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Films like Repulsion.

Repulsion (1965) reads as Heavy, measured, extreme horror / thriller, surreal 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.

Onibaba (1964) poster
1. Onibaba1964

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

Black Sunday (1960) (1960) poster
2. Black Sunday1960

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

Images (1972) poster
3. Images1972

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

Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966) poster
4. Kill, Baby... Kill!1966

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

Hour of the Wolf (1968) poster
5. Hour of the Wolf1968

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

Hour of the Wolf (2) (1968) poster
6. Hour of the Wolf (2)1968

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

Kuroneko (1968) (1968) poster
7. Kuroneko1968

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

The Tenant (1976) (1976) poster
8. The Tenant1976

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

Diamonds of the Night (1964) poster
9. Diamonds of the Night1964

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

Matango (1963) (1963) poster
10. Matango1963

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

Persona (1966) poster
11. Persona1966

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Brood (1979) poster
12. The Brood1979

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

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