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Films like Wrong Turn.

Wrong Turn (2003) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007) poster
1. Wrong Turn 2: Dead End2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Hills Have Eyes (2006) poster
2. The Hills Have Eyes2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

As Above, So Below (2014) poster
3. As Above, So Below2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

House of 1000 Corpses (2003) poster
4. House of 1000 Corpses2003

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Halloween: Resurrection (2002) poster
5. Halloween: Resurrection2002

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Collection (2012) poster
6. The Collection2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Open Water (2004) poster
7. Open Water2004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

House at the End of the Street (2012) poster
8. House at the End of the Street2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) poster
9. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013) poster
10. Texas Chainsaw 3D2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines (2012) poster
11. Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hidden (2015) poster
12. Hidden2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Wrong Turn’s neighbours — where are yours?

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