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Films like Umma.

Umma (2022) reads as Heavy, measured, measured horror / mystery, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. 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.

Wildling (2018) poster
1. Wildling2018

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

The Binding (2020) poster
2. The Binding2020

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

The Manor (2021) poster
3. The Manor2021

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

Our House (2018) poster
4. Our House2018

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

The Old Ways (2021) poster
5. The Old Ways2021

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

FX's A Christmas Carol (2019) poster
6. FX's A Christmas Carol2019

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

Separation (2021) poster
7. Separation2021

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

Mermaid Down (2019) poster
8. Mermaid Down2019

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

The Dark (2018) poster
9. The Dark2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bed Rest (2023) poster
10. Bed Rest2023

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

Rattlesnake (2019) poster
11. Rattlesnake2019

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

Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022) poster
12. Mr. Harrigan's Phone2022

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

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