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Films like Dead Mary.

Dead Mary (2007) reads as Heavy, kinetic, measured horror / supernatural, 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.

The V Word (2006) poster
1. The V Word2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Buried Alive (2007) poster
2. Buried Alive2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tamara (2005) poster
3. Tamara2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Intermedio (2005) poster
4. Intermedio2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Paranormal Xperience (2011) poster
5. Paranormal Xperience2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Abominable (2006) poster
6. Abominable2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Tooth Fairy (2006) poster
7. The Tooth Fairy2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wicked Little Things (2006) poster
8. Wicked Little Things2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Boo (2005) poster
9. Boo2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Nun (2005) poster
10. The Nun2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005) poster
11. Hellraiser: Hellworld2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Venom (2005) poster
12. Venom2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

These are Dead Mary’s neighbours — where are yours?

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