Films like We All Scream for Ice Cream.

We All Scream for Ice Cream (2007) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / tv-movie, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, 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.

Mortuary (2005) poster
1. Mortuary2005

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

Sick Nurses (2007) poster
2. Sick Nurses2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Pig Hunt (2008) poster
3. Pig Hunt2008

Keeps the chilly detachment and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Dance of the Dead (2005) poster
4. Dance of the Dead2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

Midnight Movie (2008) poster
5. Midnight Movie2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a clean studio craft.

DC Showcase: The Spectre (2010) poster
6. DC Showcase: The Spectre2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Altered (2006) poster
7. Altered2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

The Gravedancers (2006) poster
8. The Gravedancers2006

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

The V Word (2006) poster
9. The V Word2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a clean studio craft.

The Fair Haired Child (2006) poster
10. The Fair Haired Child2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Night of the Demons (2009) poster
11. Night of the Demons2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Seventh Moon (2008) poster
12. Seventh Moon2008

Keeps the chilly detachment and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

These are We All Scream for Ice Cream’s neighbours — where are yours?

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