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Films like MexZombies.

MexZombies (2022) reads as Warm, breathless, measured horror / action, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Night of the Living Deb (2015) poster
1. Night of the Living Deb2015

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

Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019) poster
2. Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles2019

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

Cockneys vs Zombies (2012) poster
3. Cockneys vs Zombies2012

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

The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky (2018) poster
4. The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky2018

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

The Warriors Gate (2016) poster
5. The Warriors Gate2016

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

Infestation (2009) poster
6. Infestation2009

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the clean studio craft — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Troll (2022) poster
7. Troll2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion (2019) poster
8. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

Dance of the Dead (2008) poster
9. Dance of the Dead2008

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

Hitman: Agent Jun (2020) poster
10. Hitman: Agent Jun2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

Psychokinesis (2018) poster
11. Psychokinesis2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Big Ass Spider! (2013) poster
12. Big Ass Spider!2013

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

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