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Films like Wake Wood.

Wake Wood (2011) reads as Heavy, kinetic, measured drama / horror, inventive 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 Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014) poster
1. The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death2014

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

Eli (2019) poster
2. Eli2019

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

Don't Listen (2020) poster
3. Don't Listen2020

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

Laddaland (2011) poster
4. Laddaland2011

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

Don't Knock Twice (2017) poster
5. Don't Knock Twice2017

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

Shiver (2008) poster
6. Shiver2008

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

The Vault (2017) poster
7. The Vault2017

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

Tell-Tale (2009) poster
8. Tell-Tale2009

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

Totem (2017) poster
9. Totem2017

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

I'll Take Your Dead (2018) poster
10. I'll Take Your Dead2018

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

Open Grave (2013) poster
11. Open Grave2013

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

The Veil (2016) poster
12. The Veil2016

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

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