Instead, a figure steps forward. It is a young girl, perhaps 12 years old, holding a crude spear. She looks civilized but wild. The camera zooms in on her eyes.
If Wrong Turn 9 were to be made today, the marketing would likely lean heavily into the "Cult" aspect introduced in the 2021 film. The "Kiana" subtitle suggests a new matriarchal figure, perhaps a child saved from the previous film who has now risen to power, bridging the gap between the old "hillbilly slasher" vibes and the new "folk horror" vibe.
We meet our new cast: a group of volunteer park rangers and a documentary film crew attempting to clean up the forest and debunk the "cannibal myths" for a streaming series. wrong turn 9 trailer
THE RISE OF KIANA
The hero finds a crumbling obelisk carved with dates—every 9 years, a mass disappearance. The last one: 2025 . A voice (unseen) growls: “You didn’t take a wrong turn. You took the only turn left.” Rapid cuts of running, screaming, a drone falling from the sky—then silence. Instead, a figure steps forward
Realistic but synthetic scenes of mutants or forest chases.
: A return to the isolated, dense woods of West Virginia. The camera zooms in on her eyes
From the producers of The Descent and The Ritual