Movies like Skinamarink
Skinamarink is most extreme on PACE OF FEAR — slow-burn dread at 002. Everything below is a movie that lands near it on the same six axes, which is a different question from "what else is tagged horror". Ranked by distance, closest first.
That is Skinamarink’s fingerprint. The list below is scored against it, not against genre.
The Babadook
Jennifer Kent · 2014 · Film
Shares a bleak, unforgiving tone.
76% shared signal
The Witch
Robert Eggers · 2015 · Film
Shares slow-burn dread.
75% shared signal
It Follows
David Robert Mitchell · 2014 · Film
Shares a bleak, unforgiving tone.
73% shared signal
A Dark Song
Liam Gavin · 2016 · Film
Shares modern craft.
73% shared signal
The Ring
Gore Verbinski · 2002 · Film
Shares a supernatural threat.
65% shared signal
Oculus
Mike Flanagan · 2013 · Film
Shares dream logic.
65% shared signal
Ringu
Hideo Nakata · 1998 · Film
Shares restraint over gore.
64% shared signal
Hereditary
Ari Aster · 2018 · Film
Shares modern craft.
63% shared signal
The Lighthouse
Robert Eggers · 2019 · Film
Shares dream logic.
63% shared signal
Let the Right One In
Tomas Alfredson · 2008 · Film
Shares slow-burn dread.
62% shared signal
Lake Mungo
Joel Anderson · 2008 · Film
Shares restraint over gore.
61% shared signal
Paranormal Activity
Oren Peli · 2007 · Film
Shares a supernatural threat.
60% shared signal
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