Movies like The Collection

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   The Collector

   Same saga

   2009 · 90 min · Horror · Thriller

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   Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same saga or cinematic universe
   • the same director

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   The Hills Have Eyes

   Similar atmosphere

   2006 · 107 min · Horror · Thriller

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   Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared themes: gore and serial killer

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   The Conjuring

   Similar atmosphere

   2013 · 112 min · Horror · Thriller

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   Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   The Strangers

   Similar atmosphere

   2008 · 86 min · Horror

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   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.

   Why it connects

   • shared serial killer movie style
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

   Similar atmosphere

   1998 · 86 min · Horror · Thriller

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   Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed name, where she works as the headmistress of a private school. But it's not far enough to escape Myers, who soon discovers her whereabouts. As Halloween descends upon Laurie's peaceful community, a feeling of dread weighs upon her -- with good reason.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared serial killer movie style

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   Saw II

   Similar atmosphere

   2005 · 93 min · Horror

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   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.

   Why it connects

   • shared serial killer movie style
   • substantial genre overlap

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   The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

   Similar atmosphere

   2006 · 91 min · Horror · Thriller

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   Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills one of the bikers and brings Chrissie's friends to the Hewitt homestead, where young Leatherface is learning the tools of terror.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared themes: gore and serial killer

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   V/H/S/2

   Similar atmosphere

   2013 · 96 min · Horror · Thriller

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   Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.

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   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Saw VI

   Similar atmosphere

   2009 · 90 min · Horror · Thriller

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   Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.

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   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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    Freddy vs. Jason

    Similar atmosphere

    2003 · 97 min · Horror

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

    Why it connects

    • shared serial killer movie style
    • substantial genre overlap

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