If you loved Dog Soldiers, try The Lair
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. The Lair has roughly 3.2× fewer votes than Dog Soldiers — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Neil Marshall, and they both carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Action / Horror territory. If that's the register that drew you to Dog Soldiers, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What The Lair is
A wristwatch ticks 3 a.m. in the Afghan earth. The ceiling collapses, not from bombs, but from claws. A crashed aircraft hums its lullaby in the dark. A pilot drags herself into a rusted war bunker, its air thick with something older than war. Behind her, shadows begin to stand. A creature film rejects Hollywood scale for claustrophobic grime.

