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Films like The Fury.

The Fury (1978) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, 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.

Scanners (1981) poster
1. Scanners1981

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

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973) poster
2. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable1973

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

Alucarda (1977) poster
3. Alucarda1977

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

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971) poster
4. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin1971

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

Shivers (1975) poster
5. Shivers1975

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

All the Colors of the Dark (1972) poster
6. All the Colors of the Dark1972

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

Bewitched (1981) poster
7. Bewitched1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Christine (1983) (1983) poster
8. Christine1983

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

Blind Woman's Curse (1970) poster
9. Blind Woman's Curse1970

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

Phenomena (1985) poster
10. Phenomena1985

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

Hardware (1990) poster
11. Hardware1990

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

The Fly (1986) poster
12. The Fly1986

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

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