Films like Goodnight Mommy.

Goodnight Mommy (2015) reads as Heavy, measured, 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.

Miss Violence (2013) poster
1. Miss Violence2013

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

Roh (2019) poster
2. Roh2019

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

Hereditary (2018) poster
3. Hereditary2018

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

Found (2012) poster
4. Found2012

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

Lovely Molly (2011) poster
5. Lovely Molly2011

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

Resurrection (2022) poster
6. Resurrection2022

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

Creepy (2016) poster
7. Creepy2016

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project (2010) poster
8. Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project2010

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

Family Dinner (2023) poster
9. Family Dinner2023

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

The Stylist (2020) poster
10. The Stylist2020

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

The Seeding (2024) poster
11. The Seeding2024

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

Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps (2010) poster
12. Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps2010

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

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