Films like Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman.

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman (2007) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / supernatural, 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.

The Children (2008) poster
1. The Children2008

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

The Midnight Meat Train (2008) poster
2. The Midnight Meat Train2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Pod (2015) poster
3. Pod2015

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

Killer Toon (2013) poster
4. Killer Toon2013

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

Cinderella (2006) poster
5. Cinderella2006

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

Altered (2006) poster
6. Altered2006

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

Frankenstein (2015) poster
7. Frankenstein2015

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

Hell House LLC (2015) poster
8. Hell House LLC2015

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

4bia (2008) poster
9. 4bia2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Teke Teke (2009) poster
10. Teke Teke2009

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

The Tunnel (2011) poster
11. The Tunnel2011

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

Atrocious (2010) poster
12. Atrocious2010

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

These are Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman’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.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →