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Films like The Last Rite.

The Last Rite (2021) reads as Heavy, measured, measured horror / thriller, 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.

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

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

Abandoned (2022) poster
2. Abandoned2022

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; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Resort (2021) poster
4. The Resort2021

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Last Exorcism Part II (2013) poster
5. The Last Exorcism Part II2013

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

The Jack in the Box (2019) poster
6. The Jack in the Box2019

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

Mara (2018) poster
7. Mara2018

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

The Disappointments Room (2016) poster
8. The Disappointments Room2016

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

The Binding (2020) poster
9. The Binding2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

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

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

Mary (2019) poster
11. Mary2019

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

Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night (2010) poster
12. Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night2010

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

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