Movies Like The Wrong — Turn

The director made the actors watch Wrong Turn and Texas Chainsaw Massacre as homework to understand "primal fear." 3. Eden Lake (2008) – The Realistic Wrong Turn The twist: No deformities. No backwoods lore. Just bored, feral teenagers. A couple goes camping at a remote lake. They run into a pack of upper-middle-class teens with hunting knives and a pack mentality. This is the most disturbing movie on the list because it could happen to you tomorrow . It captures the Wrong Turn feeling of "justice doesn't exist out here."

No gore for gore’s sake. It’s all about the sound design—twigs snapping, heavy breathing in the fog. A masterclass in slow burn. 6. High Tension (2003) – The French Wrong Turn The hook: Swap the forest for a remote French farmhouse. Two college girls visit a family farm. A truck-driving killer (with a burlap sack over his head) shows up, slaughters the family, and kidnaps one girl. The other gives chase. This movie is 80 minutes of pure chase . No subplots. No police. Just a girl, a killer, and a very sharp razor. movies like the wrong turn

The ending is famously divisive (you’ll either love it or scream at the TV). But the first hour is arguably better than any Wrong Turn sequel. 7. The Forest (1982) – The Weirdo Pick For the completionist: A forgotten gem about two couples camping in... you guessed it... a forest. They are hunted by the ghosts of two cannibalistic children who died in the 1930s. It’s low-budget. The acting is wooden. But the atmosphere is pure Wrong Turn : isolation, no cell phones (obviously), and the sense that the trees are watching you. Plus, the killer uses a fork as a weapon. You can't unsee it. 8. Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007) – The Honorable Mention Wait, hear me out. Most sequels are trash. Wrong Turn 2 is the exception. Directed by Joe Lynch, it’s a reality TV show ( Apocalyptic Survival ) where contestants are hunted by Three Finger and his family. It leans into the camp (literally and figuratively) and features Henry Rollins as a retired marine who yells, “I’m gonna kill every last one of you inbred f&%ks!” The director made the actors watch Wrong Turn

This movie will ruin your day. The ending is infamous for making audiences throw popcorn at the screen. 4. The Ruins (2008) – The Vegetal Wrong Turn The hook: The monster isn’t a person. It’s the plants . American tourists get trapped on a Mayan pyramid in the jungle. The locals won't let them leave because they're "infected." What follows is a slow, agonizing body-horror film where vines crawl under your skin and mimic human voices. It has the same "group betrayal" dynamic as Wrong Turn (who gets left behind?). Just bored, feral teenagers