If the "locals" aspect of Wrong Turn scares you more than the gore, Wolf Creek will be your nightmare. Three backpackers in the Australian outback find themselves stranded at a massive crater. They are helped by a seemingly friendly local bushman, Mick Taylor, who turns out to be a sadistic serial killer. Why it fits: This film leans heavily into realism. There are no mutant cannibals here, just a terrifyingly charismatic human villain. It captures the crushing isolation of the wilderness and the terrifying realization that you are miles away from civilization with a predator who knows the land better than you know yourself.

If you have worn out your copy of Wrong Turn and are looking for your next adrenaline fix, here are seven films that capture that same terrifying feeling of being hunted in the wilderness.

Fans of the family-under-siege dynamic and cannibal mythology.

This one swaps woods for jungle, but keeps the “trapped in a hostile environment” spirit. A group of tourists ascend a Mayan temple against locals’ warnings, only to discover the vines themselves are carnivorous, intelligent, and mimic human voices. The body horror is inventive, and the hopelessness rivals any Wrong Turn climax.