FilmsWish UponLike this

Films like Wish Upon.

Wish Upon (2017) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, surreal 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.

Scurry (2025) poster
1. Scurry2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare (2025) poster
2. Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Look Away (2018) poster
3. Look Away2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Choose or Die (2022) poster
4. Choose or Die2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Exorcism of God (2022) poster
5. The Exorcism of God2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Firestarter (2022) poster
6. Firestarter2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Algea: God of Pain (2024) poster
7. Algea: God of Pain2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Meander (2021) poster
8. Meander2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

M3GAN (2022) poster
9. M3GAN2022

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

Other (2025) poster
10. Other2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Constantine: City of Demons - The Movie (2018) poster
11. Constantine: City of Demons - The Movie2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

V/H/S/2 (2013) poster
12. V/H/S/22013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

These are Wish Upon’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →