Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)

Humor: 1
Blood: 4
Gore: 4, there’s plenty, but most of it is ridiculous
Nudity: 1, one set of boobs complimented by a thonged bum
Dialog: 2
Minutes FF’ed thru: none
Overall rating: 3, the only reason I give it a 3 is so people will watch this, realize how ridiculous it is, and then know what not to do when making a movie

What’s in the DNA of backwoods fuckers? They’re friggin indestructible! They get hit by cars, stabbed, shot, get their heads busted up, and still get back up and continue to terrorize your ass. And, why do backwoods folk always resort to cannibalism? Hell, they live in the woods, aren’t there enough animals to sustain their hunger?

This movie is about a Survivor-type show in which six contestants participate in The Apocalypse challenge and The Radiation Elimination. The host of the show is Dale, played by Henry Rollins, and the six contestants were so far-fetched and predictable, that it’s ridiculous. The artsy vegan, the jock, the joker, the tough girl, the slut, the shy one, and the one who never makes it to the competition, the pretty girl.

It just so happens that two of the female contestants find the backwoods house and walk in right as one mutant is giving birth. Having been noticed watching the event, they are then chased. The shy one ends up dying by a flying hatchet to the head.

A jealous backwoods woman finds her lover jerking off while looking at one of the contestants sunbathing, and in jealousy, runs after her and cuts up her back.

Every time I watch a horror movie, I have to analyze whether the gore effects and killings are realistic. Most of the time they’re not, but can be tolerated, yet there are so many scenes in this that I was like, “What a crock of shit!” It became so ridiculous that I lost interest quick, but continued to watch so I could point out more faults.

Things to look for while watching:

The CGI arrow through the head and eye scene of the two contestants hanging is so obviously fake.
The woman split down the middle with an axe is cool, but obviously not possible.
The shot of the hatchet through the back of the head while running scene seems so out of place with the other cinematography.
The look of the backwoods mutants is not original, and maybe even borrowed from The Hills Have Eyes.
The, oh let me get up and pop my bones and head back in place, and then come after you again is ridiculous.
The grunting prayer scene at the table before they eat their cannibal feast is stupid.
The baby mutant sucking on the finger at the end is just dumb.

I’m not sure I could sit through this again, other than to continue to pick it apart. There is very little originality, and although it can be pleasing to gorehounds, I’ll stick with Eliza Dushku in the first one.