Movies Like The Horror Story of Xiangxi

If you liked The Horror Story of Xiangxi (2025), a horror and comedy movie, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Dave Made a Maze (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and horror
Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of…
2
Secret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and fantasy
A rebellious teenage princess discovers she has superhuman abilities and joins a secret society of extraordinary second-born royals tasked with protecting the world.
3
Slumberland (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and fantasy
A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
4
Mojin: The Worm Valley (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy and horror
Legendary tomb explorer Hu Bayi is on a dangerous mission as he seeks out the Tomb of Emperor Xian, located on an island of monstrous creatures in this mystical action-adventure.
5
The Unhealer (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and horror
A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to…
6
Porno (2019)
★ 6/10Also comedy and horror
When a group of naive teens working at a movie theater in a small Christian town discover a mysterious film hidden in its basement, they unleash an alluring succubus who gives them a sex education…written in blood.
7
Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and comedy
At 12 years old, Kermit the Frog and best friends Goggles and Croaker travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives.
8
Hold the Fort (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and comedy
A HOA turns out to be more troublesome than usual in this wildly amusing, FX-heavy freak-out about newly minted suburbanites unexpectedly forced to take part in a struggle against monstrous forces.
9
The Warriors Gate (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and fantasy
After a mysterious chest opens a gateway through time, teen gamer Jack is transported to an ancient empire terrorized by a cruel barbarian king. Jack will need all of his gaming skills as he battles to defeat the…
10
Monster Hunt (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and fantasy
Young monster kids try to make peace between the world of humans and the world of the monsters.
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Infestation (2009)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and horror
After being stung by a giant insect, Cooper learns that these bugs are attacking the whole city. He joins forces with the survivors, in order to find a way to counter-attack.
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Once Bitten (1985)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and horror
Mark wants to lose his virginity, but his girlfriend wants to wait. Unfortunately for both of them, a 400-year-old vampire Countess needs to turn a virgin into a vampire before Halloween in order to preserve her own…
13
Dark Harvest (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and fantasy
In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.
14
Basilisk: The Serpent King (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and fantasy
Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by…
15
Gatlopp: Hell of a Game (2022)
★ 6/10Also comedy and horror
Four friends get together for a nostalgic evening of fun and games after a decade of absence, which takes a dark turn.
16
Kung Fu Soccer (2026)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and fantasy
Dismissed as underdogs before they even step onto the pitch, the Emei Women's Football Team enters the prestigious Supreme Invincible Cup determined to prove everyone wrong. Led by captain Shuangshuang, star striker…
17
The Willoughbys (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and fantasy
When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.
18
Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2 (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and horror
Following the events of Volume 1, the mutated glee club continue their violent rampage in Tromaville. Chrissy and Lauren, two innocent lesbian lovers, must fight not only the Cretins, mutants, and monsters but also the…
19
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and fantasy
A documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.
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Monster Hunt 2 (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and fantasy
The sequel to Monster Hunt. Set in a world where monsters and humans co-exist, the franchise tells the story of Wuba, a baby monster born to be king. Wuba becomes the central figure in stopping an all-out monster civil…