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Films like Blue Sunshine.

Blue Sunshine (1977) reads as Heavy, kinetic, measured psychological / drug, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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.

Asylum (1972) poster
1. Asylum1972

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

Vampire Circus (1972) poster
2. Vampire Circus1972

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

It's Alive (1974) poster
3. It's Alive1974

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

Child's Play (1972) poster
4. Child's Play1972

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

The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971) poster
5. The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave1971

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

Tourist Trap (1979) poster
6. Tourist Trap1979

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

Twins of Evil (1971) poster
7. Twins of Evil1971

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

Dead & Buried (1981) poster
8. Dead & Buried1981

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

And God Said to Cain (1970) poster
9. And God Said to Cain1970

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

Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) poster
10. Frankenstein Created Woman1967

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

The Sorcerers (1967) poster
11. The Sorcerers1967

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

From Beyond the Grave (1974) poster
12. From Beyond the Grave1974

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

These are Blue Sunshine’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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