If you loved Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, try Meatball Machine Kodoku

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Meatball Machine Kodoku has roughly 3.3× fewer votes than Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl — 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.

What they share

Both films are directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura, and they both carry the body horror, playful, unhinged mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Horror territory. If that's the register that drew you to Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Meatball Machine Kodoku is

Tokyo streets at dusk, sirens blaring, a mangled bike lies abandoned. Parasites infect humans, transforming them into monstrous Necro-borg. Yoshihiro Nishimura brings his signature body horror to this sci-fi action comedy.

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