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Films like Simon Says.

Simon Says (2007) reads as Heavy, breathless, 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.

Wrestlemaniac (2006) poster
1. Wrestlemaniac2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mr. Jingles (2006) poster
2. Mr. Jingles2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Silent Night (2012) poster
3. Silent Night2012

Keeps the chilly detachment and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Butcher (2006) poster
4. The Butcher2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bunnyman (2011) poster
5. Bunnyman2011

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

Black Christmas (2006) poster
6. Black Christmas2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a clean studio craft.

Muck (2015) poster
7. Muck2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Autopsy (2008) poster
8. Autopsy2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008) poster
9. Return to Sleepaway Camp2008

Keeps the chilly detachment and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Forgotten Ones (2009) poster
10. The Forgotten Ones2009

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

Julia X (2011) poster
11. Julia X2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

Dead Tone (2007) poster
12. Dead Tone2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

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