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Films like Fried Barry.

Fried Barry (2020) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme horror / comedy, 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.

Tokyo Gore Police (2008) poster
1. Tokyo Gore Police2008

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009) poster
2. Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Tag (2015) poster
3. Tag2015

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Bad Biology (2008) poster
4. Bad Biology2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Dead Leaves (2004) (2004) poster
5. Dead Leaves2004

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mutant Girls Squad (2010) poster
6. Mutant Girls Squad2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a running vein of humour.

The Machine Girl (2008) poster
7. The Machine Girl2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Father's Day (2011) poster
8. Father's Day2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a running vein of humour.

The Lure (2015) poster
9. The Lure2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Yakuza Apocalypse (2015) poster
10. Yakuza Apocalypse2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

ME!ME!ME! (2014) poster
12. ME!ME!ME!2014

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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