Films like The Jack in the Box.

The Jack in the Box (2019) reads as Heavy, steady, measured horror, grounded 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.

Bedeviled (2017) poster
1. Bedeviled2017

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

Haunted Hospital: Heilstatten (2018) poster
2. Haunted Hospital: Heilstatten2018

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

Slumber (2017) poster
3. Slumber2017

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

Demonic (2015) poster
4. Demonic2015

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

The Jack in the Box: Awakening (2022) poster
5. The Jack in the Box: Awakening2022

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

The Midnight Man (2016) poster
6. The Midnight Man2016

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

The Exorcism of Molly Hartley (2015) poster
7. The Exorcism of Molly Hartley2015

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

Return of the Tooth Fairy (2020) poster
8. Return of the Tooth Fairy2020

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

Robert (2015) poster
9. Robert2015

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

Mary (2019) poster
10. Mary2019

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

The Resort (2021) poster
11. The Resort2021

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

The Gallows (2015) poster
12. The Gallows2015

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

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