FilmsScarLike this

Films like Scar.

Scar (2007) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme crime / horror, grounded 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.

My Bloody Valentine (2009) poster
1. My Bloody Valentine2009

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

Dead in 3 Days (2006) poster
2. Dead in 3 Days2006

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

Vacancy 2: The First Cut (2008) poster
3. Vacancy 2: The First Cut2008

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

Blackout (2008) poster
4. Blackout2008

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

Autopsy (2008) poster
5. Autopsy2008

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

The Hills Run Red (2009) poster
6. The Hills Run Red2009

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

Wilderness (2006) poster
7. Wilderness2006

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

Elephant White (2011) poster
8. Elephant White2011

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

Urban Explorer (2011) poster
9. Urban Explorer2011

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

Storm Warning (2007) poster
10. Storm Warning2007

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

Timber Falls (2007) poster
11. Timber Falls2007

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

The Girl in the Photographs (2015) poster
12. The Girl in the Photographs2015

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

These are Scar’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →