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Films like Splinter.

Splinter (2008) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Rendel (2017) poster
1. Rendel2017

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

Savaged (2014) poster
2. Savaged2014

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

Some Kind of Hate (2015) poster
3. Some Kind of Hate2015

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

[REC] 4: Apocalypse (2014) poster
4. [REC] 4: Apocalypse2014

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

Run Sweetheart Run (2020) poster
5. Run Sweetheart Run2020

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

May the Devil Take You (2018) poster
6. May the Devil Take You2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Primal (2010) poster
7. Primal2010

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

Shank (2010) poster
8. Shank2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Kite Liberator (2008) poster
9. Kite Liberator2008

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

Stay Out of the Attic (2020) poster
10. Stay Out of the Attic2020

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

Dying Breed (2008) poster
11. Dying Breed2008

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

The Hallow (2015) poster
12. The Hallow2015

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

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