If you loved One Missed Call, try Lumberjack the Monster

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Lumberjack the Monster has roughly 9.3× fewer votes than One Missed Call — 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 Takashi Miike, and they both carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Horror territory. If that's the register that drew you to One Missed Call, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Lumberjack the Monster is

Dark forest at dusk a chainsaw roars Ninomiya faces an ax-wielding killer Takashi Miike helms this dark thriller

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