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Films like The Wicked.

The Wicked (2013) reads as Heavy, kinetic, measured fantasy / horror, 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.

Messengers 2: The Scarecrow (2009) poster
1. Messengers 2: The Scarecrow2009

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

Embrace of the Vampire (2013) poster
2. Embrace of the Vampire2013

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

Boogeyman 3 (2008) poster
3. Boogeyman 32008

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

Asylum (2008) poster
4. Asylum2008

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

The Ouija Experiment 2: Theatre of Death (2015) poster
5. The Ouija Experiment 2: Theatre of Death2015

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

Exorcismus (2010) poster
6. Exorcismus2010

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

Roadkill (2011) poster
7. Roadkill2011

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

Finders Keepers (2014) poster
8. Finders Keepers2014

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

Scream of the Banshee (2011) poster
9. Scream of the Banshee2011

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

ASD - Alma sin dueño (Sin alma) (2010) poster
10. ASD - Alma sin dueño (Sin alma)2010

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

Altitude (2010) poster
11. Altitude2010

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

House of the Witch (2017) poster
12. House of the Witch2017

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

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

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