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Films like Monolith.

Monolith (2023) reads as Sombre, measured, measured horror / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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.

Muse (2017) poster
1. Muse2017

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

Ex Machina (2014) poster
2. Ex Machina2014

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

The Block Island Sound (2021) poster
3. The Block Island Sound2021

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

Young Ones (2014) poster
4. Young Ones2014

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

The Whisperer in Darkness (2011) poster
5. The Whisperer in Darkness2011

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

Last Sentinel (2023) poster
6. Last Sentinel2023

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Land Of The Sons (2021) poster
7. Land Of The Sons2021

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

School's Out (2018) poster
8. School's Out2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Spiral (2019) poster
9. Spiral2019

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Elizabeth Harvest (2018) poster
10. Elizabeth Harvest2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

2036: Nexus Dawn (2017) poster
11. 2036: Nexus Dawn2017

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

Evil Eye (2022) poster
12. Evil Eye2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

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