Films like The Witches of Eastwick.

The Witches of Eastwick (1987) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / fantasy, 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.

An American Werewolf in Paris (1997) poster
1. An American Werewolf in Paris1997

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

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) poster
2. Gremlins 2: The New Batch1990

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

The Frighteners (1996) poster
3. The Frighteners1996

Keeps the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) poster
4. A Chinese Ghost Story1987

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

Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo (1978) poster
5. Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo1978

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

Strange Invaders (1983) poster
6. Strange Invaders1983

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

Frostbitten (2006) poster
7. Frostbitten2006

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

A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990) poster
8. A Chinese Ghost Story II1990

Keeps the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Hiruko the Goblin (1991) poster
9. Hiruko the Goblin1991

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

The Black Cauldron (1985) (1985) poster
10. The Black Cauldron1985

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

The Very Same Munchhausen (1988) poster
11. The Very Same Munchhausen1988

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

Braindead (1992) poster
12. Braindead1992

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a heightened unreality.

These are The Witches of Eastwick’s neighbours — where are yours?

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