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Films like The Psychic.

The Psychic (1977) reads as Sombre, steady, measured giallo / clairvoyance, 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.

Equus (1977) poster
1. Equus1977

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

The Fifth Cord (1971) poster
2. The Fifth Cord1971

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

Ten Days' Wonder (1971) poster
3. Ten Days' Wonder1971

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

Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye (1973) poster
4. Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye1973

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

The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971) poster
5. The Case of the Scorpion's Tail1971

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

The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972) poster
6. The Red Queen Kills Seven Times1972

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

Child's Play (1972) poster
7. Child's Play1972

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

Barocco (1976) poster
8. Barocco1976

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

The Bloodstained Shadow (1978) poster
9. The Bloodstained Shadow1978

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

Autopsy (1975) poster
10. Autopsy1975

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

One on Top of the Other (1969) poster
11. One on Top of the Other1969

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

Watch Me When I Kill (1977) poster
12. Watch Me When I Kill1977

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

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