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Films like Maniac.

Maniac (2012) reads as Heavy, steady, extreme horror / thriller, 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 Man in the Orange Jacket (2014) poster
1. The Man in the Orange Jacket2014

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

Dread (2009) poster
2. Dread2009

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

Alyce Kills (2011) poster
3. Alyce Kills2011

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

August Underground's Penance (2007) poster
4. August Underground's Penance2007

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

A Serbian Film (2010) poster
5. A Serbian Film2010

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Mum & Dad (2008) poster
6. Mum & Dad2008

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Starry Eyes (2014) poster
7. Starry Eyes2014

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

Grotesque (2009) poster
8. Grotesque2009

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

American Mary (2013) poster
9. American Mary2013

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Silent House (2010) poster
10. The Silent House2010

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

Feed (2005) poster
11. Feed2005

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

100 Tears (2007) poster
12. 100 Tears2007

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

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