SimilarScreen
So I Married an Axe Murderer

So I Married an Axe Murderer

The honeymoon was killer.

19936.11h 33m

Overview

Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer -- "Mrs. X" -- wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right.

Directed by Thomas Schlamme
Written by Robbie Fox
Produced by Robert N. Fried, Cary Woods
Box OfficeBudget: $20.0MRevenue: $11.6M

Top Cast

Mike Myers

Mike Myers

Charlie MacKenzie / Stuart MacKenzie

Nancy Travis

Nancy Travis

Harriet Michaels

Anthony LaPaglia

Anthony LaPaglia

Tony Giardino

Amanda Plummer

Amanda Plummer

Rose Michaels

Brenda Fricker

Brenda Fricker

May Mackenzie

Matt Doherty

Matt Doherty

William "Heed" Mackenzie

Charles Grodin

Charles Grodin

Commandeered Car Driver

Phil Hartman

Phil Hartman

Ranger John "Vicky" Johnson

Debi Mazar

Debi Mazar

Susan

Steven Wright

Steven Wright

Pilot

Themes & Keywords

scotlandbutchersistermurderaxe murder

About So I Married an Axe Murderer

So I Married an Axe Murderer is a comedy, crime, romance film released in 1993 exploring themes of scotland, butcher, sister, murder, axe murder. Directed by Thomas Schlamme, it stars Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia. Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer -- "Mrs. X" -- wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right.

Movies Similar to So I Married an Axe Murderer

Discover titles like So I Married an Axe Murderer — ranked by similarity and community votes

We found 15 movies similar to So I Married an Axe Murderer

If you enjoyed So I Married an Axe Murderer, you'll love these handpicked recommendations. Each title below shares similar themes, tone, and storytelling style. Our algorithm analyzes genres, keywords, director filmography, and cast connections to find the closest matches. Whether you're looking for the same emotional depth, narrative structure, or visual style, these picks are curated to deliver the best viewing experience for fans of So I Married an Axe Murderer.

The Trixxer
29% Match

A mysterious serial killer is shocking the underworld. Scotland Yard is investigating the case. Clues lead the detectives to Blackwhite Castle.

See No Evil, Hear No Evil
29% Match

A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot, but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being chased by both the law AND the original killers, can the pair work together to outwit them all?

Eating Raoul
28% Match

A prudish married couple feel put upon by the swingers living in their apartment building. One night, by accident, they discover a way to both rid themselves of the “perverts” down the hall and simultaneously realize their dream of opening a restaurant.

Get Shorty
27% Match

Get Shorty(1995)

Movie6.5/10

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.

Borderland
26% Match

Borderland(2007)

Movie5.4/10

Three college students, Phil, Ed, and Henry take a road trip into Mexico for a week of drinking and carefree fun only to have Phil find himself a captive of a group of satanic Mexican drug smugglers who kill tourists and whom are looking for a group of new ones to prepare for a sacrifice.

Arsenic and Old Lace
26% Match

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

Family Plot
24% Match

Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
24% Match

Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each chef is killed in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.

27 Dresses
24% Match

27 Dresses(2008)

Movie6.5/10

Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.

Silent Night
24% Match

As their small Midwestern town prepares for its annual Christmas Eve parade, a sheriff and his deputy discover that a maniac in a Santa suit is murdering those he judges as naughty.

The 'Burbs
23% Match

The 'Burbs(1989)

Movie6.8/10

When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.

Meet the Feebles
22% Match

Heidi, star of the "Meet The Feebles Variety Hour" discovers her lover Bletch the Walrus is cheating on her. And with all the world waiting for the show, the assorted co-stars must contend with drug addiction, extortion, robbery, disease, drug dealing, and murder.

The Butcher
22% Match

An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.

Lonely Hearts
22% Match

In the late 1940s, a murderous couple known as the 'The Lonely Hearts Killers' kills close to a dozen people. Two detectives try to nab the duo who find their targets via the personals in the paper.