Review of Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007) by ღLynn M — 29 Jul 2010

"Birth defects. No sh*t.".

The "crazed inbred cannibal hillbillies killing dumb dudes and hot chicks" genre isn't one of my favorites, but I'm up for the occasional decent movie. Wrong Turn 2 doesn't do much to turn the genre on its head, but at least it's entertaining and offers a few characters that manage to be more than the tired horror movie staples that we've seen countless times.

The scenario that brings our victims to the backwoods where the cannibals make their home is a reality show, hosted by a tough-as-nails ex-marine. There's the expected annoying, sleazy, and slutty characters, but we also get a few who are likeable and sympathetic. So, you get the pleasure of cheering the deaths of the crappy characters, while hoping that the others can somehow get out of all this alive. The actors are all probably people you've never heard of before, but they do their jobs pretty well.

The cannibals themselves look suitably dirty and inbred, which is about all I expected. There are a few gruesome deaths, but really nothing more over-the-top or violent than what I've seen in other movies. I could have done without the unnecessary jab at religion that was shoehorned in towards the end, but all in all, I'd say that Wrong Turn 2 was okay. If you're really into these kinds of flicks, you'll probably like it even more than I did.

And if you're anything like me, the most disturbing scene in this entire movie will be the one where two of those subhuman monsters start making out. Now THAT is horror.