If you loved The Island of Giant Insects, try The Island of Giant Insects

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Takeo Takahashi, and they both carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Animation / Horror territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Island of Giant Insects, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Island of Giant Insects is

The wind snaps jungle vines as a student’s shoe snags a hanging wing. Eight teens stagger from misty jungle onto bloodied coral. The radio’s static keeps time. One girl’s field-guide becomes a shield against oversized hornets. Mosquito clouds rise with the tide. Like early 80s kaiju comics drawn on newsprint.

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