How Many Wrong Turn Movies Are There?

You read that right. The "Wrong Turn" franchise is now a full seven movies strong. We're as surprised by that as anyone, but 2021's vicious, soft reboot, also entitled "Wrong Turn," was indeed the seventh installment in the gore-mongering series. If the critics are to be believed, the latest addition to the franchise is among the best yet, though Rotten Tomatoes confirms the franchise arguably reached its creative zenith with the Certified Fresh '07 sequel. 

The four films released between the first, second, and seventh chapters of the "Wrong Turn" saga all saw direct-to-video releases, and the critics didn't really bother with any of them. As for the viewers who did, they clearly wish they hadn't, with most claiming those four "Wrong Turn" flicks brought nothing new to the franchise mix, recycling pretty much every cannibalistic storyline from the first two films.

As for 2021's surprisingly well-received "Wrong Turn" reboot, the new film likely benefitted from the return of the original film's writer Alan B. McElroy, who manages to make things interesting in cannibal-land despite the fact that his politically charged screenplay basically utilizes the exact same template as the franchise's other offerings. Even still, with the new film's apparent success, the question becomes whether or not it will inspire more "Wrong Turn" sequels. That seems more likely than not these days, even if most folks can agree seven "Wrong Turn" movies really is more than enough.