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Films like Westworld.

Westworld (1973) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured sci-fi / thriller, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

The Flying Guillotine 2 (1978) poster
1. The Flying Guillotine 21978

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Island of the Fishmen (1979) poster
2. Island of the Fishmen1979

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

Bloody Parrot (1981) poster
3. Bloody Parrot1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Vampire Circus (1972) poster
4. Vampire Circus1972

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

The Black Hole (1979) poster
5. The Black Hole1979

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Crimson Charm (1971) poster
6. The Crimson Charm1971

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Q (1982) poster
7. Q1982

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

The Devil's Mirror (1972) poster
8. The Devil's Mirror1972

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Condemned (1976) poster
9. The Condemned1976

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

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) poster
10. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes1963

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

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) poster
11. Dracula: Prince of Darkness1966

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman (1971) poster
12. The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman1971

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

These are Westworld’s neighbours — where are yours?

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