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Films like Fascination.

Fascination (1979) reads as Sombre, measured, measured horror / vampire, 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.

Lips of Blood (1975) poster
1. Lips of Blood1975

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Daughters of Darkness (1971) poster
2. Daughters of Darkness1971

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

White and Black (1978) poster
3. White and Black1978

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

Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973) poster
4. Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural1973

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

The Spring (1972) poster
5. The Spring1972

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

The Sevenfold (1971) poster
6. The Sevenfold1971

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Vampyros Lesbos (1971) poster
7. Vampyros Lesbos1971

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Mystery of Oberwald (1980) poster
8. The Mystery of Oberwald1980

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ganja & Hess (1973) poster
9. Ganja & Hess1973

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) poster
10. Picnic at Hanging Rock1975

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Picnic at Hanging Rock (re-pass) (1975) poster
11. Picnic at Hanging Rock (re-pass)1975

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Ay (1989) poster
12. A Ay1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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