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Films like Suck.

Suck (2009) reads as Warm, breathless, measured comedy / horror, 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.

Game of Werewolves (2011) poster
1. Game of Werewolves2011

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

Dead Before Dawn (2012) poster
2. Dead Before Dawn2012

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

Black Sheep (2006) poster
3. Black Sheep2006

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

Kutsal Damacana (2007) poster
4. Kutsal Damacana2007

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

Hell Baby (2013) poster
5. Hell Baby2013

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

Psychokinesis (2018) poster
6. Psychokinesis2018

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

Hellphone (2007) poster
7. Hellphone2007

Keeps the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Boy Eats Girl (2005) poster
8. Boy Eats Girl2005

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

Suburban Gothic (2014) poster
9. Suburban Gothic2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Brass Teapot (2012) poster
10. The Brass Teapot2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Mad (2007) poster
11. The Mad2007

Keeps the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie (2013) poster
12. Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie2013

Keeps the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Suck’s neighbours — where are yours?

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