Movies like Jack Scott's Wood (2017)
The best movies like Jack Scott's Wood (2017) are The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014), Whisper (2007) and Never Let Go (2024). If Jack Scott's Wood hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedNightbreed (1990)6.4/10 from 576 votes
- NewestDon't Let Them Out (2026)Released 2026
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisWhisper (2007)
Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNever Let Go (2024)
As an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBloodline (2019)
Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisEradication (2022)
When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and a shadowy agency hunting them down.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPlay Dead (2025)
A woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPitfall (2025)
After a young man is separated from his friends in the woods, he falls into a ten-foot deep pit of spikes, impaling him through his leg and leaving him trapped. He quickly learns that his fall was not an accident.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Evil (1978)
Shortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Last Breath (2024)
A group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white sharks.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDaddy's Little Girl (2014)
After the police find Derek’s daughter brutally murdered on the beach, he vows to make the culprit suffer for his actions, even if that person is ‘part of the family.’ With careful research into the history of torture, Derek prepares himself and his basement for a week of brutal tactics that will make his daughter’s killer feel the pain that he has inflicted upon so many others. In a time when stranger danger is ever present, a single father learns that it’s the ones you trust most who have to be watched the closest.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOlder Gods (2023)
After the disappearance of his troubled friend, American Chris Rivers travels to the remote Welsh countryside to investigate what happened – leading him to a dark apocalyptic cult.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDark Light (2019)
A woman returns to her family home and discovers it to be inhabited by monsters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Girl Who Got Away (2021)
A female serial killer who killed four young girls is sent away to prison, but a fifth victim escaped with her life. Twenty years later, the killer escapes and begins hunting for the one who got away.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStranger in the Woods (2024)
Olivia and her friends go on a vacation. After Olivia nearly drowns with a slit wrist in her bathtub after her fiancé's funeral, her friends suspect that she tried to kill herself, but she believes someone attacked her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHunted (2021)
A woman flees two serial killers who are hot on her heels in a forest.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBloodline Killer (2024)
Moira Cole endeavors to rebuild her shattered life after her family's murder at the hands of her deranged and obsessed cousin.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisNight of the Hunted (2023)
When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her life, but also figure out who wants her dead and why.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNightbreed (1990)
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Other (2025)
Unable to conceive, a couple seeks to build a family with a young orphan, survivor of tragic childhood. But their act of love turns to horror when they realize the violence in their foster's past has returned to destroy the new family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCheat (2023)
On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek, Pennsylvania. But the town's unusually high suicide rate is finally convincing both locals and college students that everything is not as it seems. When Maeve - a female college student - sleeps with Charlie, the married man of the host family she is staying with, both sense the deadly curse is closing in on them. Unable to get anyone to believe them, Maeve and Charlie seek out a local history student to help find answers and figure out a way to defend themselves. It all comes undone, however, as several people are horrifically killed by the savage being - one-by-one at a rapid pace. Eventually, Maeve, Charlie and the few survivors band together in an attempt to defeat the monster once and for all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTolsaayam (2026)
14 years later, Ranjan is back in his ancestral village for his estranged father’s final rites. But his homecoming aligns with Anthiyutsavam ,a temple festival heavy with ancient rituals and a strange, unspoken unease.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Bite The Bullet (2026)
A woman swept up in a passionate new romance discovers her boyfriend is the charismatic leader of a secretive cult—only to be abducted by his devoted followers and forced into a harrowing moral dilemma where her survival depends on betraying everything she believes.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Teddy Fought the Law and Teddy Won (2024)
Two detectives are sent out to investigate a mysterious event at a seemingly innocuous house, only to discover a deadly killer hiding in plain sight.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Hotel Eden (2026)
A rock star is sent to an isolated hotel where he is given the opportunity to make a deal with the Devil.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Sleep Tight (2022)
Following the tragic death of her father, broken teenager April and her mother, Tracey, struggle to keep their relationship intact as they adjust to their new lives as a lone mother and daughter. But, when April hears a series of eerie noises one night, ultimately leading her to discover a sinister presence lurking beneath her bed, the pair's broken relationship takes full effect as April's mother refuses to believe her claims of an otherworldly entity…
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Farm House (2026)
House sitting can be relaxing, peaceful and refreshing, but terror is here to stay. This Warren County Serial Killings Cases is just one of the most perplexing and tragic chapters in the recent American criminal history.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Beyond The Stars (2025)
After death, a group of people who died in the same place re-live their past guilt to get their life back, all in the hands of one otherworldly entity.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Don't Let Them Out (2026)
A struggling woman journeys to a property she's inherited in hopes of selling it to pay off her mounting debts. But once there, she uncovers sinister family secrets and is lured into a desperate and terrifying scavenger hunt where every find pulls her deeper into an inescapable nightmare.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
CRYPTIC (2024)
After a police detective discovers his brother is actually an accomplice to the infamous serial killer Mr. Woods, he devotes his life, job, and family to catching the killer.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Vacscheme (2027)
A global catastrophe hits the vaccinated population when the government finally decides to pull the plug on overpopulation.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Jack Scott's Wood?
The closest matches to Jack Scott's Wood are The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014), Whisper (2007) and Never Let Go (2024). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Jack Scott's Wood?
Start with The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014), the closest match to Jack Scott's Wood.
What is the highest-rated movie like Jack Scott's Wood?
Nightbreed (1990), rated 6.4/10 by 576 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Jack Scott's Wood?
Don't Let Them Out (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Jack Scott's Wood?
Yes: The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014), Whisper (2007) and Never Let Go (2024).
How are movies similar to Jack Scott's Wood chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Jack Scott's Wood, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.