Films like Death Becomes Her.

Death Becomes Her (1992) reads as Warm, kinetic, measured fantasy / 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.

Frankenhooker (1990) poster
1. Frankenhooker1990

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

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

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

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

Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) poster
4. Killer Klowns from Outer Space1988

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Eating Raoul (1982) poster
6. Eating Raoul1982

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Black Sheep (2006) poster
7. Black Sheep2006

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I Sell the Dead (2008) poster
8. I Sell the Dead2008

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

Little Shop of Horrors (1986) poster
9. Little Shop of Horrors1986

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a deep human warmth.

Kutsal Damacana (2007) poster
10. Kutsal Damacana2007

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Serial Mom (1994) poster
11. Serial Mom1994

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Spooky Encounters (1980) poster
12. Spooky Encounters1980

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

These are Death Becomes Her’s neighbours — where are yours?

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