Movies Like Hi-8 (Horror Independent 8)

If you liked Hi-8 (Horror Independent 8) (2014), a horror and comedy movie directed by Tony Masiello and Marcus Koch, 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
Asylum: Twisted Horror and Fantasy Tales (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and horror
Brandon prepares to give his last stand-up comedy show. As his stories and jokes pass, the public begins to cheer up. But at that precise moment Brandon will realize that these stories have a strong relationship with…
2
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.
3
Books of Blood (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fiction
A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
4
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…
5
Southbound (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction
On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travelers — two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family…
6
Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction
Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
7
Snatchers (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and horror
After status-obsessed teen Sara has sex for the first time, she wakes up the next day nine months pregnant-with an alien.
8
Ick (2025)
★ 6/10Also horror and science fiction
Science teacher Hank’s life changes when he reconnects with his first love and suspects that a new student may be his daughter—all while facing an alien threat in their town.
9
Freaks of Nature (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and comedy
In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers-one human, one vampire, and one zombie-have to team up to figure out how to get…
10
Trick 'r Treat (2007)
★ 7/10Also horror and comedy
Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank…
11
The Return (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and science fiction
After the death of his father, a brilliant college student returns to his family home where he learns that the horrors from his childhood aren't as dead and gone as he once thought.
12
Adult Swim Yule Log (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and horror
Get in the holiday spirit with this cozy, crackling fire.
13
Relax, I'm from the Future (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and science fiction
Casper is a time traveller who arrives in the 2020s in an attempt to prevent a major future catastrophe. He meets Holly, a queer black woman he befriends and draws into his plan by giving her his knowledge of the…
14
Slash/Back (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and horror
In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.
15
Hold the Fort (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also 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.
16
Psycho Goreman (2020)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and comedy
Siblings Mimi and Luke unwittingly resurrect an ancient alien overlord. Using a magical amulet, they force the monster to obey their childish whims, and accidentally attract a rogues’ gallery of intergalactic assassins…
17
Real Men (1987)
★ 6/10Also comedy and science fiction
A womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind.
18
Dark Light (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fiction
A woman returns to her family home and discovers it to be inhabited by monsters.
19
R.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and horror
Teenage friends must resist the spell of an evil showman staging a house of horrors show in their small town.
20
Totally Killer (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and comedy
When the infamous "Sweet Sixteen Killer" returns 35 years after his first murder spree to claim another victim, 17-year-old Jamie accidentally travels back in time to 1987, determined to stop the killer before he can…