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Films like Antiviral.

Antiviral (2012) reads as Heavy, steady, extreme sci-fi / horror, 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.

Borgman (2013) poster
1. Borgman2013

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

Retribution (2007) poster
2. Retribution2007

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

Splice (2010) poster
3. Splice2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Nightmare Detective (2007) poster
4. Nightmare Detective2007

Keeps the chilly detachment and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Scary of Sixty-First (2021) poster
5. The Scary of Sixty-First2021

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

Ghost Stories (2020) poster
6. Ghost Stories2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Occult (2009) poster
7. Occult2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

Sam Was Here (2016) poster
8. Sam Was Here2016

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

Braid (2019) poster
9. Braid2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Suicide Forest Village (2021) poster
10. Suicide Forest Village2021

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

Pontypool (2008) poster
11. Pontypool2008

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

Cinderella the Cat (2017) poster
12. Cinderella the Cat2017

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

These are Antiviral’s neighbours — where are yours?

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