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Films like The Innocents.

The Innocents (1961) reads as Heavy, measured, measured horror / drama, 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.

The Haunting(1963)1963
1. The Haunting1963

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

Peppermint Frappé (1967) poster
2. Peppermint Frappé1967

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

Hyena Sun (1970) poster
3. Hyena Sun1970

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

Oedipus Rex (Pasolini) (1967) poster
4. Oedipus Rex (Pasolini)1967

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

My Life to Live (1962) poster
5. My Life to Live1962

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

The Rite (1969) poster
6. The Rite1969

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

Honeycomb (1969) poster
7. Honeycomb1969

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

Mother Joan of the Angels (1961) poster
8. Mother Joan of the Angels1961

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Belle de Jour (1967) poster
9. Belle de Jour1967

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

The Man Without a Map (1968) poster
10. The Man Without a Map1968

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

The Possessed (1965) poster
11. The Possessed1965

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

L'Amour Fou (1969) poster
12. L'Amour Fou1969

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

These are The Innocents’s neighbours — where are yours?

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