Movies like C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989)
The best movies like C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989) are Night of the Creeps (1986), Re-Animator (1985) and Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988). If C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud hooked you with its horror and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Fly (1986)7.5/10 from 5,261 votes
- NewestCold Storage (2026)Released 2026
Night of the Creeps (1986)
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRe-Animator (1985)
Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKiller Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Aliens disguised as clowns crash land on Earth in a rural town to capture unsuspecting victims in cotton candy cocoons for later consumption.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTerrorVision (1986)
After Stanley Putterman installs a state-of-the-art satellite dish in his backyard, a strange monster leaps off the screen and needs to feed on humans for survival. The Putterman children Sherman and Suzy—along with Suzy's metalhead boyfriend O.D.—are left to figure out what to do.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Stuff (1985)
Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. Nobody knows how it’s made or what’s in it, but people are lining up to buy it. It's got a delicious flavor to die for!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Two employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a toxic gas from a misplaced top-secret U.S. Army shipment, causing the dead to rise from a nearby cemetery with an insatiable hunger for human brains.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisReturn of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)
Crazy old Professor Gangreen has developed a way to make tomatoes look human for a second invasion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisClass of Nuke 'Em High 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown (1991)
At the Tromaville Institute of Technology's nuclear plant, Prof. Holt has perfected "subhumanoids": living beings without emotions who perform menial tasks. When school reporter Roger Smith meets a beautiful subhumanoid named Victoria, they fall in love and he becomes determined to save her and the school from a giant mutant squirrel, Tromie.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSlither (2006)
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Video Dead (1987)
On a quiet, tree-lined street, an old television set receives a single channel that repeats the same horror film over and over, freeing zombies from the grave to kill.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisNight Life (1989)
Archie works part-time at his uncle's mortuary and is harassed by a few of the popular kids because of it. His harassers die in an automobile accident, and the bodies are taken to his uncle's mortuary. Archie is pulling a late night at the mortuary when he sees a storm brewing. Lightening strikes! They're alive! The preppie bullies continue to torment him...as zombies!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)
The pupils at a high school next to a nuclear power plant start acting and looking strange after buying contaminated drugs from a plant worker.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisReturn of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHead of the Family (1996)
In the midst of a torrid affair, Lance discovers that Nob Hollow's weirdest residents, the Stackpoole family, have been doing hideous human experiments in the bowels of their basement.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisNight of the Comet (1984)
After a comet wipes out most of life on Earth, two Valley Girls find themselves fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrankenhooker (1990)
A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so he goes to the red light district in the city and lures prostitutes into a hotel room so he can collect body parts to reassemble her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPsycho Goreman (2020)
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 to small-town suburbia.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Borrower (1991)
Aliens punish one of their own by sending him to earth. The alien is very violent, and when the body he occupies is damaged, he is forced to find another.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBad Taste (1987)
A team from the intergalactic fast food chain Crumb's Crunchy Delights descends on Earth, planning to make human flesh the newest taste sensation. After they wipe out the New Zealand town Kaihoro, the country’s Astro-Investigation and Defense Service (AIaDS) is called in to deal with the problem. Things are complicated due to Giles, an aid worker who comes to Kaihoro the same day to collect change from the residents. He is captured by the aliens, and AIaDS stages a rescue mission that quickly becomes an all-out assault on the aliens’ headquarters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChildren Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)
Six actors go to a graveyard on a remote island to act out a necromantic ritual. The ceremony works, and soon the dead are walking about and chowing down on human flesh.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisHideous! (1997)
Dr. Lorca, an eccentric collector of biological oddities - has just "acquired" his greatest specimen: a horrible mutant born of toxic sewage, but the creature's rightful owner wants it back. The collector's clash is cut short though, as the sickening specimen comes to life, re-animating an angry, oozing little army of ferocious freaks
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBasket Case 3 (1992)
Duane recovers from his delusional breakdown to find his freakish basket-bound brother Belial will soon become a father. But not everything is joyous as the once tight knit brothers no longer seem to trust each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisRemote Control (1988)
A video store clerk stumbles onto an alien plot to take over earth by brainwashing people with a bad '50s science fiction movie. He and his friends race to stop the aliens before the tapes can be distributed world-wide.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Deadly Spawn (1983)
When a meteorite touches down in the New Jersey woods carrying a monstrous alien slug, it’s up to four teens to stop it before its terrifying brood consumes all life on Earth!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisBride of Re-Animator (1990)
Unperturbed by the disastrous outcome of his previous meddling with the dead, Dr. West continues his research into the phenomenon of re-animation; only this time, he plans to create life – starting with the heart of his young protégé Dan's dearly deceased Meg Halsey.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeyond Re-Animator (2003)
Once again tampering with mother nature to disastrous results, Dr. Herbert West continues his research while serving time in a maximum security prison for his previous exploits. West's limited prison-cell experiments are suddenly interrupted by the arrival of a new prison doctor and the brother of the girl who suffered from West's experiments 13 years earlier.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisFreaks of Nature (2015)
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 rid of the visitors.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCold Storage (2026)
When a mutating, highly contagious fungus escapes a sealed facility, two employees – joined by a grizzled bioterror operative – must survive the wildest night shift ever to save humanity from extinction.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Fly (1986)
When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud?
The closest matches to C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud are Night of the Creeps (1986), Re-Animator (1985) and Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud?
People who watched C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud most often go on to Night of the Creeps (1986), Re-Animator (1985) and Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988).
What is the highest-rated movie like C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud?
The Fly (1986), rated 7.5/10 by 5,261 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud?
Cold Storage (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud?
Yes: Night of the Creeps (1986), Re-Animator (1985) and Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988).
How are movies similar to C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.