Summary

• The most characters survive in the 2021 reboot of Wrong Turn, where three make it to the end alive.
• There is at least one movie in the Wrong Turn franchise where no characters survive at all.
• The Wrong Turn movie with the lowest kill count was the 2003 original.

The Wrong Turn movies are known for intense, bloody violence and creative dismemberment via the franchise's cannibal killers, and — due to the very high body count — there were only a few survivors throughout the six existing movies. The original Wrong Turn was released in 2003, becoming a modest box office hit. The others were released direct to video until the franchise was rebooted with 2021's Wrong Turn going for a more grounded and serious tone.

Drawing from the cannibal horror sub-genre, which was popularized by movies like Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes, the Wrong Turn movies combine elements from that with classic slasher movie tropes from the 1970s and 1980s. They also employ a level of violence in later films that is more akin to "torture porn" movies like Saw and Hostel. While the cannibals made for some of the most sadistic killers in horror movie history, there were some would-be victims that did manage to escape their wrath.

Wrong Turn (2003)

Survivors: Chris & Jessie

The first Wrong Turn movie finds Chris Flynn (Desmond Harrington) lost on some backroads where he gets into a car accident with another car stranded out in the middle of nowhere. It is eventually revealed that they were all lured into a trap with the cannibal killers residing in the woods hunting them. While Chris is the first character introduced in the movie, Jessie Burlingame (Eliza Dushku) makes for the horror movie Final Girl.

All of them dead in the end save for Chris and Jessie who manage to make their way back to the main road.

The 2003 original features a smaller kill count than some of the later Wrong Turn movies, with only a small cast of characters for the cannibals to pick from. However, the cannibals do make short work of the victims, with all of them dead in the end save for Chris and Jessie who manage to make their way back to the main road. While it appears as though they also succeeded in killing the cannibals, a post-credit scene reveals Three Finger is still alive.

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)

Survivors: Jake & Nina

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End began the movie's direct-to-video journey while also leaning into the more comedic side of the franchise. However, it is still mostly a horror movie, and the gore is increased in this second installment with a lot of creative kills. The second Wrong Turn movie follows the crew and stars of a survival reality show filming in the woods when they become targeted by the cannibals living there.

Despite the fact that he is responsible for killing the majority of the cannibals, he himself is offed in the climax.

The sequel to Wrong Turn has a lot of fun subverting expectations of who will survive and who will not. For example, Henry Rollins is the most recognizable name in the movie, playing a former marine turned host of the reality show. Despite the fact that he is responsible for killing the majority of the cannibals, he himself is offed in the climax. Instead, the athletic and noble Jake (Texas Battle) and the meek Nina (Erica Leehrsen) survive. Also, for the second movie in a row, Three Finger is Wrong Turn's only surviving cannibal in the end.

Wrong Turn 3: Left For Dead (2009)

Survivors: Alex

Wrong Turn 3: Left For Dead is another sequel that increases the body count and provides even bloodier kills. The third Wrong Turn movie begins with the standard premise of the franchise — a group of teens on a camping trip get attacked by the cannibals and are quickly killed, except for Alex (Janet Montgomery). Wrong Turn 3 then shifts to a storyline about a group of prisoners and guards who get stranded in the same woods when their prisoner transfer journey goes wrong.

The movie ends with Nate returning to the woods to get the stolen money that was left behind, only to be killed by Brandon, who is subsequently killed by Three Finger

Alex eventually meets up with this group and warns them about the killer cannibals, who quickly descend on the survivors. In the end, all the bad guys are killed off, with Alex escaping the woods along with heroic cop Nate (Tom Frederic) and convict Brandon (Tom McKay), who insists he is innocent. However, the movie ends with Nate returning to the woods to get the stolen money that was left behind, only to be killed by Brandon, who is subsequently killed by Three Finger, leaving Alex as Wrong Turn 3's sole survivor.

Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings

No Survivors