Films like Horrors of Malformed Men.

Horrors of Malformed Men (1969) reads as Heavy, steady, measured horror / mystery, surreal 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.

Jigoku (1960) (1960) poster
1. Jigoku1960

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

Matango (1963) (1963) poster
2. Matango1963

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

Carnival of Souls (1962) poster
3. Carnival of Souls1962

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Inferno (1980) (1980) poster
4. Inferno1980

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

Hour of the Wolf (1968) poster
5. Hour of the Wolf1968

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Hour of the Wolf (2) (1968) poster
6. Hour of the Wolf (2)1968

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968) poster
7. Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell1968

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966) poster
8. Kill, Baby... Kill!1966

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

Images (1972) poster
9. Images1972

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

The Tenant (1976) (1976) poster
10. The Tenant1976

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Arrebato (1979) poster
11. Arrebato1979

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lisa and the Devil (1973) poster
12. Lisa and the Devil1973

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

These are Horrors of Malformed Men’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 →