Films like When the Lights Went Out.

When the Lights Went Out (2012) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme thriller / drama, 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.

The Shed (2019) poster
1. The Shed2019

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

Totem (2017) poster
2. Totem2017

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

Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming (2007) poster
3. Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming2007

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

The Tattooist (2007) poster
4. The Tattooist2007

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

The Vault (2017) poster
5. The Vault2017

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

Some Kind of Hate (2015) poster
6. Some Kind of Hate2015

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

The Hallow (2015) poster
7. The Hallow2015

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

Cassadaga (2011) poster
8. Cassadaga2011

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

Altar (2014) poster
9. Altar2014

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

They Wait (2007) poster
10. They Wait2007

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

Body Cam (2020) poster
11. Body Cam2020

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

Dead Mine (2012) poster
12. Dead Mine2012

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

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