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10 Best Movies Like Backwoods

If you loved Backwoods, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Spell

Spell

2020★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backwoods for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A father survives a plane crash in rural Appalachia, but becomes suspicious of the elderly couple who take him in to nurse him back to health with the ancient remedies....

#2
The Hangman

The Hangman

2024★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backwoods for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Troubled father Leon takes son camping in Appalachia. Local cult summons evil Hangman demon. Son goes missing. Leon must confront cult, monster to find him amid rising body count....

#3
Alien Abduction

Alien Abduction

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backwoods for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A vacationing family encounters an alien threat in this pulse-pounding thriller based on the real-life Brown Mountain Lights phenomenon in North Carolina....

#4
Saw VI

Saw VI

2009★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backwoods for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

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...

#5
Alone

Alone

2020★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backwoods for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on...

#6
Just Before Dawn

Just Before Dawn

1981★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backwoods for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In the Oregon mountains, a pair of hunters encounter a machete-wielding killer in an abandoned church. Meanwhile, five campers arrive to examine some property one of them has inher...

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