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Movies that feel likeSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

If you loved Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, the closest films we have are Let the Right One In (2008), Raw (2017) and Audition (2000). All three share Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street's contemplative and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979).

πŸ… 86% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Tim Burtoncontemplativedreadunsettling
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Let the Right One In
2008 Β· dir. Tomas Alfredson
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.8horror Β· dramaPrime VideoPeacock

Contemplative and dread-soaked in the same breath

When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.

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Raw
2017 Β· dir. Julia Ducournau
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.9horror Β· drama

Common ground: cannibal

Stringent vegetarian Justine encounters a decadent, merciless, and dangerously seductive world during her first week at veterinary school. Desperate to fit in, she strays from her principles and eats raw meat for the first time. She soon experiences terrible and unexpected consequences as her true self begins to emerge.

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

Both lean on unease more than on drama

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

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

The difference: Less contemplative, more its own thing

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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Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979 Β· dir. Werner Herzog
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.3drama Β· horrorPrime Video

Drama built on stillness, twice over

The difference: 28 years apart, and the 1970s show

A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.

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Veronica
2017 Β· dir. Paco Plaza
πŸ… 86%β˜… 6.2horrorNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: widow

In 1991 Madrid, after holding a sΓ©ance at school, a teen girl minding her younger siblings at home suspects an evil force has entered their apartment.

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Saw II
2005 Β· dir. Darren Lynn Bousman
πŸ… 39%β˜… 6.6horror

Unsettling horror, and it commits to that

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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.

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

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

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

Drama built on unease, twice over

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

The horror is handled with the same confidence

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

Both play horror straight

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

Both working the same horror territory

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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