Films like Arthur: Malediction.

Arthur: Malediction (2022) reads as Heavy, kinetic, measured horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Halloween Party (2020) poster
1. Halloween Party2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Don't Sleep (2017) poster
2. Don't Sleep2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Followed (2020) poster
3. Followed2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Between Worlds (2018) poster
4. Between Worlds2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Inhabitant (2022) poster
5. The Inhabitant2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Amityville: The Awakening (2017) poster
6. Amityville: The Awakening2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dear David (2023) poster
7. Dear David2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest (2020) poster
8. Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest2020

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Veil (2016) poster
9. The Veil2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Ex (2021) poster
10. The Ex2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Death of Me (2020) poster
11. Death of Me2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

T.I.M. (2023) poster
12. T.I.M.2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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