United States and Constantin Film from Germany, it is a sequel to Wrong Turn (2003) and the second installment in the Wrong Turn film series. Starring Erica Leerhsen, Henry Rollins, Texas Battle, Aleksa Palladino, Daniella Alonso, Steve Braun, Crystal Lowe, Matthew Currie Holmes and Kimberly Caldwell, and follows a group of reality show contestants fighting for their survival against a family of horribly deformed cannibals who plan to mercilessly slaughter them all.
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End had its premiere at the FrightFest on August 25, 2007, and was released on DVD in the United States on October 9, 2007, by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The film received a positive response from critics, which remains the best-reviewed film in the franchise. It grossed $9.2 million in home video sales.
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