Movies Like The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon
If you liked The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon (2008), a comedy and horror movie directed by Richard Gale, 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.
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Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and horrorMater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary pranks on his fellow townsfolk. That night at Flo's V8 Café, the Sheriff tells the story of the legend of the Ghostlight…
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The Hunt (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorTwelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport…
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Terrifier (2011)
★ 6/10Also horrorAfter witnessing a brutal murder on Halloween night, a young woman becomes the next target of a maniacal entity.
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The Tell-Tale Heart (1953)
★ 7.2/10Also horrorA man's sanity is a point of contention as he confesses to murdering an elderly man, driven by the victim's pale blue 'vulture eye', culminating in guilt-induced auditory hallucinations of the victim's beating heart.
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Scary Movie (2000)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyA familiar-looking group of teenagers find themselves being stalked by a more-than-vaguely recognizable masked killer! As the victims begin to pile up and the laughs pile on, none of your favorite scary movies escape…
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Die Hart (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyKevin Hart - playing a version of himself - is on a death-defying quest to become an action star. And with a little help from John Travolta, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Josh Hartnett - he just might pull it off.
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Porno (2019)
★ 6/10Also comedy and horrorWhen 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.
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Scary Movie 2 (2001)
★ 5.8/10Also comedyA group of students visit a mansion called "Hell House," and murderous high jinks ensue.
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Deadpool: No Good Deed (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also comedyDeadpool sees an opportunity to save the day, but it doesn't go entirely as planned.
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Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyA struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night.
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Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyWhen an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
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The Final Girls (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and horrorA young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.
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Perfect Day (1929)
★ 7/10Also comedyTwo families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and…
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Series 7 (2001)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyA reality TV program selects six contestants to participate in a free-for-all, no holds barred deathmatch, where they must skillfully outwit and kill each other in order to be the last person alive.
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The Cheap Detective (1978)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyA spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wife.
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A Knight for a Day (1946)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyBy accident, Cedric (Goofy), replaces his master, Sir Loinsteak, in the armor just before the joust with champion Sir Cumference.
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Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyTwo young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.
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London Calling (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyAfter fleeing the UK from a job gone wrong, a down on his luck hitman is forced to babysit the son of his new crime boss and show him how to become a man.
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Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyA movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. As the main…
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I'm Just F*cking with You (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and horrorSiblings headed to a family wedding endure a night of increasingly frightening practical jokes while staying at a secluded motel.