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Films like Scarecrow.

Scarecrow (2013) reads as Sombre, breathless, measured horror / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012) poster
1. Werewolf: The Beast Among Us2012

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

The Rig (2010) poster
2. The Rig2010

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

Inmate Zero (2020) poster
3. Inmate Zero2020

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

Scream of the Banshee (2011) poster
4. Scream of the Banshee2011

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

State of Emergency (2012) poster
5. State of Emergency2012

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

Wolves (2014) poster
6. Wolves2014

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hollow Man II (2006) poster
7. Hollow Man II2006

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

AVH: Alien vs. Hunter (2007) poster
8. AVH: Alien vs. Hunter2007

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Skinwalkers (2006) poster
9. Skinwalkers2006

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

Unearthed (2007) poster
10. Unearthed2007

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

Man-Thing (2005) poster
11. Man-Thing2005

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

Sector 7 (2011) poster
12. Sector 72011

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

These are Scarecrow’s neighbours — where are yours?

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