If you loved Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, try Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead has roughly 10.0× fewer votes than Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

2013 · dir. Tommy Wirkola

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Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead

2014 · dir. Tommy Wirkola

What they share

Both films are directed by Tommy Wirkola, and they both carry the neon soaked mood tag, and they sit in Action / Horror territory. If that's the register that drew you to Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead is

Norway. April. The rasp of shovels on permafrost. Martin, sole survivor of a zombie onslaught, wakes in hospital, one arm sewn on wrong. Soon, he must lead an Allied undead squad against Herzog's still-hungry battalion. Wirkola doubles down on splatterstick absurdity.

If you loved Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, try Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead

What they share

What Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead is

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