Films like Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film.

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured documentary / slasher, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, 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.

His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (2010) poster
1. His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006) poster
2. Halloween: 25 Years of Terror2006

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009) poster
3. Nightmares in Red, White and Blue2009

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Kiss Me Again (2010) poster
4. Kiss Me Again2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Tim Maia (2014) poster
5. Tim Maia2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Rounders (1998) poster
6. Rounders1998

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Remember the Daze (2008) poster
7. Remember the Daze2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a gentle temperature.

Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010) poster
8. Why Did I Get Married Too?2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lymelife (2008) poster
9. Lymelife2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Reach Me (2014) poster
10. Reach Me2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Barney's Version (2010) poster
11. Barney's Version2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Third Man Out: A Donald Strachey Mystery (2005) poster
12. Third Man Out: A Donald Strachey Mystery2005

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

These are Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film’s neighbours — where are yours?

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