Films like The Legend of the Guanajuato Mummies.

The Legend of the Guanajuato Mummies (2014) reads as Cosy, breathless, gentle animation / horror, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured. 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.

Cranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020) poster
1. Cranston Academy: Monster Zone2020

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Aliens in the Attic (2009) poster
2. Aliens in the Attic2009

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

R.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls (2015) poster
3. R.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls2015

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dragon Rider (2020) poster
4. Dragon Rider2020

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Gulliver Returns (2021) poster
5. Gulliver Returns2021

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Antboy (2013) poster
6. Antboy2013

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Gnome Alone (2017) poster
7. Gnome Alone2017

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Three Heroes and the Shamakhan Queen (2010) poster
8. Three Heroes and the Shamakhan Queen2010

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers (2010) poster
9. LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers2010

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a warm emotional register.

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (2017) poster
10. The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature2017

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Jack and the Beanstalk (2009) poster
11. Jack and the Beanstalk2009

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ooops! Noah Is Gone... (2015) poster
12. Ooops! Noah Is Gone...2015

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Legend of the Guanajuato Mummies’s neighbours — where are yours?

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