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Films like Proxy.

Proxy (2014) reads as Heavy, steady, extreme drama / horror, 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.

Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps (2010) poster
1. Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps2010

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

Surveillance (2008) poster
2. Surveillance2008

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

5150 Elm's Way (2009) poster
3. 5150 Elm's Way2009

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

Anamorph (2007) poster
4. Anamorph2007

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

The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) (2011) poster
5. The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)2011

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

Killers (2014) poster
6. Killers2014

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

Ritual (2012) poster
7. Ritual2012

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

The Woman in Black (2012) poster
8. The Woman in Black2012

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

Megan Is Missing (2011) poster
9. Megan Is Missing2011

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

Radius (2017) poster
10. Radius2017

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

Suicide Room (2011) poster
11. Suicide Room2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

The Dark Hours (2005) poster
12. The Dark Hours2005

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

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