Movies Like Hell of a Summer

If you liked Hell of a Summer (2025), a horror and comedy movie directed by Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk, 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
You Might Be the Killer (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and comedy
Counselors are being killed off at summer camp, and Sam is stuck in the middle of it. Instead of contacting the cops, he calls his friend and slasher-film expert Chuck to discuss his options.
2
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and horror
Angela Baker escapes from a mental hospital and surfaces at a summer camp as a counselor who lectures her teenage charges on proper moral behavior. Those teens who break her strict rules -- from the camp chatterbox or…
3
Happy Death Day (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and horror
Caught in a bizarre and terrifying time warp, college student Tree finds herself repeatedly reliving the day of her murder, ultimately realizing that she must identify the killer and the reason for her death before her…
4
The Final Girls (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and horror
A 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.
5
Scream (1996)
★ 7.4/10Also horror and mystery
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
6
Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
★ 6/10Also horror and mystery
Undead cop Matt Cordell rises from the grave, and is after the criminals who murdered him in prison.
7
Freaky (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and comedy
A mystical, ancient dagger causes a notorious serial killer to magically switch bodies with a 17-year-old girl.
8
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and horror
Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek…
9
Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and horror
Collegian Tree Gelbman wakes up in horror to learn that she's stuck in a parallel universe. Her boyfriend Carter is now with someone else, and her friends and fellow students seem to be completely different versions of…
10
Urban Legend (1998)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and horror
A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.
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Scream 7 (2026)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and mystery
When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must…
12
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…
13
Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and comedy
After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandridge was a serial killer posing as a vampire. But when Regine, a mysterious actress and her entourage move into Peter…
14
The Blackening (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and comedy
Seven black friends go away for the weekend, only to find themselves trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. They must pit their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies against the murderer to stay…
15
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and horror
Three scouts and lifelong friends join forces with one badass cocktail waitress to become the world’s most unlikely team of heroes. When their peaceful town is ravaged by a zombie invasion, they’ll fight for the badge…
16
Lady in White (1988)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and horror
Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago.
17
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and mystery
Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As night falls, they discover that something far more unsettling is at work and that nothing about…
18
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mystery
On a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck, and later spot him shoving what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe.
19
Scream (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and mystery
Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly…
20
Scream 4 (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mystery
Fifteen years after the original Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott returns home to promote her new book about surviving trauma, only for a new Ghostface killer to emerge, targeting a new group of teens.