Movies Like Magic Story

If you liked Magic Story (1987), a comedy and horror movie directed by Lau Bing-Gei, 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
Mr. Vampire (1985)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and horror
In Republican China, the planned reburial of a village elder goes awry and the corpse resurrects into a hopping vampire, leading a Taoist priest and his two disciples to attempt to stop him, but not without getting…
2
Mr. Vampire III (1987)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and comedy
The Vampire Master joins forces with another fellow priest with his two pet ghosts along for the ride to defeat an evil witch and her henchman, whose goals are to defeat the human race. The priests must also overcome…
3
Death Becomes Her (1992)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and fantasy
Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancé. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a…
4
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…
5
Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and fantasy
"Big Guts" Cheung, a man well known in his local village for his lack of fear, is put to the test after being tricked into spending the night in a temple full of spirits, zombies, and vampires.
6
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and horror
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
7
Trick 'r Treat (2007)
★ 7/10Also horror and fantasy
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…
8
Renfield (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and fantasy
Having grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula's lackey, Renfield finds a new lease on life — and maybe even redemption — when he falls for feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy.
9
The Twins Effect (2003)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and horror
An evil Duke attempts to kill and collect the blood of a royal family of European vampires in order to become all powerful. The only surviving member of the family travels to Hong Kong, only to complicate his struggle…
10
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…
11
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and fantasy
A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.
12
Nekrotronic (2018)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and horror
A man discovers that he is part of a secret sect of magical beings who hunt down and destroy demons in the internet.
13
Priest (2011)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and horror
In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with other humans inside one of the Church's walled cities. When the…
14
Fright Night (1985)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and horror
Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.
15
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.
16
High Spirits (1988)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and comedy
When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.
17
Hold the Fort (2025)
★ 6/10Also 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.
18
A Knight's War (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and fantasy
A fearless knight braves a deadly realm to save the Chosen One’s soul. Facing witches, demons, and brutal foes, he discovers her return could ignite chaos and doom humanity.
19
Freaks of Nature (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and horror
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…
20
The Monster Squad (1987)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and fantasy
Count Dracula returns to the world of humans accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them the ability to rule the…