Movies Like Down to the Bone

If you liked Down to the Bone (2009), a horror and comedy movie directed by Peter Ahern, 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
Thriller Night (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and horror
A Shrek parody of Michael Jackson's Thriller song and music video, with Donkey singing.
2
Scared Shrekless (2010)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and comedy
Shrek challenges Donkey, Puss in Boots and his other fairy tale character friends to spend the night in Lord Farquaad's haunted castle, telling scary stories to see who can resist becoming scared and stay the longest.
3
The Simpsons in Plusaversary (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and comedy
The Simpsons host a Disney+ Day party and everyone is on the list… except Homer. With friends from across the service and music fit for a Disney Princess, Plusaversary is Springfield's event of the year.
4
Party Central (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and animation
Mike and Sulley are back at Monsters University for a fun-filled weekend with their Oozma Kappa fraternity brothers. The gang is throwing their first party, but no one’s showing up. Luckily for them, Mike and Sulley…
5
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and comedy
When Brainy Smurf is favored to win the annual Smurfberry Hunt for the ninth year in a row, Gutsy Smurf sets out to discover how Brainy wins every year. Gutsy’s investigation takes him into spooky Smurfy Hollow–and…
6
Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and comedy
Mater, 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…
7
Monster House (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and comedy
Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.
8
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: The Great Calamity (2012)
★ 8.1/10Also horror and animation
A motion comic follow-up to a chapter from Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter novel where Abe's friend, Edgar Allan Poe, tells him the tale of historical Hungarian countess Elizabeth Bathory, often tied to vampire legends…
9
Day & Night (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedy
When Day, a sunny fellow, encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods, sparks fly! Day and Night are frightened and suspicious of each other at first, and quickly get off on the wrong foot. But as they…
10
Lou (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedy
A lost-and-found box holds a mysterious and unseen monster within.
11
The Little Vampire 3D (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and animation
Tony, a thirteen-year-old boy on vacation in rural Germany, is fascinated by the idea of vampires. Meanwhile Rudolph, a vampire of "similar" age (313!), encounters trouble when his clan is threatened by a dangerously…
12
Puppy! (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and comedy
The residents of Hotel Transylvania find their world turned upside-down when youngster Dennis gets a surprise monster-sized pet.
13
Arctic Dogs (2019)
★ 6/10Also animation and comedy
Animals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global warming and melt the Arctic Circle.
14
Cranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020)
★ 6/10Also animation and horror
An intelligent 15-year-old high school student is unexpectedly transferred to a boarding school where he opens a portal of monsters from another dimension.
15
Monster Family (2017)
★ 6/10Also animation and comedy
The Wishbone family are far from happy. In an attempt to reconnect as a family, they plan a fun night out. However, the plan backfires when they are cursed and all turned into Monsters.
16
Groot's Pursuit (2022)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedy
Groot investigates a spooky noise that’s been haunting the Quadrant, which leads to an intense dance off.
17
Panic in the Mailroom (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and comedy
Two Minions are busy at work in the mailroom. One of them, bored, decides to throw a box of expired PX-41 samples into its designated chute.
18
The Twits (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and comedy
When the meanest, nastiest villains pull a trick to take over their town, two brave children team up with a family of magical animals to bring them down.
19
The Boxtrolls (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and comedy
An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
20
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and horror
Washington Irving's tale of Ichabod Crane and the headless horseman is brought to life, narrated by Bing Crosby.