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Films like Robert.

Robert (2015) reads as Heavy, kinetic, measured horror / supernatural, 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.

Bedeviled (2017) poster
1. Bedeviled2017

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

Finders Keepers (2014) poster
2. Finders Keepers2014

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

The Wailer 2 (2007) poster
3. The Wailer 22007

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

Haunt (2014) poster
4. Haunt2014

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Amityville: The Awakening (2017) poster
5. Amityville: The Awakening2017

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

Night Skies (2007) poster
6. Night Skies2007

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

Barricade (2012) poster
7. Barricade2012

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

The Exorcism of Molly Hartley (2015) poster
8. The Exorcism of Molly Hartley2015

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

The Wicked (2013) poster
9. The Wicked2013

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

Debug (2014) poster
10. Debug2014

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

Temple (2017) poster
11. Temple2017

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

Mercy (2014) poster
12. Mercy2014

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

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