Films like The ABCs of Death.

The ABCs of Death (2013) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror, 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.

Excision (2012) poster
1. Excision2012

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the chilly detachment; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Grafted (2024) poster
2. Grafted2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Sheitan (2006) poster
3. Sheitan2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Holidays (2016) poster
4. Holidays2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009) poster
5. Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

V/H/S/99 (2022) poster
6. V/H/S/992022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008) poster
7. Return to Sleepaway Camp2008

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the chilly detachment; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy (2011) poster
8. 3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Inbred (2011) poster
9. Inbred2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Mom and Dad (2017) (2017) poster
10. Mom and Dad2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Hobo with a Shotgun (2011) poster
11. Hobo with a Shotgun2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Boogie (2009) poster
12. Boogie2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

These are The ABCs of Death’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 →