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Films like Devil.

Devil (2010) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / mystery, 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.

House of Wax (2005) poster
1. House of Wax2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Saw VI (2009) poster
2. Saw VI2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Stonehearst Asylum (2014) poster
3. Stonehearst Asylum2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Wicker Man (2006) poster
4. The Wicker Man2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Omen (2006) poster
5. The Omen2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Saw V (2008) poster
6. Saw V2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Saw III (2006) poster
7. Saw III2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) poster
8. The Poughkeepsie Tapes2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Last Shift (2014) poster
9. Last Shift2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Psycho (1998) poster
10. Psycho1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Slender Man (2018) poster
11. Slender Man2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I Spit on Your Grave (2010) poster
12. I Spit on Your Grave2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Devil’s neighbours — where are yours?

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