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Films like Tusk.

Tusk (2014) reads as Neutral, kinetic, 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.

The Babysitter (2017) poster
1. The Babysitter2017

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

Spontaneous (2020) poster
2. Spontaneous2020

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

No Mercy for the Rude (2006) poster
3. No Mercy for the Rude2006

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

Phase 7 (2010) poster
4. Phase 72010

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

The Bone Man (2009) poster
5. The Bone Man2009

Keeps the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fear, Inc. (2016) poster
6. Fear, Inc.2016

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

A Ton of Luck (2006) poster
7. A Ton of Luck2006

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

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010) poster
8. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil2010

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

Piranha 3D (2010) poster
9. Piranha 3D2010

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

Get Away (2024) poster
10. Get Away2024

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

The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020) poster
11. The Babysitter: Killer Queen2020

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

In Order of Disappearance (2014) poster
12. In Order of Disappearance2014

Keeps the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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