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Films like Images.

Images (1972) reads as Heavy, measured, extreme thriller / psychological, 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.

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

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

The Brood (1979) poster
2. The Brood1979

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

The Shout (1978) poster
3. The Shout1978

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

Onibaba (1964) poster
4. Onibaba1964

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

The Swimmer (1968) poster
5. The Swimmer1968

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

Repulsion(1965)1965
6. Repulsion1965

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

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

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

The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974) poster
8. The Perfume of the Lady in Black1974

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

Arrebato (1979) poster
9. Arrebato1979

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

Morgiana (1972) poster
10. Morgiana1972

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

Kuroneko (1968) (1968) poster
11. Kuroneko1968

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

Deep Red (1975) poster
12. Deep Red1975

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

These are Images’s neighbours — where are yours?

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