Films like Mutant Girls Squad.

Mutant Girls Squad (2010) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme thriller / action, surreal 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.

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

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

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

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

RoboGeisha (2009) poster
3. RoboGeisha2009

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

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

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009) poster
5. The Haunted World of El Superbeasto2009

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

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

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006) poster
7. Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Evil Aliens (2006) poster
8. Evil Aliens2006

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

Treevenge (2008) poster
9. Treevenge2008

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

Dead Sushi (2012) poster
10. Dead Sushi2012

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

Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1 (2013) poster
11. Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 12013

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

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

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

These are Mutant Girls Squad’s neighbours — where are yours?

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