Films like Screamers: The Hunting.

Screamers: The Hunting (2009) reads as Sombre, breathless, measured action / horror, 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.

A Sound of Thunder (2005) poster
1. A Sound of Thunder2005

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

Hungerford (2014) poster
2. Hungerford2014

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

Eyeborgs (2009) poster
3. Eyeborgs2009

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

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

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

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

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

The Thompsons (2012) poster
6. The Thompsons2012

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

Hardwired (2009) poster
7. Hardwired2009

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

The Call Up (2016) poster
8. The Call Up2016

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

Unearthed (2007) poster
9. Unearthed2007

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

Sparks (2013) poster
10. Sparks2013

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

The Reaping (2007) poster
11. The Reaping2007

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

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

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

These are Screamers: The Hunting’s neighbours — where are yours?

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