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Films like The Toll.

The Toll (2020) reads as Heavy, steady, measured thriller / horror, surreal 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 Mill (2023) poster
1. The Mill2023

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

Nocebo (2022) poster
2. Nocebo2022

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

What Lies Below (2020) poster
3. What Lies Below2020

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

A Creature Was Stirring (2023) poster
4. A Creature Was Stirring2023

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

The Evil Next Door (2020) poster
5. The Evil Next Door2020

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

Night Shift (2023) poster
6. Night Shift2023

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

The Visitor (2022) poster
7. The Visitor2022

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

The Scribbler (2014) poster
8. The Scribbler2014

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Ghost Mansion (2021) poster
9. Ghost Mansion2021

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

Lord of Misrule (2023) poster
10. Lord of Misrule2023

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

The Room (2019) poster
11. The Room2019

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

Dark Spell (2021) poster
12. Dark Spell2021

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

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