Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007) (V)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Joe Lynch

Writers:

Alan B. McElroy (characters)
Turi Meyer (written by)
(more)

Release Date:

8 October 2007 (Greece)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

In the Forest, Only They Can Hear You Scream.

Plot:

A group of reality show contestants find themselves fighting for their survival against a family of hideously deformed inbred cannibals who plan to ruthlessly butcher them all.

Plot Keywords:

West Virginia | Cannibal | Colonel | Woods | TV Show

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Erica Leerhsen	...	Nina Papas
Henry Rollins	...	Dale Murphy
Texas Battle	...	Jake
Daniella Alonso	...	Amber
Steve Braun	...	Jonesy
Aleksa Palladino	...	Mara
Matthew Currie Holmes	...	Michael
Crystal Lowe	...	Elena
Kimberly Caldwell	...	Kimberly
Wayne Robson	...	Old Man
Ken Kirzinger	...	Pa
Ashlea Earl	...	Ma
Clint Carleton	...	Brother
Rorelee Tio	...	Sister
Jeff Scrutton	...	Three Finger
Cedric De Souza	...	Neil
John Stewart	...	Wojo
Bro Gilbert	...	Chris
Patton Oswalt	...	Tommy (voice)

Directed by
Joe Lynch

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alan B. McElroy		characters (as Alan McElroy)
Turi Meyer		written by
Al Septien		written by

Produced by
Erik Feig	....	executive producer
Jeff Freilich	....	producer
Robert Kulzer	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Bear McCreary

Cinematography by
Robin Loewen		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Ed Marx

Casting by
Corinne Clark
Nancy Nayor
Kelly Wagner

Production Design by
Brentan Harron

Art Direction by
Kirsten Franson

Set Decoration by
George Neuman

Costume Design by
Hisami Yamamoto

Makeup Department
Angelina P. Cameron	....	hair department head
Stan Edmonds	....	key makeup artist
Vanessa Giles	....	assistant makeup artist
Brad Hardin	....	makeup effects technician: Optic Nerve Studios
Keith Lau	....	special makeup effects artist
Shauna Magrath	....	special makeup effects artist
Christopher Mark Pinhey	....	special makeup effects artist
Vicki Syskakis	....	makeup effects artist
Bill Terezakis	....	makeup designer
Maureen Terezakis	....	makeup effects producer
Monique Venier	....	special makeup effects artist
Vince Yoshida	....	special makeup effects artist
Elisabeth Jolliffe	....	special makeup effects technician (uncredited)
J.P. Mass	....	special makeup effects technician (uncredited)

Production Management
David Dewar	....	post-production supervisor
Craig Forrest	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Heimbecker	....	third assistant director
Janine Law	....	second assistant director
Oliver Lee	....	trainee assistant director
Ken Shane	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Perry Battista	....	lead set dresser
Tim Dagley	....	on-set dresser
Tracy B. Dunlop	....	set dresser
Tyler Bishop Harron	....	assistant art director
Dean McQuillen	....	construction coordinator
Tasha Moth	....	props/armourer
Ocea Ringrose	....	set dresser
Kara Schwandt	....	assistant set decorator
David Sinclair	....	property master
Gregory R. Sugg	....	assistant property master
Ling Yang	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Ken Biehl	....	background sound effects editor
William Butler	....	sound mixer
Stephen Cheung	....	dialogue editor
Ian Emberton	....	sound effects editor
Ian Emberton	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ian Emberton	....	supervising sound editor
Craig George	....	adr walla editor
Charles O'Shea	....	boom operator
Greg Stewart	....	sound re-recording mixer
Clive Turner	....	sound effects editor
Wayne Williams	....	sound assistant

Special Effects by
Bob Comer	....	special effects coordinator
Barry Hebein	....	fabricator
Dan Keeler	....	special effects first assistant
Curt Storms	....	fabricator
Harry Tomsic	....	fabricator

Visual Effects by
Simon Ager	....	digital compositing artist
Rachelle Bisson-Montpetit	....	digital compositor
Landon Bootsma	....	digital compositor: Technicolor
Pauline Burns	....	visual effects coordinator
Josh Cole	....	compositor
Keegan Douglas	....	lead compositor
Andrew Karr	....	visual effects supervisor
Tammy Sutton	....	digital compositor
Dan Walker	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Laura Lee Connery	....	stunt driver
Rikki Gagne	....	stunt double
Jon Kralt	....	stunt double: Steve Braun
Paul Lazenby	....	wire technician
Darryl Quon	....	wire technician
Dan Rizzuto	....	stunt double
Jacob Rupp	....	stunt coordinator
Larissa Stadnichuk	....	stunt double: Erica Leerhsen
Hugo Steele	....	stunt double
Rorelee Tio	....	stunt actor

Camera and Electrical Department
Bradley S. Creasser	....	camera operator
Jesse Deacon	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Herb DeWaal	....	key rigging grip
Sean Elliott	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Steve McGuire	....	rigging grip
Darren McLean	....	gaffer
Brian Smith	....	key grip
Keith Woods	....	rigging gaffer

Casting Department
Celeste Leger	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Catherine Church	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Cheryl Buckman	....	assistant editor

Music Department
John Avila	....	musician: bass
Steve Bartek	....	musician: guitars
Robert L. Bennett Jr.	....	composer: additional music
Steve Kaplan	....	scoring engineer
Doug Lacy	....	musician: accordion
Brendan McCreary	....	scoring assistant
Katrina Schiller	....	music editor
Jonathan Snipes	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Paul Irvine	....	driver
Allan Morgan	....	transportation coordinator (as Al Morgan)

Other crew
Gillian Andrew	....	production accountant
Mike Atwater	....	production assistant
Dan Carr	....	location manager
Kennedy Davey	....	office production assistant
Kathy Davis	....	assistant accountant
Brooke Ensign	....	unit publicist
Mollie Freilich	....	assistant to producer and director
Craig J. Lane	....	first assistant production coordinator
Michele MacInnes	....	production coordinator
Colin McCarthy	....	assistant location manager
Jenny Oberem	....	script supervisor
Melyssa Rose	....	second assistant production coordinator
Marianne Sorensen	....	payroll
Maureen Terezakis	....	supervisor: MUFX

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (presents)
• Summit Entertainment
• Constantin Film
• WCT Productions

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2007) (Argentina) (all media)
• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Atmosphere Visual Effects
• WCT Productions

Other Companies

• Post Modern Sound  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

Wrong Turn 2 (USA) (short title)
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence and gore, language and some sexual content.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Australia:R (2007) | France:-16 | Hong Kong:III | USA:Unrated | Singapore:R21 | UK:18 | Argentina:18 | Germany:18 (cut) | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Netherlands:16 | Ireland:18 | Australia:MA (Cable TV rating) | Norway:18

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Director Joe Lynch originally wanted to have more inbred characters in the film, but was unable to because there were already too many characters to service in the film.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Kimberly Caldwell calls her agent he complains that it's 4am in Los Angeles. She's driving in West Virginia, and the shadow the car casts indicates the sun is directly overhead, so it's about midday (the shadow sits under the car in every shot). However, if it's 4am in LA, it should be 7am in West Virginia, so the sun should cast long shadows.

Quotes:

Nina Papas: What I saw... WAS REAL!

Movie Connections:

References "Survivor" (2000)

Soundtrack:

Electric Avenue

A direct to video sequel that's better than the original

"Wrong Turn" had its charms (ick) but "Wrong Turn 2: Dead End", is actually better in many ways. It's still a derivative film, which borrows from TCM, etc., but still, one character has already had her face bitten off & has been lopped in half before the opening credits are finished running, egad! The premise is that a bunch of young folks are out in West Virginia to film a pilot for a "reality TV show" that's one of these survival things, and the gist is that they're supposed to survive off the land & stuff; I doubt there was any mention of having to fend off crazed mutated hill-folks to win the prize, otherwise they'd probably not have chosen to participate. Some participants do happen across some yummy barbecue over an open fire though, mm-mm, those folks sure do know how to cook up a mean barbecue. Warning: never eat found barbecued meat while wandering through the woods. Henry Rollins (former singer for Black Flag, like THIRTY YEARS AGO!) is still a formidable presence, he plays an ex-Marine & the host of our little show. There's lots of gore & mayhem although it's carried out much more imaginatively than your usual "slice & dice" fare. There's even some time for a bit of character development, too. The wooded setting is a much better scenario for rampaging mutant hill folk than the desert too (e.g. Hills Have Eyes). Pretty impressive stuff for direct to video. This should have been released to theaters & not crap like "Hills Have Eyes 2". 7 out of 10.