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Films like The Remains.

The Remains (2016) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured 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.

Dead Awake (2016) poster
1. Dead Awake2016

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

The Devil Below (2021) poster
2. The Devil Below2021

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

The Wicked (2013) poster
3. The Wicked2013

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

Dark Light (2019) poster
4. Dark Light2019

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

State of Emergency (2012) poster
5. State of Emergency2012

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

Scream of the Banshee (2011) poster
6. Scream of the Banshee2011

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

Alien Invasion (2023) poster
7. Alien Invasion2023

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

The Thompsons (2012) poster
8. The Thompsons2012

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

The Legend of La Llorona (2022) poster
9. The Legend of La Llorona2022

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tau (2018) poster
10. Tau2018

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: The Great Calamity (2012) poster
11. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: The Great Calamity2012

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

Skinwalkers (2006) poster
12. Skinwalkers2006

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

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