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Films like The Forest.

The Forest (2016) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, surreal 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.

Jigsaw (2017) poster
1. Jigsaw2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Ritual (2017) poster
2. The Ritual2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) poster
3. The Taking of Deborah Logan2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Unborn (2009) poster
4. The Unborn2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012) poster
5. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fear Street: 1994 (2021) poster
6. Fear Street: 19942021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Scream 4 (2011) poster
7. Scream 42011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Scream (2022) poster
8. Scream2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Last Exorcism (2010) poster
9. The Last Exorcism2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Outbreak (2025) poster
10. Outbreak2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Ghost Game (2025) poster
11. The Ghost Game2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) poster
12. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Forest’s neighbours — where are yours?

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