Films like An American Werewolf in Paris.

An American Werewolf in Paris (1997) reads as Sombre, kinetic, extreme horror / comedy, 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.

Frostbitten (2006) poster
1. Frostbitten2006

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

The Witches of Eastwick (1987) poster
2. The Witches of Eastwick1987

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

Goal of the Dead (2014) poster
3. Goal of the Dead2014

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

Saint (2010) poster
4. Saint2010

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

Bride of Chucky (1998) poster
5. Bride of Chucky1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991) poster
6. Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky1991

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

Seed of Chucky (2004) poster
7. Seed of Chucky2004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a heightened unreality.

The Eye 3: Infinity (2005) poster
8. The Eye 3: Infinity2005

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the chilly detachment; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) poster
9. Gremlins 2: The New Batch1990

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

Slither (2006) poster
10. Slither2006

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Baby Blood (1990) poster
11. Baby Blood1990

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

All Cheerleaders Die (2013) poster
12. All Cheerleaders Die2013

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

These are An American Werewolf in Paris’s neighbours — where are yours?

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