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Films like Hex.

Hex (1980) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / shaw-brothers, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Black Magic (1975) poster
1. Black Magic1975

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

The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) poster
2. The Serpent and the Rainbow1988

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

All the Colors of the Dark (1972) poster
3. All the Colors of the Dark1972

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

Bat Without Wings (1980) poster
4. Bat Without Wings1980

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Blind Woman's Curse (1970) poster
5. Blind Woman's Curse1970

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

Bewitched (1981) poster
6. Bewitched1981

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

Heaven and Hell (1980) poster
7. Heaven and Hell1980

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) poster
8. Q: The Winged Serpent1982

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

Pursuit of Vengeance (1977) poster
9. Pursuit of Vengeance1977

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Altered States (1980) poster
10. Altered States1980

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sweet Home (1989) poster
11. Sweet Home1989

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

Corpse Mania (1981) poster
12. Corpse Mania1981

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

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