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Films like Scorpio Rising.

Scorpio Rising (1963) reads as Sombre, steady, measured experimental / avant-garde, 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.

Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) poster
1. Even Dwarfs Started Small1970

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

Matango (1963) (1963) poster
2. Matango1963

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Carnival of Souls (1962) poster
3. Carnival of Souls1962

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964) poster
4. At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul1964

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Performance (1970) (1970) poster
5. Performance1970

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

Kuroneko (1968) (1968) poster
6. Kuroneko1968

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Eika Katappa (1969) poster
7. Eika Katappa1969

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Horrors of Malformed Men (1969) (1969) poster
8. Horrors of Malformed Men1969

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Onibaba (1964) poster
9. Onibaba1964

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Josef Kilián (1963) poster
10. Josef Kilián1963

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Killed the Family and Went to the Movies (1969) poster
11. Killed the Family and Went to the Movies1969

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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