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Movies that feel likeSaw II (2005)

The chilling and relentless Jigsaw killer returns to terrorize the city once again. When a gruesome murder victim emerges with unmistakable traces of Jigsaw's sinister methods, Detective Eric Matthews is thrust into a high-stakes investigation. To his surprise, apprehending Jigsaw seems almost too easy, but what he doesn't realize is that being caught is merely another piece of Jigsaw's intricate puzzle.

If you loved Saw II, the closest films we have are Evil Dead (2013), The Eye (2002) and Triangle (2009). All three share Saw II's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Audition (2000).

πŸ… 39% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Darren Lynn Bousmandreadunsettling
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If Saw II hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Saw (2004) Β· Saw III (2006) Β· Saw IV (2007) Β· Saw V (2008) Β· Saw VI (2009) Β· Saw 3D (2010)

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Evil Dead
2013 · dir. Fede Álvarez
πŸ… 63%β˜… 6.5horrorNetflixPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: survival horror

Mia, a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David, his girlfriend, Natalie and their friends Olivia and Eric to accompany her to their family's remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead at the cabin and reads aloud from it, awakening an ancient demon. All hell breaks loose when the malevolent entity possesses Mia.

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The Eye
2002 Β· dir. Oxide Pang
πŸ… 63%β˜… 6.6horror

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

A blind concert violinist gets a cornea transplant allowing her to see again. However, she gets more than she bargained for when she realizes her new eye can see ghosts. She sets out to find the origins of the cornea and discover the fate of its former host.

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Triangle
2009 Β· dir. Christopher Smith
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.9horrorPrime VideoPeacock

Both lean on dread more than on horror

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong.

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Audition
2000 Β· dir. Takashi Miike
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.1horror Β· drama

Common ground in both: sadism and torture

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Saw II does

Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.

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Terrifier
2018 Β· dir. Damien Leone
πŸ… 63%β˜… 5.5horrorPrime VideoPeacock

Common ground: sadistic horror

A maniacal clown named Art terrorizes three young women on Halloween night and everyone else who stands in his way.

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Mama
2013 Β· dir. Andy Muschietti
πŸ… 63%β˜… 6.2horror

Unsettling horror in both cases

Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.

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Freddy vs. Jason
2003 Β· dir. Ronny Yu
πŸ… 41%β˜… 5.8horrorMax

Both are built on the same subject: serial killer

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.

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Halloween
2007 Β· dir. Rob Zombie
πŸ… 28%β˜… 6.1horrorPeacock

The same preoccupation in both: sadism

The early years of young Michael Myers and the events leading up to his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illinois.

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The Strangers
2008 Β· dir. Bryan Bertino
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.1horrorNetflixPeacock

One thread runs through both: serial killer

After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.

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The Amityville Horror
2005 Β· dir. Andrew Douglas
πŸ… 23%β˜… 5.9horrorPrime Video

Horror built on dread, twice over

George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Dutch colonial mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.

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Dead Silence
2007 Β· dir. James Wan
πŸ… 22%β˜… 6.2horror

A streak of unease through both

Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fair, where Shaw used to perform and is buried. But Jamie is in for more than he expected.

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Final Destination
2000 Β· dir. James Wong
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.7horrorMax

Horror approached the same way

After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.

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