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Films like The Banishing.

The Banishing (2021) reads as Heavy, measured, measured horror / supernatural, 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.

Stephanie (2017) poster
1. Stephanie2017

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

The Last Heretic (2022) poster
2. The Last Heretic2022

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

The Mimic (2017) poster
3. The Mimic2017

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

Presencias (2022) poster
4. Presencias2022

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

The Hollow Child (2018) poster
5. The Hollow Child2018

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

The Advent Calendar (2021) poster
6. The Advent Calendar2021

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

The Twin (2022) poster
7. The Twin2022

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

At the Devil's Door (2014) poster
8. At the Devil's Door2014

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

The Influence (2019) poster
9. The Influence2019

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

Post Mortem (2020) poster
10. Post Mortem2020

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

Elizabeth Harvest (2018) poster
11. Elizabeth Harvest2018

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

The Visitor (2022) poster
12. The Visitor2022

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

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