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Films like Evil Eye.

Evil Eye (2020) reads as Sombre, steady, measured mystery / thriller, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured. 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.

Before I Wake (2016) poster
1. Before I Wake2016

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

Black Box (2020) poster
2. Black Box2020

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

The Closet (2020) poster
3. The Closet2020

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

Come Away (2020) poster
4. Come Away2020

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

Only (2020) poster
5. Only2020

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

Advantageous (2015) poster
6. Advantageous2015

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

Orbiter 9 (2017) poster
7. Orbiter 92017

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

Tentacles (2021) poster
8. Tentacles2021

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

The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016) poster
9. The 9th Life of Louis Drax2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a chilly detachment.

Hereafter (2010) poster
10. Hereafter2010

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

The Keeping Hours (2017) poster
11. The Keeping Hours2017

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Wildling (2018) poster
12. Wildling2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a chilly detachment.

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