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Films like The Wolfman.

The Wolfman (2010) reads as Sombre, kinetic, extreme horror, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured. 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.

Evil Dead (2013) poster
1. Evil Dead2013

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

Poltergeist (2015) poster
2. Poltergeist2015

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

Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) poster
3. Ouija: Origin of Evil2016

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

Lights Out (2016) poster
4. Lights Out2016

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

The Nun (2018) poster
5. The Nun2018

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

Incantation (2022) poster
6. Incantation2022

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

The Exorcist: Believer (2023) poster
7. The Exorcist: Believer2023

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

Stopmotion (2024) poster
8. Stopmotion2024

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

Things Heard & Seen (2021) poster
9. Things Heard & Seen2021

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

Rosario (2025) poster
10. Rosario2025

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

Shadow of God (2025) poster
11. Shadow of God2025

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

Bloat (2025) poster
12. Bloat2025

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

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

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