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Films like Havenhurst.

Havenhurst (2016) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

The Prodigy (2019) poster
1. The Prodigy2019

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

The Pyramid (2014) poster
2. The Pyramid2014

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

The Ex (2021) poster
3. The Ex2021

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

The Bunker Game (2022) poster
4. The Bunker Game2022

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

Penance Lane (2020) poster
5. Penance Lane2020

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

The Quiet Ones (2014) poster
6. The Quiet Ones2014

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

The Monkey's Paw (2013) poster
7. The Monkey's Paw2013

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

The Widow (2020) poster
8. The Widow2020

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

Paranormal Xperience (2011) poster
9. Paranormal Xperience2011

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

Feed (2022) poster
10. Feed2022

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

Followed (2020) poster
11. Followed2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Damned (2014) poster
12. The Damned2014

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

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