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Films like Backtrack.

Backtrack (2015) reads as Sombre, measured, measured mystery / horror, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Lavender (2016) poster
1. Lavender2016

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

Intruders (2011) poster
2. Intruders2011

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

Sightless (2020) poster
3. Sightless2020

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

The Crucifixion (2017) poster
4. The Crucifixion2017

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

Rememory (2017) poster
5. Rememory2017

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

Freaks - You're One of Us (2020) poster
6. Freaks - You're One of Us2020

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

Last Survivors (2021) poster
7. Last Survivors2021

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

The Bride (2017) poster
8. The Bride2017

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

Another Me (2013) poster
9. Another Me2013

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

Solstice (2008) poster
10. Solstice2008

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

The River King (2005) poster
11. The River King2005

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

The Lazarus Project (2008) poster
12. The Lazarus Project2008

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

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