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Films like Videodrome.

Videodrome (1983) reads as Heavy, steady, extreme horror / sci-fi, surreal 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 Keep (1983) (1983) poster
1. The Keep1983

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

Inferno (1980) (1980) poster
2. Inferno1980

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

Blue Velvet (1986) poster
3. Blue Velvet1986

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Arrebato (1979) poster
4. Arrebato1979

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a heightened unreality.

The Baby of Mâcon (1993) poster
5. The Baby of Mâcon1993

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Phenomena (1985) poster
6. Phenomena1985

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

Pink Floyd — The Wall (1982) poster
7. Pink Floyd — The Wall1982

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Santa Sangre (1989) poster
8. Santa Sangre1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Performance (1970) (1970) poster
9. Performance1970

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

The Shout (1978) poster
10. The Shout1978

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Alucarda (1977) poster
11. Alucarda1977

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a airy, open telling.

A Clockwork Orange (1971) poster
12. A Clockwork Orange1971

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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