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Films like Mary.

Mary (2019) reads as Heavy, steady, measured 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.

Slumber (2017) poster
1. Slumber2017

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

Mara (2018) poster
2. Mara2018

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

The Midnight Man (2016) poster
3. The Midnight Man2016

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

Haunt (2014) poster
4. Haunt2014

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

The Veil (2016) poster
5. The Veil2016

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

Out of the Dark (2014) poster
6. Out of the Dark2014

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

Barricade (2012) poster
7. Barricade2012

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

Mercy Black (2019) poster
8. Mercy Black2019

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

The Jack in the Box: Awakening (2022) poster
9. The Jack in the Box: Awakening2022

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

Oracle (2023) poster
10. Oracle2023

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

The Disappointments Room (2016) poster
11. The Disappointments Room2016

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

Satanic (2016) poster
12. Satanic2016

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

These are Mary’s neighbours — where are yours?

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