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Movies that feel likeSpiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)

Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer’s morbid game.

If you loved Spiral: From the Book of Saw, the closest films we have are Hellhole (2022), The Little Stranger (2018) and The Medium (2021). All three share Spiral: From the Book of Saw'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 Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018).

🍅 39% Rotten Tomatoes★ 5.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Darren Lynn Bousmandreadunsettlingtwisty
10 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Saw (2004) · Saw II (2005) · Saw III (2006) · Saw IV (2007) · Saw V (2008) · Saw VI (2009)

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Hellhole
2022 · dir. Bartosz M. Kowalski
🍅 67%★ 5.8horror · mysteryNetflix

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

In a monastery cut off from the world, the monks run a clinic for the possessed. One day, a young policeman Marek comes to the convent. Posing as a clergyman, he penetrates monastic life and tries to explain the recent, mysterious disappearance of several tormented inmates. It turns out, however, that there is no way out of the monastery.

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The Little Stranger
2018 · dir. Lenny Abrahamson
🍅 64%★ 5.5mystery · horror

Twisty horror, and it commits to that

In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house is now in decline. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life?

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The Medium
2021 · dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
🍅 83%★ 6.5horror · mysteryRent or buy

Mystery built on dread, twice over

A shaman's family learn that their goddess is supposedly controlling one of them. However, their lives take a frightening turn when they realise the goddess has nothing to do with the possession.

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Paranormal Activity 3
2011 · dir. Henry Joost
🍅 68%★ 5.8horror · mysteryParamount+Peacock

Horror with a pulse of unease, in both cases

In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.

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Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
2018 · dir. Jung Bum-shik
🍅 92%★ 6.5horror · mysteryPrime Video

Both lean on twists more than on mystery

The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast, but they encounter much more than expected as they move deeper inside the nightmarish old building.

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
2019 · dir. André Øvredal
🍅 78%★ 6.2horror · mysteryPeacock

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.

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A Classic Horror Story
2021 · dir. Roberto De Feo
🍅 55%★ 5.7horror · mysteryNetflix

Mystery with a pulse of unease, in both cases

Five people travelling by camper crash into a tree. When they recover, the road they were driving on has been replaced by an impenetrable forest and a wooden house.

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Black Christmas
2019 · dir. Sophia Takal
🍅 41%★ 3.5horror · mystery

A streak of twists through both

A group of sorority pledges are stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break. That is until the young women discover that the killer is part of an underground campus conspiracy.

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The Wailing
2016 · dir. Na Hong-jin
🍅 99%★ 7.4horror · mystery

One thread runs through both: murder

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

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Lee Cronin's The Mummy
2026 · dir. Lee Cronin
🍅 45%★ 6.1horror · mysteryMax

Both know what they want from horror

The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.

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Final Destination Bloodlines
2025 · dir. Adam Stein
🍅 92%★ 6.7horror · mysteryMax

Both working the same mystery territory

Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.

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Fear Street: 1994
2021 · dir. Leigh Janiak
🍅 84%★ 6.2horror · mystery · dramaNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder

The difference: Played as drama first

After a series of brutal slayings, a teen and her friends take on an evil force that's plagued their notorious town for centuries.

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