FilmsThe JohnsonsLike this

Films like The Johnsons.

The Johnsons (1992) 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.

The Wax Mask (1997) poster
1. The Wax Mask1997

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) poster
2. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers1995

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Night of the Living Dead (1990) poster
3. Night of the Living Dead1990

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Corpse Mania (1981) poster
4. Corpse Mania1981

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

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) poster
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street1984

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Cube (1997) poster
6. Cube1997

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Ring (2002) poster
7. The Ring2002

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

Jeepers Creepers (2001) poster
8. Jeepers Creepers2001

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Angel Heart (1987) poster
9. Angel Heart1987

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

The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) poster
10. The Serpent and the Rainbow1988

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Candyman (1992) poster
11. Candyman1992

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Dead & Buried (1981) poster
12. Dead & Buried1981

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →