Films like Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project.

Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project (2010) reads as Heavy, measured, extreme drama / thriller, inventive 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.

Miss Violence (2013) poster
1. Miss Violence2013

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

Ivy (2015) poster
2. Ivy2015

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

Goodnight Mommy (2014) poster
3. Goodnight Mommy2014

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

The Living and the Dead (2006) poster
4. The Living and the Dead2006

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

Transe (2006) poster
5. Transe2006

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

The House of the Devil (2009) (2009) poster
6. The House of the Devil2009

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Caterpillar (2010) poster
7. Caterpillar2010

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

Creepy (2016) poster
8. Creepy2016

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

Knifer (2010) poster
9. Knifer2010

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

Love Me Not (2017) poster
10. Love Me Not2017

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

We Are What We Are (2013) poster
11. We Are What We Are2013

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

It Follows (2015) poster
12. It Follows2015

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

These are Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project’s neighbours — where are yours?

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