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Films like Symptoms.

Symptoms (1974) reads as Heavy, measured, measured psychological / british, 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.

Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) poster
1. Let's Scare Jessica to Death1971

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

That Cold Day in the Park (1969) poster
2. That Cold Day in the Park1969

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

Poison for the Fairies (1986) poster
3. Poison for the Fairies1986

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

The Witch (1966) poster
4. The Witch1966

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

The Cannibal Man (1972) poster
5. The Cannibal Man1972

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

The Third Eye (1966) poster
6. The Third Eye1966

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

The Other (1972) poster
7. The Other1972

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

Burnt Offerings (1976) poster
8. Burnt Offerings1976

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

Vampyres (1974) poster
9. Vampyres1974

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

Rosemary's Baby (1968) poster
10. Rosemary's Baby1968

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

The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962) poster
11. The Awful Dr. Orlof1962

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

The Possessed (1965) poster
12. The Possessed1965

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

These are Symptoms’s neighbours — where are yours?

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