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Films like Muse.

Muse (2017) reads as Sombre, steady, measured thriller / horror, 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.

Ex Machina (2014) poster
1. Ex Machina2014

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

Young Ones (2014) poster
2. Young Ones2014

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

Post Mortem (2020) poster
3. Post Mortem2020

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

The Silenced (2015) poster
4. The Silenced2015

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

Madres (2021) poster
5. Madres2021

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

The Whole Truth (2021) poster
6. The Whole Truth2021

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

Elizabeth Harvest (2018) poster
7. Elizabeth Harvest2018

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

The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016) poster
8. The Curse of Sleeping Beauty2016

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

The Block Island Sound (2021) poster
9. The Block Island Sound2021

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

Demonic (2021) poster
10. Demonic2021

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

Anon (2018) poster
11. Anon2018

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

Monolith (2023) poster
12. Monolith2023

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

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