Films like Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2.

Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2 (2017) reads as Neutral, breathless, extreme comedy / horror, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, epic, 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.

Aachi & Ssipak (2006) poster
1. Aachi & Ssipak2006

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

MFKZ (2018) poster
2. MFKZ2018

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

PG: Psycho Goreman (2020) poster
3. PG: Psycho Goreman2020

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

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014) poster
4. Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

RoboGeisha (2009) poster
5. RoboGeisha2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Yakuza Apocalypse (2015) poster
6. Yakuza Apocalypse2015

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

Nekrotronic (2018) poster
7. Nekrotronic2018

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a running vein of humour.

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

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a airy, open telling.

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

These are Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2’s neighbours — where are yours?

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