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Films like Frankenhooker.

Frankenhooker (1990) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured henenlotter / horror-comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, 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.

Death Becomes Her (1992) poster
1. Death Becomes Her1992

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Toxic Avenger (1984) poster
2. The Toxic Avenger1984

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Eating Raoul (1982) poster
3. Eating Raoul1982

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Spooky Encounters (1980) poster
4. Spooky Encounters1980

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mr. Vampire (1985) poster
5. Mr. Vampire1985

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dead Alive (1992) poster
6. Dead Alive1992

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

Spiritual Boxer Part II (1979) poster
7. Spiritual Boxer Part II1979

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Serial Mom (1994) poster
8. Serial Mom1994

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Return of the Living Dead (1985) poster
9. The Return of the Living Dead1985

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the running vein of humour; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) poster
10. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America1996

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Polyester (1981) poster
11. Polyester1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Night of the Creeps (1986) poster
12. Night of the Creeps1986

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Frankenhooker’s neighbours — where are yours?

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