
Movies that feel likeSend Help (2026)
If you loved Send Help, the closest films we have are Drag Me to Hell (2009), Better Watch Out (2017) and Housebound (2014). All three share Send Help'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 When Evil Lurks (2023).
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If Send Help hit the spot, these will too

Sam Raimi directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Trades the wit of Send Help for an angle of its own

Both land dread and unease at once

The same mix in both: tension, then wit

One thread runs through both: survival horror
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Both are Sam Raimi's work, and they rhyme
The difference: Easier on the tension than Send Help

Both are built on the same subject: survival

Both lean on play more than on horror
The difference: Sits closer to crime than Send Help does

Thriller with a pulse of dread, in both cases


Tense horror, and it commits to that

Witty comedy in both cases

Playful thriller in both cases
The difference: 39 years apart, and the 1980s show
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