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Films like Patrick.

Patrick (2013) reads as Heavy, kinetic, measured horror / sci-fi, 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 Cat (2011) poster
1. The Cat2011

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

Jessabelle (2014) poster
2. Jessabelle2014

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

The Shed (2019) poster
3. The Shed2019

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

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

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

El Amarre (2021) poster
5. El Amarre2021

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

The Unfamiliar (2020) poster
6. The Unfamiliar2020

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

Whisper (2007) poster
7. Whisper2007

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

The Prodigy (2019) poster
8. The Prodigy2019

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

The V Word (2006) poster
9. The V Word2006

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

The Barrens (2012) poster
10. The Barrens2012

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

The Wind of Fear (2007) poster
11. The Wind of Fear2007

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

Embrace of the Vampire (2013) poster
12. Embrace of the Vampire2013

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

These are Patrick’s neighbours — where are yours?

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